Social Work at Colorado Mesa University

If you plan to study social work, take a look at what Colorado Mesa University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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, 23 of them were social work majors.

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

Colorado Mesa Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Colorado Mesa Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work 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 social work major at Colorado Mesa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Work. 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 Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	311

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from Colorado Mesa Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colorado Mesa is $35,455. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $31,866 for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at Colorado Mesa

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

Colorado Mesa Social Work Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 social work majors earned their bachelor's degree from Colorado Mesa. Of these graduates, 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at Colorado Mesa are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social work bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Public Administration

Careers That Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in social work 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
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	6,700	$51,060
Healthcare Social Workers	3,130	$52,150
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,250	$60,150
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,780	$46,980
Social and Community Service Managers	1,530	$84,360

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.