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George Mason University

As of October 3, 2026
Former Name: George Mason College (1964 - 1971)

The information on this page describes the accreditation relationship between this institution and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. General information about the Commission and the accreditation process is provided at the end of this document.

General Information

CEO Name
Dr. Gregory Washington
Address
4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Country
United States
Institutional Phone
(703) 993-1000
Approved to Offer
Baccalaureate Degree Master's Degree Education Specialist Degree Doctoral Degrees

Visit Website View Available Programs View Student Achievement Data

Accreditation Information

Status
Accredited
Public Sanctions
None
Accreditation Granted
January 1, 1972
Reaffirmation
2022
Distance Education Approval Date
December 7, 2001
Next Reaffirmation
2032
Next Fifth-Year Review
2028
Degree Level
VI i See Approved to Offer above for the complete list.
Control
Public

SACSCOC Staff Member

Denise Young

404.994.6549 Email

In-Progress Reviews

  • 2028 Fifth-Year Interim Report

Most Recent History with SACSCOC

  • 2024 Institutional Special Response

Off-campus Instructional Sites (Additional Locations)

Types

  • Approved >=50%: Site is approved to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval. Only sites offering 50% or more of a program require approval.
  • Approved Branch >=50%: Site is approved as a branch campus to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval.
  • Notified 25-49%: Less than 50% of a program may be offered at the site. Less than 50% of additional programs may be offered with no further site notification.

Sites offering less than 25% of a program do not require notification or approval.

Status

  • Open: Instruction may be offered at the site consistent with the site type defined above.
  • Closed: Closed sites are not shown. A site is closed when (1) the institution has stopped admitting students to the site and (2) SACSCOC has approved the site teach-out plan. Therefore, instruction may continue at a site under the teach-out plan after the site is closed.
  • Alexandria City High School
    3330 King Street Alexandria, VA 22206 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Augusta Health
    78 Medical Center Drive Fishersville, VA 22939 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Brambleton Middle School
    23070 Learning Circle Ashburn, VA 20148 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Briar Woods High School
    22525 Belmont Ridge Road Ashburn, VA 20148 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Broad Run High School
    21670 Ashburn Road Ashburn, VA 20147 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Center for Psychological Services
    10340 Democracy Lane Suite 202 Fairfax, VA 22030 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Charles J. Colgan Senior High School
    13833 Dumfries Road Manassas, VA 20112 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Daniels Run Elementary School
    3705 Old Lee Highway Fairfax, VA 22030 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Dunn Loring Administrative Center
    2334 Gallows Road Dunn Loring, VA 22027 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Fairfax County Health Department
    12000 Government Center Pkwy Fairfax, VA 22035 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Fairfax High School
    3501 Rebel Run Fairfax, VA 22032 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Gatehouse Administration Center
    8115 Gatehouse Road Falls Church, VA 22042 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • George Mason University Science and Technology Campus
    10900 University Blvd Manassas, VA 20110 United States

    Type: Approved Branch >=50% Status: Open

  • George Mason University-Arlington at Mason Square
    3351 Fairfax Dr Arlington, VA 22201 United States

    Type: Approved Branch >=50% Status: Open

  • George Washington University Hospital System
    900 23rd St NW Washington, DC 20037 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • HCA Virginia Physicians
    7325 Beaumont Springs Drive Richmond, VA 23225 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Holmes Middle School
    6525 Montrose Street Alexandria, VA 22312 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Hylton High School
    14051 Spriggs Rd Woodbridge, VA 22193 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Inova Alexandria Hospital
    4320 Seminary Rd Alexandria, VA 22042 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
    3600 Joseph Siewick Fairfax, VA United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Inova Fairfax Hospital
    3300 Gallows Rd Falls Church, VA 22042 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Inova Laboratories - Merrifield
    2832 Juniper Street Fairfax, VA 22031 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Inova Mt. Vernon
    2501 Parks Ln Alexandria, VA 23306 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Jackson Middle School
    3020 Gallows Road Falls Church, VA 22042 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • James Wood Middle School
    1313 Amherst Street Winchester, VA 22601 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Kelly Leadership Center
    14715 Bristow Road Manassas, VA 20112 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Lake Braddock Secondary School
    9200 Burke Lake Road Burke, VA 22015 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • LCPS Staff Training Center
    43711 Partlow Road Ashburn, VA 43711 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Leis Center
    7423 Camp Alger Avenue Falls Church, VA 22042 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Loudon County Public Schools Administrative Center
    21000 Education Court Ashburn, VA 20148 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Loudoun Hospital
    44045 Riverside Pkwy Leesburg, VA 20176 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School
    7130 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA 22043 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Mary Washington Hospital
    1001 Sam Perry Blvd Fredericksburg, VA 22401 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    110 Irving St Room 2, B67 Washington, DC 20010 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Novant Prince William Hospital
    8700 Sudley Rd Manassas, VA 22110 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Oakton High School
    2900 Sutton Road Vienna, VA 22181 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Parkside Middle School
    8602 Mathis Avenue Manassas, VA 20110 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Plum Center
    6815 Edsall Road Springfield, VA 22151 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Potomac Science Center
    650 Mason Ferry Ave Woodbridge, VA 22191 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Prince William County Administrative Complex
    14800 Joplin Road Manassas, VA 20112 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Quest Diagnostics, Inc. Training School
    14226 Newbrook Drive Chantilly, VA 20151 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Reston Hospital
    1850 Town Center Pkwy Reston, VA 20190 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Riverside High School
    19019 Upper Belmont Place Leesburg, VA 20176 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Robinson Secondary School
    5035 Sideburn Fairfax, VA 22032 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Rock Ridge High School
    43460 Loudoun Reserve Drive Ashburn, VA 20148 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Rocky Run Elementary School
    95 Reservoir Road Fredericksburg, VA 22406 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • SAIC Chantilly
    4805 Stonecraft Boulevard Chantilly, VA 20151 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Saunders Middle School
    13557 Spriggs Road Manassas, VA 20112 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
    2300 Opitz Blvd Woodbridge, VA 22191 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Sentara Rockingham Medical Center
    2010 Health Campus Drive Harrisonburg, VA 22801 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Sibley Hospital
    5235 Loughboro Rd NW Washington, DC 20016 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Smithsonian Conservation and Research Center
    Training Center 1500 Remount Rd Front Royal, VA 22530 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Songdo Campus
    187 Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu Incheon, 406-840 Korea, Republic of

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • South County High School
    8501 Silverbrook Road Lorton, VA 22079 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Stafford County Public Schools Professional Development Center
    31 Stafford Avenue Stafford, VA 22554 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Stone Bridge High School
    43100 Hay Road Ashburn, VA 20147 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Stone Hill Middle School
    23415 Evergreen Ridge Drive Ashburn, VA 20148 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Syphax Educational Center
    2110 Washington Boulevard, Sequoia Building #2 Arlington, VA 22204 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Trailside Middle School
    20325 Claiborne Parkway Ashburn, VA 20147 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • University of Malta Vallarta Campus
    St. Paul Street Valletta, 1216 Malta

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Virginia Department of Forensic Science
    10850 Pyramid Place Manassas, VA 20110 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Virginia Hospital System/Arlington
    1701 N George Mason Dr Arlington, VA 22205 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • W. C. Taylor Middle School
    350 East Shirley Avenue Warrenton, VA 20186 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Wakefield High School
    1325 South Dinwiddie Street Arlington, VA 22206 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Westfield High School
    4700 Stonecroft Boulevard Chantilly, VA 20151 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Willow Oaks Administrative Center
    8270 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive Fairfax, VA 22031 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Woodburn Elementary School
    3401 Hemlock Drive Falls Church, VA 22042 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Woodson High School
    9525 Main Street Fairfax, VA 22031 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

About SACSCOC and Accreditation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the accreditation name of The Commission on Colleges and Universities, is the commission responsible for accrediting degree-granting institutions across the nation and internationally. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees is the representative body of the member institutions also known as the College Delegate Assembly. To gain or maintain accreditation, an institution must comply with SACSCOC policies, procedures, and with all standards contained in the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement in the professional judgment of peer reviewers. SACSCOC’s institutional accreditation includes all degree levels regardless of location or mode of instruction. The Commission accredits the institution as a whole.

Components of the Review Process

The SACSCOC Board of Trustees conducts several types of institutional reviews: (1) Candidate Committee reviews of applicant institutions seeking candidacy, (2) Accreditation Committee reviews of candidate institutions seeking initial membership, (3) Reaffirmation Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following a comprehensive review, (4) Special Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following evaluation of institutional circumstances that are accreditation related, and (5) Substantive Change Committee reviews of member institutions seeking approval and continued accreditation following the review of a change of a significant modification or expansion to the institution’s nature and scope. Each of the above type of reviews has its own evaluation documents and peer review procedures and can be found on the SACSCOC website at www.sacscoc.org.

The Committees on Compliance and Reports (C&R), standing committees of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, review reports prepared by evaluation committees and the institutional responses to those reports. A C&R Committee’s recommendation regarding an institution’s accreditation-related matters is forwarded to the Executive Council for review. The Executive Council recommends action to the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, which makes the final decision on reaffirmation and any monitoring activities that it may require of an institution. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees convenes twice a year.

Complaints Against SACSCOC Accredited Institutions

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) recognizes the value of information provided by students, employees, and others in determining whether an institution’s performance is consistent with SACSCOC standards for obtaining or maintaining accreditation. The Commission’s interest also is in ensuring that member institutions maintain appropriate grievance procedures and standards of procedural fairness and that the procedures are applied appropriately and consistently. The procedures for the review of complaints involving member institutions enable SACSCOC to address possible violations of its Principles of Accreditation, its Core Requirements and Standards, SACSCOC policies or procedures, as well as to address possible violations of an institution’s own policies and procedures, if related to the Principles.

Since SACSCOC’s complaint procedures are for the purpose of addressing any significant non-compliance with SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation, policies, or procedures, the procedures are not intended to be used to involve SACSCOC in disputes between individuals and member institutions, or cause SACSCOC to interpose itself as a reviewing authority in individual matters of admission, grades, granting or transferability of credits, application of academic policies, fees or other financial matters, disciplinary matters or other contractual rights and obligations. Nor does SACSCOC seek redress on an individual’s behalf. Under no circumstances does SACSCOC respond to, or take action on, any complaint or any allegation that contains defamatory statements. Further, SACSCOC will not serve as a grievance panel when the outcome of institutional grievance or appeal processes is unsatisfactory to the complainant.

SACSCOC expects individuals to attempt to resolve the issue through all means available to the complainant, including following the institution’s own published grievance procedures, before submitting a complaint to SACSCOC. Therefore, SACSCOC is under no obligation to consider additional information submitted by the complainant subsequent to the receipt of the formal complaint. SACSCOC’s usual practice is not to consider a complaint that is currently in administrative proceedings, including institutional proceedings, or in litigation. However, if there is substantial, credible evidence that indicates systemic problems with an accredited institution, SACSCOC may, at its discretion, choose to proceed with the review.

For the fastest and most secure review by SACSCOC personnel, we strongly encourage you to submit your formal complaint online. You can easily file your concerns by completing the digital “Complaints Against Institutions: Information Sheet and Form” directly through our secure online portal. Please note that to maintain the integrity of the review process, SACSCOC cannot evaluate oral or anonymous complaints, nor can we accept complaints submitted on behalf of another individual or forwarded from another entity. Filing your complaint electronically ensures it is received immediately and streamlines the review process.

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