unitid 127556 · Grand Junction, CO · public 4-year · city (small)
Colorado Mesa University
- enrollment 2023
- 10,133
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
82%
48th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
8,143
66th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
28%
undergrads on Pell grants
38th pctl among public 4-years
completion
41%
finish within 150% time
40th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$24,046
59th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,103
after aid, aided students
66th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,823
after entry, Title IV students
37th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,000
72nd pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,792 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k26%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k17%
- 110k+24%
- Median family income
- $44,794
- First-generation students
- 39%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,927
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 201 | $70,748 | $21,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 146 | $82,496 | $27,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 123 | $49,140 | $25,900 |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 121 | — | $21,675 |
| Precision Metal Working. | 91 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 82 | $48,041 | $27,774 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 79 | $41,794 | $21,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 75 | $54,407 | $25,000 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 73 | — | $14,152 |
| Psychology, General. | 70 | $47,690 | $26,648 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 59 | — | — |
| Electrical and Power Transmission Installers. | 56 | — | $5,500 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.