Communication & Media Studies at Colorado Mesa University

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

Colorado Mesa is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and approximately 9,110 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,107 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colorado Mesa University in 2021, 22 of them were communication and media studies majors.

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

Colorado Mesa Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Colorado Mesa Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications 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 communications major at Colorado Mesa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. 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 Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	428
	536

Earnings of Colorado Mesa Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colorado Mesa is $28,325. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,435 for all communications students.

Communications Student Demographics at Colorado Mesa

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

Colorado Mesa Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Colorado Mesa, about 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical communications 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 communications 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 communications.

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 communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications 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
Public Relations Specialists	5,180	$66,510
Editors	2,010	$59,120
Writers and Authors	660	$65,450
Communications Professors	620	$58,270
Reporters and Correspondents	570	$55,930

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.