George Mason Â鶹¹ú²ú will celebrate Spring Commencement on Thursday by honoring a record-setting number of students earning degrees, and nearly 11,800 students total will be recognized for earning degrees or certificates.ÌýÌý
Class of 2025 graduates represent 117 countries, 49 states, and the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands, and military installations.Ìý
The ceremony is set for 9:30 a.m. Thursday at EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus. Doors open at 8:30 a.m.Ìý
Tickets are required for guests to enter the arena. Graduates may access tickets . For questions email gmuevent@gmu.edu. The event also will be livestreamed.Ìý
George Mason, the largest and most diverse public university in Virginia, will award 11,268 degrees for graduates who have filed an intent to graduate from Summer 2024, Fall 2024, and Spring 2025 as of May 1. The university also will award 531 certificates.Ìý
Martina Cheung, president and CEO of S&P Global, is the featured speaker. Duy Ha Vu, graduating with degrees in public administration and business, is the student speaker.Ìý
The Class of 2025 is prepared to fill critical positions in the region and state’s workforce—41% of undergraduates are in STEM fields and the health sciences, as are 48% of those earning graduate degrees.Ìý
Commencement also will highlight George Mason’s mission of access and opportunity. About 1 in 4 graduates reports that they will be first-generation degree earners.ÌýÌý
George Mason graduates have been successful in landing jobs. According to a Mason Career Plans Survey and supplemental data, 85% of Class of 2024 George Mason graduates had a positive career outcome at or within six months of graduation, with a median salary of $70,000.Ìý
The top five majors among the 6,875 undergraduates in the Class of 2025 are business; information technology; computer science; psychology; and criminology, law and society.Ìý
For the 3,828 students earning master’s degrees, the top five majors are data analytics engineering, computer science, special education, curriculum and instruction, and business administration.Ìý
The top majors for the 400 students earning doctoral degrees are education, psychology, computer science, economics, and conflict analysis and resolution. There will be 170 doctoral candidates individually recognized at Commencement. Graduates receiving bachelor’s and master’s degrees will be recognized as a group at their seats.ÌýÌý
There are 165 Scalia Law School graduates. The will hold degree celebration ceremonies Saturday, May 17, at 1:30 pm at the Concert Hall.Ìý