George Mason University
public liberal arts and research university in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Summary
George Mason University is a university[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,607 views/month, #27 of 8,192).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Oak Ridge Associated Universities[3], ORCID, Inc.[4], Consortium of Social Science Associations[5], ArXiv[6], Association of American Colleges and Universities[7], American Council on Education[8], National Humanities Alliance[9], Coalition for Networked Information[10], Association of Public and Land-grant Universities[11], American Association of State Colleges and Universities[12], Center for Research Libraries[13], Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition[14], Council on Governmental Relations[15]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Fairfax[16], Fairfax County[17], Virginia[18]
- Country: United States[19]
- Instance of: public educational institution of the United States[20]
- Named after: George Mason[21]
- Headquarters location: Fairfax County[22]
- Postal code: 22030-4444[23]
- Child organization or unit: Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation[24], Antonin Scalia Law School[25], George Mason University College of Visual and Performing Arts[26]
- Commons category: George Mason University[27]
- Has part(s): George Mason University College of Visual and Performing Arts[28]
- Inception: 1957[29]
- Start time: 1957[30]
- Coordinate location: 38.8308, -77.3075[31]
- Official website: https://www.gmu.edu/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:George Mason University[33]
- Employees: 5734[34]
- Legal form: Nonstock Corporation[35]
- Count of students: 38,541[36]
- Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education: doctoral universities: very high research activity[37], majority undergraduate[38], research doctoral: STEM-dominant[39], four-year, large, primarily residential[40], four-year, full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in[41], balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence[42]
- Language used: English[43]
Why It Matters
George Mason University has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]