by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Colorado Mesa University was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.
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College Factual ranked Colorado Mesa as #1,571 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Colorado Mesa held the #1,576 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Colorado Mesa also holds the #26 spot on the Best Colleges in Colorado ranking.
The acceptance rate at Colorado Mesa University is 82%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Colorado Mesa is a good fit for you.
About 49% of students accepted to Colorado Mesa submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 600. Math scores were between 460 and 580.
The student to faculty ratio at Colorado Mesa University is about average at 18 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Colorado Mesa University is 58%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Colorado Mesa University has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Colorado Mesa is 25%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Colorado Mesa University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,945 undergraduates at Colorado Mesa with 6,857 being full-time and 2,088 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,845 | $12,776 | $15,088 | $19,080 | $20,237 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Colorado Mesa, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Colorado Mesa, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $5,760 a year. That adds up to $23,040 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Colorado Mesa University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Colorado Mesa University.
Contact details for Colorado Mesa are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501-3122 |
| Phone: | 970-248-1020 |
| Website: | www.coloradomesa.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Conservation | 291 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 203 | $46,316 |
| Nursing | 187 | $69,631 |
| Health & Physical Education | 139 | $31,253 |
| Allied Health Professions | 111 | $54,004 |
| Precision Metal Working | 110 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 110 | $38,204 |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 87 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 67 | NA |
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 65 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 3,850 students took at least one online class at Colorado Mesa University. This is an increase from the 3,847 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,850 | 666 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,847 | 675 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,663 | 834 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,205 | 519 |
Learn more about online learning at Colorado Mesa University.
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Footnotes
*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.
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