George Mason University Student Population and Demographics

GMU Student Population

There are 39,766 students including 28,334 undergraduate and 11,432 graduate students at George Mason University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 28,103 full-time and 11,663 part-time students with gender distribution of 19,381 male and 20,385 female students.

George Mason University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 7,435 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

George Mason University has a total enrollment of 39,766 with a gender distribution of 48.74% male (19,381 students) and 51.26% female (20,385 students). There are 14,505 male and 13,829 female students in undergraduate school and 4,876 male and 6,556 female students are attending graduate school at George Mason University.

Student Population By Gender
George Mason University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	39,766	19,381	20,385
Undergraduate	28,334	14,505	13,829
Graduate	11,432	4,876	6,556
Full-time	28,103	14,142	13,961
Part-time	11,663	5,239	6,424

[Chart] George Mason University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

George Mason University has 28,103 full-time and 11,663 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 22,589 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 5,745 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 5,514 students are full-time and 5,918 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
George Mason University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	39,766	28,103	11,663
Undergraduate	28,334	22,589	5,745
Graduate	11,432	5,514	5,918
Men	19,381	14,142	5,239
Women	20,385	13,961	6,424

[Chart] George Mason University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At George Mason University, 7,435 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 20,269 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 39,766 students.

In undergraduate schools, 21,080 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 6,624 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
George Mason University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	39,766	28,334	11,432
Online Exclusively	7,435	3,997	3,438
In Some Online Classes	20,269	17,083	3,186
Not In Online Classes	12,062	7,254	4,808

[Chart] George Mason University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at George Mason University. There are 81 American Indian/Native American, 13,432 White, 4,738 Black/African American, 7,817 Asian, 6,091 Hispanic, 21 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,702 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
George Mason University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	39,766	19,381	20,385
American Indian/Native American	81	39	42
Asian	7,817	4,031	3,786
Black/African American	4,738	2,070	2,668
Hispanic	6,091	2,647	3,444
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	10	11
White	13,432	6,502	6,930
Two More	1,711	840	871
Race Un-Known	1,616	862	754

[Chart] George Mason UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at George Mason University.

Age Distribution
George Mason University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	39,766	28,334	11,432
Under 18	466	466	0
Age 18-19	8,113	8,110	3
Age 20-21	9,527	9,293	234
Age 22-24	9,082	6,007	3,075
Age 25-29	5,859	2,576	3,283
Age 30-34	2,489	840	1,649
Age 35-39	1,467	415	1,052
Age 40-49	1,732	396	1,336
Age 50-64	920	190	730
Over 64	107	40	67
Age Un-Known	4	1	3

[Chart] George Mason University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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