Enrollment Trends at Colorado Mesa

The student population at Colorado Mesa University is 8,905 (8,681 undergraduate and 224 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 577 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Colorado Mesa is 97.48% which is decreased by 712 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 135 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.14 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

666 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 48.33% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 9,349 where 8,905 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

97.48% of total students is undergraduate students and 2.52% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 712 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 135 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.14 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Colorado Mesa than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Colorado Mesa University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,482	9,393	4,290	5,103	89	25	64
2013-14	9,676 194	9,576 183	4,292 2	5,284 181	100 11	38 13	62 -2
2014-15	9,116 -560	9,003 -573	4,160 -132	4,843 -441	113 13	32 -6	81 19
2015-16	9,448 332	9,299 296	4,307 147	4,992 149	149 36	44 12	105 24
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
Average	9,349	9,206	4,246	4,960	143	47	95

Colorado Mesa University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,206 where 8,681 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado Mesa University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,393	7,017	3,367	3,650	2,376	923	1,453
2013-14	9,576	7,267	3,437	3,830	2,309	855	1,454
2014-15	9,003	6,969	3,340	3,629	2,034	820	1,214
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
Average	9,206	9,206	3,300	3,691	9,206	946	1,269

Colorado Mesa University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 143 where 224 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado Mesa University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	89	9	3	6	80	22	58
2013-14	100	17	10	7	83	28	55
2014-15	113	35	12	23	78	20	58
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
Average	143	143	18	31	143	29	64

Colorado Mesa University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.90%. The percentage was 74.20% 10 years ago and Colorado Mesa still has a high percentage of white students. 1.52% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.76% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Colorado Mesa University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	112	130	199	1,220	48	7,036	270
2013-14	89	136	225	1,368	48	7,058	339
2014-15	68	126	218	1,389	55	6,589	313
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
Average	66	139	198	1,685	46	6,473	363

Colorado Mesa University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

666 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 48.33% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Colorado Mesa University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,116	449	1,537	7,130
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
Average	9,297	582	2,746	5,969

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