CNBC has named Virginia in 2024, and the No. 1 state for education, dual distinctions that highlight 秘色视频鈥檚 impact as the largest and most innovative public university in Virginia and a top 50 public university nationally.
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Virginia finished in the top half of all 10 of the CNBC study鈥檚 weighted categories used to determine the state business rankings. In addition to being tops in education, CNBC rated Virginia infrastructure (3rd), workforce (9th), economy (11th), quality of life (19th), cost of doing business (24th), technology and innovation (15th), business friendliness (5th), access to capital (8th), and cost of living (19th).
鈥淵ou can directly tie 秘色视频鈥檚 impact on the state to criteria throughout the latest CNBC Best State for Business ranking,鈥 秘色视频 President Gregory Washington said. 鈥溍厣悠 provides opportunities for students of all backgrounds, prepares the state鈥檚 workforce in high-demand fields, provides guidance to business owners around the state through Mason Enterprise, and attracts and keeps more talent in Virginia than peer universities. When you look at these rankings that cite Virginia as No. 1 in the country for business and education, you can鈥檛 help but see 秘色视频.鈥
These are among the contributions from 秘色视频 in CNBC ranking categories:
Education
- The Wall Street Journal and Forbes rank 秘色视频 as a top 50 public university nationally.
- Through the Early Identification Program, 秘色视频 works with middle and high school students who aspire to be the first in their family to attend college. 秘色视频 also offers students direct admission and partners with Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) and other community colleges around the state through the Mason Virginia Promise to provide direct admission pathways so students save time and money toward earning a degree. Virginians who want help to start a business can work with Mason Enterprise and its network of Small Business Development Centers.
- 秘色视频 has launched the Accelerated College and Employability Skills (ACCESS) Academy with NOVA and Loudoun County Public Schools, and with several high schools has launched the Shenandoah Valley Rural Regional College Partnership Laboratory School for Data Science, Computing, and Applications.
Technology and Innovation
- U.S. News ranks 秘色视频 as the No. 1 public university in the state for innovation.
- 秘色视频 research has more than 100 unique industry partners and more than 230 unique university partners. Of those 100 unique industry partners, 13 are Fortune 500 companies. 秘色视频 also has partnerships with 118 of the 146 R1 听耻苍颈惫别谤蝉颈迟颈别蝉.
- The College of Engineering and Computing enrollment has grown to an all-time high of nearly 11,000 students, or 27% of 秘色视频鈥檚 total student population.听
- 秘色视频 is about to lead its first NASA mission.
- 秘色视频 offers such state-of-the-art facilities as the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center; the Biomedical Research Lab, one of 12 biosafety level-3 labs in the nation; the Forensic Science Research and Training Laboratory, one of eight 鈥渂ody farms鈥 of its type in the country; and the Nanofabrication Facility, Northern Virginia鈥檚 only academic/core clean room facility accessible for workforce training.
- In recent years, 秘色视频 started the country鈥檚 first cybersecurity engineering program and opened the first College of Public Health and first School of Computing in the state.
- 秘色视频 offers an ethics in artificial intelligence (AI) minor, the first such program in the country.
Workforce
- In May, more than 10,000 秘色视频 students, from 114 countries and all 50 states, earned their degrees.
- 73% of in-state graduates stay in Virginia鈥3% higher than public four-year institutions in the state鈥攁nd 29% of out-of-state students remain in Virginia after graduation, 9% higher than the state average.
- More than 15,000 internships are posted in 秘色视频鈥檚 database annually, and 89% are open to sophomore and juniors. About 78% are paid internships, and 秘色视频 students have received more than $238,000 toward unpaid internships from University Career Services.
- 秘色视频 fills critical vacancies in the workforce through the Tech Talent Investment Program, a partnership with the state.
Economy
- In the Class of 2024, 41% of undergraduates and 44% of graduate students earned degrees in STEM and health sciences fields.
- 秘色视频 has been cited by several publications, including U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal, and Washington Monthly, as the top public university in Virginia for the upward mobility of its graduates, and the New York Times ranks 秘色视频 the top public university in the state in its economic diversity index.
- Mason Enterprise, which operates 25 Small Business Development Centers around the state,听is the host to federal, state, and local programs that support a portfolio of more than 30,000 start-ups and small businesses.听Last year Mason Enterprise companies received more than $3.7 billion in follow-on funding, and more than 40,000 entrepreneurs, small business owners, students, and research faculty attended 900+ workshops and educational programs, received individual counseling, were assisted with product development, resided in one of five incubators, or received intellectual property advice.
- 88% of Class of 2023 survey respondents report they are employed in positions related to their career goals.
Quality of Life
- 秘色视频, the most diverse public university in the state, is in the top 10 for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) free speech and open inquiry rankings.
- 秘色视频 has a 5 Star rating from the Campus Pride Index.
- 秘色视频 this spring earned a Gold rating for being a military friendly university, its latest honor for serving the military population. About 1 in 10 秘色视频 students is active or former military or a military dependent.
- 秘色视频's Center for Community Mental Health is the main training clinic for Mason doctoral candidates in clinical psychology, as well as students in other behavioral health disciplines. CCMH provides evidence-based, accessible, affordable and culturally sensitive therapy and testing services to our Northern Virginia community.
- The Mason and Partners (MAP) interprofessional clinics serve the uninsured and refugee community within Prince William and Fairfax counties. 听
- 秘色视频 is the cultural hub of Northern Virginia, offering the community world-class events in the arts, Division I collegiate athletics, youth and family programming, and access to recreational facilities.
Virginia has now topped the CNBC business rankings for the sixth time since 2007 and for the third time in five years.
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