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George Mason acceptance rate

George Mason University · Fairfax, Virginia · Public · 27,752 undergraduates

87.5%
accepted, fall 2024
25,234
applications
22,074
offers of admission
4,464
enrolled (20% of those admitted)

Admission is easier than a decade ago: the rate climbed 21 points, from 67% in 2014 to 87%. George Mason admits more of its applicants than the typical four-year college, where the median rate is 77%. San Jose State University is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to George Mason in size and selectivity (85%); Iowa State is the easiest (89%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 68%2002 66%2003 66%2004 69%2005 69%2006 61%2007 55%2008 63%2009 63%2010 52%2011 53%2012 66%2013 62%2014 67%2015 80%2016 81%2017 81%2018 81%2019 87%2020 89%2021 91%2022 90%2023 89%2024 87%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202425,23422,07487.5%4,464
202322,57920,05788.8%4,451
202220,00118,00190.0%4,144
202120,52718,74191.3%3,986
202021,19818,90989.2%3,561
201919,55416,96286.7%3,763
201819,55715,85281.1%3,711
201718,99315,44681.3%3,489
201615,54812,59281.0%3,214
201518,98715,13879.7%3,181
201422,53215,01766.6%3,080
201320,80512,90562.0%3,011
201214,7039,66765.7%2,694
201117,5489,26352.8%2,665
201017,2298,90151.7%2,604
200913,7328,69163.3%2,656
200812,9438,11262.7%2,549
200713,5637,46755.1%2,229
200611,0236,72061.0%2,435
200510,3327,11068.8%2,538
200410,0976,92568.6%2,262
20039,7686,45966.1%2,251
20028,8425,82665.9%2,225
20018,1065,51968.1%2,146

Applications and offers

010k20k30k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 8k Admitted: 6k2002 Applied: 9k Admitted: 6k2003 Applied: 10k Admitted: 6k2004 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2005 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2006 Applied: 11k Admitted: 7k2007 Applied: 14k Admitted: 7k2008 Applied: 13k Admitted: 8k2009 Applied: 14k Admitted: 9k2010 Applied: 17k Admitted: 9k2011 Applied: 18k Admitted: 9k2012 Applied: 15k Admitted: 10k2013 Applied: 21k Admitted: 13k2014 Applied: 23k Admitted: 15k2015 Applied: 19k Admitted: 15k2016 Applied: 16k Admitted: 13k2017 Applied: 19k Admitted: 15k2018 Applied: 20k Admitted: 16k2019 Applied: 20k Admitted: 17k2020 Applied: 21k Admitted: 19k2021 Applied: 21k Admitted: 19k2022 Applied: 20k Admitted: 18k2023 Applied: 23k Admitted: 20k2024 Applied: 25k Admitted: 22k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women13,41712,03889.7%
Men11,80310,02785.0%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
580 to 680 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
580 to 680
ACT composite
25 to 30

Colleges similar to George Mason

The six public four-year colleges closest to George Mason in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA		85%27,601$14,241$83,493
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA		88%21,790$16,785$59,167
Washington State University
Pullman, WA		87%21,099$13,462$72,280
Iowa State
Ames, IA		89%25,367$18,517$67,568
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ		88%18,376$15,193$63,846
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE		87%19,178$16,214$61,819

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by George Mason to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · George Mason on College Scorecard