Nursing at Colorado Mesa University

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at Colorado Mesa University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Colorado Mesa is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and has a total student population of 9,110.

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

Colorado Mesa Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

Colorado Mesa Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at Colorado Mesa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #347 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Colorado Mesa

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

Colorado Mesa Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing 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 nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	104
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Colorado Mesa Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Colorado Mesa, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing 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
Registered Nursing	186
Nursing Practice	2
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	1

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services
• Allied Health Professions

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses	51,760	$74,240
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,460	$118,540
Nurse Practitioners	2,920	$111,210
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,260	$62,720
Nurse Anesthetists	340	$172,700

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.