An earned baccalaureate and/or graduate degree from an institution of higher education accredited by a Mason-recognized U.S. institutional accrediting agency, or international equivalent, verified from official transcripts.
Must be a non-business major
No more than two years of professional work experience
College Transcript Requirement
We require unofficial copies of your transcripts from earned degrees for application review. You can upload these to your online application. If admitted, you must submit official transcripts prior to the last day to add/drop courses in your first term. Please refer to the Additional Requirements for International Degree Holders section for degrees earned outside of the U.S.
Goals Statement
Outlining what you would like us to know about you as we consider your candidacy for the George Mason University School of Business MS in Management program. Examples include Why are you interested in the program?, What are your career goals?, Why George Mason University?, or What can you offer to the classroom?.
One Letter of Recommendation:
The application will ask you to submit contact information for one recommender. An invitation to submit a letter of recommendation will be sent to your recommenders via email immediately upon entering and saving their information.
Current Resume
Interview (By invitation only)
Optional Requirement:
GMAT or GRE Score The MSM is now test-optionalhowever, if you would like to submit a test score with your application, we invite you to do so. Applicants are not penalized in the application review process for electing to not submit a test score.
Certificate Pathway
Applicants who have successfully completed at least two courses in the Business Fundamental Graduate Certificates with grades of B or better will have the application fee, goals statement, and letters of recommendation requirements waived.
A minimum 3.00 GPA on a 4.00 scale in baccalaureate study
IELTS - 7.0 total band score, with a minimum of 6.5 in each subsection
TOEFL iBT - 88 overall, minimum 20 in each section