Build the Future We Need

Rising to Meet the Moment

From a college housed in an elementary school with 17 students to now—a top-tier, nationally recognized research university and the largest public research university in the Commonwealth of Virginia—George Mason University has always risen to meet the moment. Today, our world stands at a crossroads, facing challenges unlike any time in our history. As always, George Mason is ready to lead, meeting that grand challenge with grand solutions.

Mason Now: Power the Possible

Stories of Impact

Connect Your Gift with Your Passion

Empower current and future generations of students, faculty, and researchers to change their lives, their disciplines, and their world. Where will you make a difference?

Sustaining Top-Tier Carnegie Designation: High-Access, High-Earning

The Carnegie Foundation and American Council on Education (ACE) has named George Mason University to the highest tier of its list of Opportunity Colleges and Universities in recognition of the university’s commitment to accessibility, return on investment, and upward mobility. As the only public doctoral university in Virginia recognized with this designation, the support of our alumni and friends sustains this excellence and speaks to the impact and value of a George Mason education.