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George Mason University

University · Fairfax, VA

George Mason University is a public research university in Fairfax, Virginia.

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DMV

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About DMV

The DMV is built around a single fact: it's the seat of the federal government, and the intelligence and defense agencies headquartered there are the region's actual economic anchor, not a side industry. Georgetown, George Mason, the University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins up in Baltimore all feed a workforce that skews toward cleared, government-adjacent technical work most other regions don't have.

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Region Stats

Total firms 400

VC / investors 88

Companies 286

Schools 26

Known For

Defense

Intelligence

Technology Capital