Accounting at Colorado Mesa University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Colorado Mesa University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

Colorado Mesa is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and has a total student population of 9,110. In 2021, 47 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Colorado Mesa.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Colorado Mesa Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Colorado Mesa Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Colorado Mesa performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Colorado Mesa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	296
	385
	401
	452
	487
	581
	622
	660
	724
	786

Accounting Student Demographics at Colorado Mesa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Colorado Mesa University.

Colorado Mesa Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Colorado Mesa. Of these graduates, 45% were men and 55% were women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Colorado Mesa are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado Mesa University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Colorado Mesa also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for Colorado Mesa University.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Accountants and Auditors	36,290	$82,320
Business Professors	1,540	$85,570
Credit Analysts	1,370	$76,870
Financial Examiners	1,320	$82,380
Budget Analysts	1,020	$83,060

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cygnusloop99 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.