Political Science & Government at Colorado Mesa University

What traits are you looking for in a political science school? To help you decide if Colorado Mesa University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's political science program.

Colorado Mesa is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and approximately 9,110 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 political science majors received their bachelor's degree from Colorado Mesa.

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

Colorado Mesa Political Science & Government Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science

Colorado Mesa Political Science & Government Rankings

The political science major at Colorado Mesa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Political Science & Government. 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.

Earnings of Colorado Mesa Political Science Graduates

The median salary of political science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colorado Mesa is $25,357. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $33,089 for all political science students.

Political Science Student Demographics at Colorado Mesa

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

Colorado Mesa Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 political science students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Colorado Mesa, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its political science 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 political science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Sociology

Careers That Political Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in political science 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
Political Science Professors	320	$82,870
Economics Professors	290	$104,530
Economists	220	$104,350

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.