Student Achievement

As highlighted in our strategic plan, student success is a top strategic priority at Mason. As an R1/Access institution, we seek to enable excellence in the production of knowledge at macro (public) and micro (individual) levels. From recruitment to graduation, Mason strives to provide a challenging and fulfilling academic experience coupled with curricular and co-curricular support.

The IPEDS 8-Year Graduation Rate, chosen as our Key Student Completion Indicator, reflects Mason’s mixed undergraduate population of first-time in college and transfer students. Additional key performance indicators, detailed below, are regularly examined to evaluate the degree to which we are achieving our goals. Disaggregation to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement is critical in that evaluation.

In the summary table below, you will find specific thresholds and targets for each indicator. Further down we invite you to explore this data in more detail in both trends and disaggregation. For questions, please contact us at oiep@gmu.edu.

Indicator	Threshold	2024 Reporting Target
Full-time/Part-time First-Time and Transfer Cohorts 8-Year Graduation Rate	72%	74%
First-time, Full-time Freshmen 1-Year Retention Rate	86%	88%
First-time, Full-time Freshmen 6-Year Graduation Rate	69.8%	72%
Baccalaureate Degree Production	4,996	7,045
Baccalaureate Stem Enrollment	29%	40%
Graduate (Master & Doctorate) Enrollment	9,037	12,037
Virginia Community College Transfers to George Mason University	1,850	2,700

Full-time/Part-time First-Time and Transfer Cohorts 8-Year Graduation Rate KSCI
Reporting Year	Fall Entering Cohort	N	8-Year Retention
2017-2018	2009-2010	6454	72%
2018-2019	2010-2011	6427	73%
2019-2020	2011-2012	6440	74%
2020-2021	2012-2013	6464	74%
2021-2022	2013-2014	6919	74%
Threshold: 72%
Target Goal for 2024-25 Entering Cohort 2016-17: 74%

Cohorts are: First-time in College (Full-time and Part-time) Fall and Spring; Transfers (Full-time and Part-time) Fall and Spring

Additional Disaggregation

Full-time/Part-time First-Time and Transfer Cohorts 8-Year Graduation Rate
Underrepresented Minorities
Year Reported	Fall Entering Cohort	Black/ African American	Hispanic American	American Indian/ Alaska Native/ Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
2017-2018	2009-2010	70%	73%	73%
2018-2019	2010-2011	70%	76%	65%
2019-2020	2011-2012	72%	75%	72%
2020-2021	2012-2013	70%	77%	68%
2021-2022	2013-2014	72%	75%	61%

Full-time/Part-time First-Time and Transfer Cohorts 8-Year Graduation Rate
First-Generation
Year Reported	Fall Entering Cohort	8-Year Award Rate
2017-2018	2009-2010	74%
2018-2019	2010-2011	73%
2019-2020	2011-2012	73%
2020-2021	2012-2013	74%
2021-2022	2013-2014	74%

First-time in College & Transfer Year Round entering Cohorts

Full-time/Part-time First-Time and Transfer Cohorts 8-Year Graduation Rate
Pell Recipient
Year Reported	Fall Entering Cohort	8-Year Award Rate
2017-2018	2009-2010	74%
2018-2019	2010-2011	74%
2019-2020	2011-2012	74%
2020-2021	2012-2013	75%
2021-2022	2013-2014	75%

First-time in College & Transfer Year Round entering Cohorts

Full-time/Part-time First-Time and Transfer Cohorts 8-Year Graduation Rate
Gender
Year Reported	Fall Entering Cohort	Female	Male
2017-2018	2009-2010	76%	68%
2018-2019	2010-2011	76%	70%
2019-2020	2011-2012	78%	70%
2020-2021	2012-2013	78%	70%
2021-2022	2013-2014	77%	71%

First-time in College & Transfer Year Round entering Cohorts

First-time/Full-time Freshmen 1-Year Retention Rate
Reporting Year	Fall Entering Cohort	N	1-Year Retention
2011	2010	2,578	87.2%
2012	2011	2644	86.3%
2013	2012	2,681	87.3%
2014	2013	2,992	87.6%
2015	2014	3,046	87.2%
2016	2015	3,154	87.5%
2017	2016	3,175	87.8%
2018	2017	3,442	86.7%
2019	2018	3,664	86.4%
2020	2019	3,074	86.0%
2021	2020	3,428	83.6%
2022	2021	3,843	85.2%
Threshold: 86%
Target Goal for 2024-25 for 2023 Cohort: 88%

Additional Disaggregation

First-time/Full-time Freshmen 1-Year Retention Rate
Underrepresented Minorities
Reporting Year	Fall Entering Cohort	Black/ African American	Hispanic American	American Indian/ Alaska Native/ Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
2011	2010	92.2	88.2	88.2
2012	2011	85.4	84.3	92.9
2013	2012	88.1	87.5	83.3
2014	2013	90.8	88.3	78.9
2015	2014	83.3	88.0	78.9
2016	2015	83.2	87.0	100.0
2017	2016	90.3	89.6	80.0
2018	2017	84.3	85.4	0.0
2019	2018	81.3	85.5	100.0
2020	2019	85.1	85.7	85.7
2021	2020	77.8	83.7	100.0
2022	2021	82.9	83.4	85.7

First-time/Full-time Freshmen 1-Year Retention Rate
First-Generation
Reporting Year	Fall Entering Cohort	One Year Retention
2011	2010	86.8
2012	2011	85.0
2013	2012	84.6
2014	2013	86.8
2015	2014	86.5
2016	2015	87.2
2017	2016	85.9
2018	2017	85.2
2019	2018	83.6
2020	2019	84.2
2021	2020	82.4
2022	2011	83.7

First-time/Full-time Freshmen 1-Year Retention Rate
Pell Recipient
Reporting Year	Fall Entering Cohort	One Year Retention
2011	2010	87.6
2012	2011	85.5
2013	2012	86.1
2014	2013	86.3
2015	2014	85.1
2016	2015	85.4
2017	2016	87.1
2018	2017	85.9
2019	2018	84.0
2020	2019	85.4
2021	2020	84.0
2022	2020	86.9

First-time/Full-time Freshmen 1-Year Retention Rate
Gender
Reporting Year	Fall Entering Cohort	Female	Male
2011	2010	89.1	85.2
2012	2011	87.9	84.6
2013	2012	89.1	85.3
2014	2013	88.8	86.2
2015	2014	88.1	86.1
2016	2015	88.7	86.1
2017	2016	88.9	86.6
2018	2017	88.2	85.0
2019	2018	88.3	84.4
2020	2019	88.0	84.0
2021	2020	84.5	82.6
2022	2021	86.4	84.2

First-time, Full-time Freshmen 6-Year Graduation Rate
Reporting Year	Fall Cohort	N	6-Year Graduation Rate
2016	2010	2,578	69.8
2017	2011	2,644	70.8
2018	2012	2,681	70.0
2019	2013	2,992	70.8
2020	2014	3,046	71.7
2021	2015	3,154	70.2
2022	2016	3,175	70.5
2023	2017	3,442
2024	2018	3,664
2025	2019	3,074
Threshold: 69.8%
Target Goal for 2024 for 2018 Cohort: 72%

Additional Disaggregation

First-time, Full-time Freshmen 6-Year Graduation Rate
Underrepresented Minorities
Reporting Year	Fall Entering Cohort	Black/ African American	Hispanic American	American Indian/ Alaska Native/ Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
2016	2010	73.7	69.0	70.6
2017	2011	71.9	62.2	92.9
2018	2012	65.3	66.3	66.7
2019	2013	74.0	69.5	47.4
2020	2014	69.2	72.1	52.6
2021	2015	65.2	70.6	57.1
2022	2016	69.3	68.4	60.0
2023	2017
2024	2018
2025	2019

First-time, Full-time Freshmen 6-Year Graduation Rate
First-Generation
Reporting Year	Fall Entering Cohort	6-Year Graduation Rate
2016	2010	69.2
2017	2011	65.7
2018	2012	65.8
2019	2013	68.5
2020	2014	70.6
2021	2015	68.4
2022	2016	66.6
2023	2017
2024	2018
2025	2019

First-time, Full-time Freshmen 6-Year Graduation Rate
Pell Recipient
Reporting Year	Fall Entering Cohort	6-Year Graduation Rate
2016	2010	68.7
2017	2011	66.8
2018	2012	67.8
2019	2013	66.9
2020	2014	71.5
2021	2015	65.6
2022	2016	67.5
2023	2017
2024	2018
2025	2019

First-time, Full-time Freshmen 6-Year Graduation Rate
Gender
Reporting Year	Fall Entering Cohort	Female	Male
2016	2010	74.4	64.9
2017	2011	76.2	64.9
2018	2012	75.4	64.2
2019	2013	75.4	65.4
2020	2014	76.7	66.0
2021	2015	74.6	65.3
2022	2016	74.5	66.2
2023	2017
2024	2018
2025	2019

Baccalaureate Degree Production
Reporting Year*	Bachelor degrees
2014-2015	4,996
2015-2016	5,127
2016-2017	5,312
2017-2018	5,521
2018-2019	5,668
2019-2020	5,813
2020-2021	6,173
2021-2022	6,174
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025
Threshold: 4,996
Target Goal for 2024-2025: 7,045

*Reporting award year is Summer, Fall, Spring (July 1 through June 30)

Additional Disaggregation

Baccalaureate Degree Production
Underrepresented Minorities – % of Total
Reporting Year	Black/ African American	Hispanic American	American Indian/ Alaska Native/ Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
2014-2015	9%	12%	1%
2015-2016	10%	12%	1%
2016-2017	10%	13%	1%
2017-2018	10%	14%	1%
2018-2019	10%	16%	1%
2019-2020	10%	15%	<1%
2020-2021	10%	15%	<1%
2021-2022	10%	15%	<1%
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025

Baccalaureate Degree Production
First-Generation
Reporting Year	% of Total
2014-2015	22%
2015-2016	18%
2016-2017	21%
2017-2018	23%
2018-2019	34%
2019-2020	32%
2020-2021	31%
2021-2022	27%
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025

Baccalaureate Degree Production
Pell Recipient
Reporting Year	% of Total
2014-2015	40%
2015-2016	40%
2016-2017	39%
2017-2018	40%
2018-2019	41%
2019-2020	42%
2020-2021	42%
2021-2022	43%
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025

Baccalaureate Degree Production
Gender – % of Total
Reporting Year	Female	Male
2014-2015	57%	43%
2015-2016	56%	44%
2016-2017	55%	45%
2017-2018	55%	45%
2018-2019	55%	45%
2019-2020	53%	47%
2020-2021	53%	47%
2021-2022	53%	47%
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025

Baccalaureate STEM Enrollment
Fall	Total Undergraduate Enrollment	STEM Enrollment	% of Total
2014	21,671	6,546	30%
2015	22,422	7,388	33%
2016	23,371	7,861	34%
2017	24,633	8,734	35%
2018	25,798	9,550	37%
2019	26,320	10,203	39%
2020	26,927	10,521	39%
2021	26,789	10,215	38%
2022	26,948	10,174	38%
Threshold: 29%
Target 2024: 40%

Additional Disaggregation

Baccalaureate STEM Enrollment
Underrepresented Minorities
	Black/ African American	Hispanic American	American Indian/ Alaska Native/ Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Fall	% of Total	% of Total	% of Total
2014	9%	10%	1%
2015	9%	11%	1%
2016	9%	11%	1%
2017	10%	11%	<1%
2018	10%	12%	<1%
2019	10%	12%	<1%
2020	10%	12%	<1%
2021	11%	12%	<1%
2022	11%	13%	<1%

Baccalaureate STEM Enrollment
First-Generation
Fall	% of Total
2014	27%
2015	30%
2016	31%
2017	33%
2018	30%
2019	27%
2020	25%
2021	22%
2022	21%

Baccalaureate STEM Enrollment
Pell Recipient
Fall	% of Total
2014	41%
2015	42%
2016	42%
2017	43%
2018	42%
2019	42%
2020	40%
2021	30%
2022	28%

Baccalaureate STEM Enrollment
Gender
	Female	Male
Fall	% of Total	% of Total
2014	35%	65%
2015	36%	64%
2016	35%	65%
2017	35%	65%
2018	36%	64%
2019	35%	65%
2020	36%	64%
2021	36%	64%
2022	36%	64%

Graduate (Master & Doctorate) Enrollment
Fall	Masters	Doctorate	Total
2014	7,022	2,264	9,286
2015	6,795	2,245	9,040
2016	6,878	2,188	9,066
2017	6,883	2,154	9,037
2018	7,050	2,138	9,188
2019	7,173	2,156	9,329
2020	7,458	2,202	9,660
2021	7,648	2,219	9,867
2022	7,873	2,266	10,139
Threshold: 9,037
Target for Fall 2024: 12,037

Additional Disaggregation

Graduate (Master & Doctorate) Enrollment
Underrepresented Minorities – Black/African American
Fall	Masters	Doctorate	Total
2014	9%	6%	8%
2015	9%	7%	9%
2016	10%	7%	9%
2017	11%	8%	10%
2018	11%	7%	10%
2019	10%	8%	10%
2020	11%	8%	10%
2021	11%	7%	11%
2022	11%	8%	10%

Graduate (Master & Doctorate) Enrollment
Underrepresented Minorities – Hispanic American
Fall	Masters	Doctorate	Total
2014	7%	4%	7%
2015	7%	5%	7%
2016	8%	4%	7%
2017	8%	5%	8%
2018	8%	5%	7%
2019	9%	5%	8%
2020	10%	5%	9%
2021	10%	6%	9%
2022	9%	6%	9%

Graduate (Master & Doctorate) Enrollment
Underrepresented Minorities – American Indian/ Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Fall	Masters	Doctorate	Total
2014	1%	<1%	1%
2015	<1%	<1%	<1%
2016	<1%	<1%	<1%
2017	<1%	<1%	<1%
2018	<1%	<1%	<1%
2019	<1%	<1%	<1%
2020	<1%	<1%	<1%
2021	<1%	<1%	<1%
2022	<1%	<1%	<1%

Graduate (Master & Doctorate) Enrollment
Gender
	Female			Male
Fall	Masters	Doctorate	Total	Masters	Doctorate	Total
2014	60%	49%	57%	40%	51%	43%
2015	60%	49%	57%	40%	51%	43%
2016	60%	50%	58%	40%	50%	42%
2017	62%	49%	59%	38%	51%	41%
2018	63%	50%	60%	37%	50%	40%
2019	63%	51%	60%	37%	49%	40%
2020	63%	51%	60%	38%	49%	40%
2021	62%	52%	60%	38%	48%	40%
2022	60%	52%	58%	40%	48%	42%

Virginia Community College transfers to George Mason University
Year	N
Fall 2014	1,845
Fall 2015	1,851
Fall 2016	2,086
Fall 2017	2,297
Fall 2018	2,357
Fall 2019	2,195
Fall 2020	2,363
Fall 2021	2,210
Fall 2022	2,152
Fall 2023
Fall 2024
Threshold: 1,850
2024 Target Goal: 2,700

Additional Disaggregation

Virginia Community College transfers to George Mason University
Underrepresented Minorities – % of Total
Reporting Year	Black/ African American	Hispanic American	American Indian/ Alaska Native/ Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Fall 2014	11%	18%	1%
Fall 2015	10%	18%	1%
Fall 2016	11%	21%	1%
Fall 2017	11%	20%	<1%
Fall 2018	10%	22%	<1%
Fall 2019	10%	21%	<1%
Fall 2020	10%	22%	<1%
Fall 2021	12%	22%	<1%
Fall 2022	13%	24%	<1%
Fall 2023
Fall 2024

Virginia Community College transfers to George Mason University
First-Generation
Reporting Year	% of Total
Fall 2014	37%
Fall 2015	39%
Fall 2016	39%
Fall 2017	40%
Fall 2018	29%
Fall 2019	31%
Fall 2020	29%
Fall 2021	30%
Fall 2022	34%
Fall 2023
Fall 2024

Virginia Community College transfers to George Mason University
Pell Recipient
Reporting Year	% of Total
Fall 2014	41%
Fall 2015	41%
Fall 2016	42%
Fall 2017	42%
Fall 2018	42%
Fall 2019	43%
Fall 2020	40%
Fall 2021	41%
Fall 2022	41%
Fall 2023
Fall 2024

Virginia Community College Transfers to George Mason University
Gender- % of Total
Reporting Year	Female	Male
Fall 2014	55%	45%
Fall 2015	53%	47%
Fall 2016	52%	48%
Fall 2017	51%	49%
Fall 2018	51%	49%
Fall 2019	51%	49%
Fall 2020	51%	49%
Fall 2021	53%	47%
Fall 2022	49%	51%
Fall 2023
Fall 2024