Psychology at Colorado Mesa University

If you are interested in studying psychology, 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 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, 53 of them were psychology majors.

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

Colorado Mesa Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Colorado Mesa Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Colorado Mesa performed in these rankings.

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 psychology major at Colorado Mesa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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 Psychology Schools	1,407

Psychology Student Demographics at Colorado Mesa

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

Colorado Mesa Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Colorado Mesa awarded 53 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 19% of these degrees went to men with the other 81% going to women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Colorado Mesa University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	53

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Education

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,670	$85,470
Psychology Professors	800	$68,010
Psychologists	270	$83,630

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.