Communication & Journalism at Colorado Mesa University

Every communication and journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communication and journalism program at Colorado Mesa University stacks up to those at other schools.

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, 22 of them were communication and journalism majors.

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

Colorado Mesa Communication & Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication & Journalism

Colorado Mesa Communication & Journalism Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication and journalism major at Colorado Mesa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Journalism. 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
Most Focused Communication & Journalism Schools	1,192

Communication & Journalism Student Demographics at Colorado Mesa

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

Colorado Mesa Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 communication and journalism students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Colorado Mesa, about 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical communication and journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Colorado Mesa since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism 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 communication and journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Communication & Journalism

Communication & Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Colorado Mesa University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies	22

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Social Sciences
• Education
• Psychology

Careers That Communication & Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication and journalism 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
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Public Relations Specialists	5,180	$66,510
Editors	2,010	$59,120
Producers and Directors	1,710	$68,290
Technical Writers	1,240	$80,250

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.