I went to George Mason (BS- Marketing '00, MPA in '05). It's twenty minutes outside DC in Virginia. It's very reasonable if you're in-state, and even acceptable if you're out of state. Very diverse, very up and coming. Not the greatest social scene, but who needs a frat house when you can go out in DC? Some snips from wiki:
-U.S. News & World Report ranked George Mason University #1 in its new category of Up-and-coming National Universities, 2009.
-4th most diverse university in the nation, by the Princeton Review in 2008.
-8th in the world political economy, 30th in public economics by econphd.net.
-The School of Law is ranked 38th in the nation by US News & World Report
-30th in the nation graduate Public Policy program by US News & World Report
decent undergrad business, too- ranked 74th by US News in '09
Also we went to the Final Four woohoo!
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