George Mason University began as the Northern Virginia branch of the University of Virginia in 1957. Eager to support the fledgling institution, the Town (now City) of Fairfax purchased 150 acres in 1958 and donated it to the University of Virginia for a permanent branch campus. In 1966, the General Assembly authorized the expansion of George Mason College into a four-year, degree-granting institution with the long-range mandate to expand into a major regional university. In 1972 George Mason University became an independent member of the commonwealth's system of colleges and universities. The Prince William Campus was established in Prince William County in 1997. The 150 acres that once was the entire George Mason University campus has become the 677-acre Fairfax Campus. Mason began having classes in Loudoun in the fall of 2005.
tuition & fees
- tuition & fees(1998-99) : $12,504
admission
All international applicants for whom English is not their native language are required to submit the results from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). TOEFL score of 230 on the computer-based test or 570 on the paper test.
