What is great about GMU?

parentof2andprof
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:51:09 +0000

Parent perspective: Professors care about teaching AND research and are meaningfully evaluated on both. There’s support for undergrad students to get involved in research. There was a recent finding that GMU grads earn the highest salaries from any of the VA public colleges/universities (or something along those lines–I can’t remember if it was specific to certain majors or not) and the student population is very diverse. You end up with less debt than a lot of other colleges and the potential to earn a solid salary and you are much more likely to stay in touch with your college friends as you will be more likely stay in the DC metro area due to the job opportunities. This last point is a pretty big deal for a lot of new grads who miss the social life of school. Sure in a place where it’s only a college town you may have a lovely 4 years, but then you’ll all spread out to diverse locales and that often hits people hard at a difficult time of life (i.e., becoming a full-fledged employed adult!)