Master's · Fairfax, Virginia
Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services at George Mason University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $71,397
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $68,124
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $53,415
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $57k (likely $57k – $57k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $2k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in VA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$229k (likely −$312k – −$135k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$250k (likely −$414k – −$72k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at George Mason University
- Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications (Master's)$167,363
- Computer Software and Media Applications (Master's)$162,691
- Computer Engineering (Master's)$158,029
- Homeland Security (Master's)$154,158
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$148,171
- Homeland Security (Bachelor's)$143,972
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$142,690
- Law (First professional)$135,661
- Systems Engineering (Master's)$135,210
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$134,691
- Psychology, General (Doctoral)$128,100
- Data Analytics (Graduate certificate)$126,988
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- Virginia State University$66,322
- University of Virginia-Main Campus$60,095
- Virginia Commonwealth University$58,540
- Old Dominion University$58,539
- James Madison University$58,228
- William & Mary$56,870
- Liberty University$56,174
- Regent University$55,572
- Radford University$54,651
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University$46,870