Music at Colorado Mesa University

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music program at Colorado Mesa University stacks up to those at other schools.

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, 7 of them were music majors.

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

Colorado Mesa Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Colorado Mesa Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music 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 music major at Colorado Mesa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music. 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 Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	486
Most Focused Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	700

Music Student Demographics at Colorado Mesa

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

Colorado Mesa Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Music from Colorado Mesa in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Dance
• Design & Applied Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music 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
High School Teachers	16,950	$55,110
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,880	$60,820
Sound Engineering Technicians	140	$52,990
Music Directors and Composers	100	$50,800

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.