Enrollment Trends at Colorado Mesa

The student population at Colorado Mesa University is 9,785 (9,473 undergraduate and 312 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 337 (3.57%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Colorado Mesa is 96.81% which is increased by 174 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 163 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 84 male students for every 100 female students, down from 85 in 2015.
736 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 40.46% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,334 where 9,785 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 9,785 students in 2025 and was lowest at 8,905 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 9,448 to 9,785 students, a net gain of 337 (3.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Colorado Mesa University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,448	9,299	4,307	4,992	149	44	105
2016-17	9,735 287	9,595 296	4,436 129	5,159 167	140 -9	34 -10	106 1
2017-18	9,591 -144	9,459 -136	4,408 -28	5,051 -108	132 -8	45 11	87 -19
2018-19	9,492 -99	9,365 -94	4,338 -70	5,027 -24	127 -5	48 3	79 -8
2019-20	9,373 -119	9,239 -126	4,290 -48	4,949 -78	134 7	56 8	78 -1
2020-21	9,110 -263	8,945 -294	4,096 -194	4,849 -100	165 31	57 1	108 30
2021-22	8,907 -203	8,712 -233	3,998 -98	4,714 -135	195 30	68 11	127 19
2022-23	8,905 -2	8,681 -31	4,092 94	4,589 -125	224 29	74 6	150 23
2023-24	8,995 90	8,711 30	4,083 -9	4,628 39	284 60	103 29	181 31
2024-25	9,785 790	9,473 762	4,342 259	5,131 503	312 28	119 16	193 12
Average	9,334	9,148	4,239	4,909	186	65	121

Colorado Mesa University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,148 where 9,473 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado Mesa University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,299	7,204	3,508	3,696	2,095	799	1,296
2016-17	9,595	7,277	3,464	3,813	2,318	972	1,346
2017-18	9,459	7,145	3,409	3,736	2,314	999	1,315
2018-19	9,365	7,079	3,342	3,737	2,286	996	1,290
2019-20	9,239	6,972	3,217	3,755	2,267	1,073	1,194
2020-21	8,945	6,857	3,137	3,720	2,088	959	1,129
2021-22	8,712	6,614	3,054	3,560	2,098	944	1,154
2022-23	8,681	6,497	3,027	3,470	2,184	1,065	1,119
2023-24	8,711	6,517	3,041	3,476	2,194	1,042	1,152
2024-25	9,473	7,068	3,249	3,819	2,405	1,093	1,312
Average	9,148	9,148	3,245	3,678	9,148	994	1,231

Colorado Mesa University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 186 where 312 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado Mesa University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	149	49	18	31	100	26	74
2016-17	140	27	13	14	113	21	92
2017-18	132	39	15	24	93	30	63
2018-19	127	29	13	16	98	35	63
2019-20	134	48	22	26	86	34	52
2020-21	165	70	23	47	95	34	61
2021-22	195	90	30	60	105	38	67
2022-23	224	129	40	89	95	34	61
2023-24	284	182	60	122	102	43	59
2024-25	312	212	75	137	100	44	56
Average	186	186	31	57	186	34	65

Colorado Mesa University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.23%. The percentage was 70.40% 10 years ago and Colorado Mesa still has a high percentage of white students. 1.47% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.38% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 20.62% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.40% to 64.23%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.52% to 1.47%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.42% to 1.38%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.82% to 20.62%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5429 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4737 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Colorado Mesa University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	80	144	229	1,589	47	6,651	366
2016-17	68	157	217	1,778	50	6,731	393
2017-18	54	152	203	1,770	50	6,640	389
2018-19	54	138	199	1,894	41	6,411	394
2019-20	48	132	165	1,970	43	6,263	373
2020-21	50	135	183	1,893	45	6,045	392
2021-22	52	139	184	1,818	41	5,913	378
2022-23	48	135	157	1,847	36	5,868	385
2023-24	63	118	138	1,853	34	5,904	382
2024-25	62	144	135	2,018	32	6,285	381
Average	58	139	181	1,843	42	6,271	383

Colorado Mesa University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

736 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 40.46% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Colorado Mesa University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	9,448	524	1,917	7,007
2016-17	9,735	520	2,105	7,110
2017-18	9,591	551	2,528	6,512
2018-19	9,492	519	2,686	6,287
2019-20	9,373	499	2,759	6,115
2020-21	9,110	834	4,829	3,447
2021-22	8,907	675	3,172	5,060
2022-23	8,905	666	3,184	5,055
2023-24	8,995	673	3,053	5,269
2024-25	9,785	736	3,271	5,778
Average	9,334	620	2,950	5,764

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Enrollment Trends at Colorado Mesa

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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