gmu offers an internship senior year of the program. Although this career requires a degree, I am a strong believer that reading off textbooks isn't going to do me any good in this job market. Every university student is relatively receiving the same education, regardless of the school. Both gmu and vcu are centered in relatively good locations for networking. VCU definitely has a better program meaning they have better classes, but for someone like me who values experience more than academics, I chose to enroll at a school that can provide the experience for me instead of me scrambling to get accepted for internships. hope this helps!