Accounting at Colorado Mesa University

If you plan to study accounting, 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 9,492 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Colorado Mesa.

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

Colorado Mesa Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Colorado Mesa Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Colorado Mesa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. 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 Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	620
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	811
Most Popular Accounting Schools	827
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	961
Best Accounting Schools	971
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,240

Accounting Student Demographics at Colorado Mesa

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

Colorado Mesa Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Colorado Mesa in 2018-2019, 41% were men and 59% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Colorado Mesa also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Accountants and Auditors	36,290	$82,320
Business Professors	1,540	$85,570
Credit Analysts	1,370	$76,870
Financial Examiners	1,320	$82,380
Budget Analysts	1,020	$83,060

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.