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. Of the 1,107 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colorado Mesa University in 2021, 47 of them were accounting majors.

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

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Colorado Mesa compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

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
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	686
Most Focused Accounting Schools	881
Best Accounting Schools	886

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Colorado Mesa Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colorado Mesa is $48,215. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

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. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Colorado Mesa since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Colorado Mesa are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

• Hospitality Management
• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Management Information Systems
• Business Administration & Management

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
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	27,560	$42,830
Financial Managers	7,520	$163,740
Financial Analysts	3,770	$109,120
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,060	$49,980

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.