Medical Informatics at George Mason University

Every medical informatics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the medical informatics program at George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Medical Informatics section at the bottom of this page.

GMU Medical Informatics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medical Informatics

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GMU does offer online courses in medical informatics for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GMU Medical Informatics Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Medical Informatics Student Demographics at GMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical informatics majors at George Mason University.

GMU Medical Informatics Master’s Program

Of the 51 students who earned a master's degree in Medical Informatics from GMU in 2020-2021, 24% were men and 76% were women.

In the medical informatics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Mason University with a master's in medical informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

Careers That Medical Informatics Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical informatics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Computer and Information Research Scientists	2,740	$129,840

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.