Student Population at Colorado Mesa

By race/ethnicity, 6,285 White, 135 Black, and 144 Asian students out of a total of 9,785 are attending at Colorado Mesa University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Colorado Mesa University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 53.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

By age, Colorado Mesa has 1,181 students under 18 years old and 39 students over 65 years old. There are 8,160 students under 25 years old, and 1,625 students over 25 years old out of 9,785 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,181 students are younger than 18 and 38 students are older than 65. Colorado Mesa has 8,037 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,436 students aged 25 and over.

It has 123 graduate students aged under 25 and 189 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Colorado Mesa University, 736 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,271 students are enrolled in some online courses.

659 students who live in Colorado or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 77 students live in another State or outside of the United States.