Our Computer Science program will take you from student to professional.
In a fast paced industry like computer science, you need a program that moves just as fast. Our Computer Science graduate program covers the latest industry standards and changes, and will continue to adapt as the field evolves.
Check out the MS-CS program at Mason
The MS in Computer Science program from Mason prepares students for research and professional practice in computer science and related technologies. The program includes both fundamentals and advanced work in the areas of artificial intelligence and databases, programming languages and software engineering, systems and networks, theoretical computer science, and visual computing.
Mason is a top 30 university for its graduate-level Computer Science program
Our multidisciplinary programs produce graduates who are prepared to take on the challenges of the field. We revise courses regularly to keep up with changes in the computer science industry. The DC area has one of the largest collections of software companies in the world and the workforce is constantly growing, making our graduates in very high demand. With concentrations in Cybersecurity and Machine Learning even more doors open for our graduates into those specialized and highly sought-after careers.
Respected
With over three decades in the business of educating computer scientists in Northern Virginia, the department has deep relationships with government and industry. Our faculty are recognized for their teaching and research locally, nationally, and internationally.
Practical
Our graduates find work as entrepreneurs, working in the industry, business, or government at an advanced level, or they may choose to pursue a doctoral degree in Computer Science. Graduates have gone on to impressive careers with the likes of Micron, Verizon, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Amazon, Boeing, and more.
Convenient
Our location provides easy access to the Dulles and Arlington Technology Corridors and the government sector of Washington, DC. Our presence at the center of the robust technology industry of the capital area makes it convenient for working engineers in industry and government to continue their education. It gives our graduates access to positions supporting the government's computing infrastructure.
Mason is the largest, most diverse university in Virginia, and produces the most computing graduates in the commonwealth.
With 40,000 students at three campuses in Virginia and one in South Korea, Mason sets the standard for excellence, diversity, and inclusiveness, while cultivating and linking key actors to drive policy and technology solutions. These qualities and actions will lead to solutions to the world’s most complex problems. As part of Virginia's Tech Talent Investment Program, Mason is striving to increase the number of bachelor’s and master’s degree recipients in the fields of computer science, computer engineering, and software engineering programs.
Mason is now a top 10 public university for diversity, innovation, and cybersecurity.