Sociology at Colorado Mesa University

If you plan to study sociology, 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 approximately 9,110 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Colorado Mesa.

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

Colorado Mesa Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Colorado Mesa Sociology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at Colorado Mesa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. 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
	471
Most Popular Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	613
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	752
Most Focused Sociology Schools	900

Earnings of Colorado Mesa Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colorado Mesa is $28,904. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology students.

Sociology Student Demographics at Colorado Mesa

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

Colorado Mesa Sociology Bachelor’s Program

The sociology program at Colorado Mesa awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 14% of these degrees went to men with the other 86% going to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology 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 sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology 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
Sociology Professors	290	$68,900

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.