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GET DC
GET Cities is proud to work in the DC Metro Area as its second hub. DC is a top tech city for women and has the ingredients that we believe are central to the collaborative approach we need to bring more gender equity into the tech industry. 

Why DC

DC offers unique opportunities for tech professionals in sectors such as security, government, and health, along with many influential companies and startups across sectors that have offices located in the nation’s capital and in the DC Metro Area region. Since there is already significant work being done around equity in tech in DC, we believe there is opportunity for accelerated impact.

DC has been ranked as a top tech city in the United States, due to its growing tech talent pool, proximity to federal government infrastructure and data centers, and the number of Fortune 1000 companies headquartered in the metro area
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Women make up nearly 39% of the tech workforce in DC, the second-highest percentage in the country, yet only 8% of tech workers are black women.
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DC-area entrepreneurs raised more than $2.7 billion in venture capital funding in 2016 and the city has a growing angel investor community, access to accelerators, and federal and local government funding sources.
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Our Local Collaborators

Break Through Tech is partnering with both George Mason University (GMU) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) – two of the largest and fastest growing computing programs in the United States – to deliver its flagship programs to incentivize, encourage, and support more women to pursue and complete bachelors degrees in computing. These programs include innovative curriculum, partnerships with industry to help students land paid tech internships, and programs that introduce Break Through Tech participants to a network of both students and professional women in tech.

George Mason University

George Mason University is known for its rapid growth, opportunity for students, its diversity, and for being an engine driving northern Virginia’s economy.

University of Maryland
The University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship university and a global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation.
Break Through Tech DC will aim to increase the share of women graduating with a tech degree by 12.5% by 2026 at both George Mason University and the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Together, George Mason University and the University of Maryland, College Park graduate over 1,500 Computing majors with Bachelor degrees annually.
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The explosive national computing (CS+IST) enrollment growth is reflected at George Mason University: undergraduate enrollment has doubled to almost 3,800 students in the last five years.
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The Department of Computer Science and the College of Information Studies at University of Maryland, College Park together have an enrollment of more than 4,400 undergraduate students as of Fall 2020, which has doubled since Fall 2015.
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Future Collaborators

GET DC is currently forming relationships with influential local organizations working to build on, support and scale the strong inclusivity work already being done in DC.

GET DC is looking to partner with organizations, agencies, companies and universities that are interested in and committed to closing the gender gap in tech. 

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