Enrollment Trends for Wyoming Colleges

Wyoming Colleges Enrollment Trends Summary (2015-2025)

Overall Population Change:
- Total Enrollment: 21,350 students were enrolled in Wyoming colleges.
- 10-Year Change: The total student population increased by 67% compared to a decade ago.
Student Level Trends:
- Undergraduate Growth: Undergraduate enrollment saw a increase of 84.38% compared to a decade ago.
- Graduate Growth: Graduate enrollment saw a decrease of -0.48% compared to a decade ago.
Gender Dynamics:
- Current Ratio: There are more women students than men, with a ratio of 1.37 women to 1 man.
- Women Enrollment: Women students total 12,343 and have increased by 85.30% compared to a decade ago.
- Men Enrollment: Men students total 9,007 and have increased by 46.24% compared to a decade ago.
Online Education Growth:
- Online Exclusively: 4,730 students (22.15%) are enrolled exclusively in online programs.
- Online Growth: The number of students enrolled completely online has seen a dramatic increase of 201% since 2015.

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 14,642, and 21,350 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 89.15% are undergraduate students and 10.85% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 14,568, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 308.

The women to men ratio is 1.60 to 1, meaning that there are more women students enrolled in Wyoming Colleges than men students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wyoming Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	12,820	10,124	4,858	5,266	2,696	1,301	1,395
2015-16	12,648 -172	10,045 -79	4,869 11	5,176 -90	2,603 -93	1,263 -38	1,340 -55
2016-17	12,366 -282	9,788 -257	4,825 -44	4,963 -213	2,578 -25	1,224 -39	1,354 14
2017-18	12,397 31	9,791 3	4,887 62	4,904 -59	2,606 28	1,235 11	1,371 17
2018-19	12,450 53	9,998 207	4,929 42	5,069 165	2,452 -154	1,154 -81	1,298 -73
2019-20	12,249 -201	9,807 -191	4,763 -166	5,044 -25	2,442 -10	1,151 -3	1,291 -7
2020-21	11,829 -420	9,342 -465	4,439 -324	4,903 -141	2,487 45	1,107 -44	1,380 89
2021-22	11,479 -350	8,869 -473	4,194 -245	4,675 -228	2,610 123	1,135 28	1,475 95
2022-23	20,607 9,128	18,025 9,156	7,934 3,740	10,091 5,416	2,582 -28	1,112 -23	1,470 -5
2023-24	20,870 263	18,207 182	7,798 -136	10,409 318	2,663 81	1,113 1	1,550 80
2024-25	21,350 480	18,667 460	7,865 67	10,802 393	2,683 20	1,142 29	1,541 -9
Average	14,642	12,060	5,578	6,482	2,582	1,176	1,406

Wyoming Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 12,060. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 8,543 from 10,124 to 18,667.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wyoming Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	10,124	8,272	4,222	4,050	1,852	636	1,216
2015-16	10,045	8,394	4,213	4,181	1,651	656	995
2016-17	9,788	8,102	4,127	3,975	1,686	698	988
2017-18	9,791	8,281	4,236	4,045	1,510	651	859
2018-19	9,998	8,457	4,304	4,153	1,541	625	916
2019-20	9,807	8,332	4,157	4,175	1,475	606	869
2020-21	9,342	7,783	3,790	3,993	1,559	649	910
2021-22	8,869	7,376	3,599	3,777	1,493	595	898
2022-23	18,025	10,496	4,848	5,648	7,529	3,086	4,443
2023-24	18,207	10,365	4,637	5,728	7,842	3,161	4,681
2024-25	18,667	10,589	4,730	5,859	8,078	3,135	4,943
Average	12,060	12,060	4,260	4,508	12,060	1,318	1,974

Wyoming Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 2,582. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 13 from 2,696 to 2,683.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wyoming Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	2,696	1,552	796	756	1,144	505	639
2015-16	2,603	1,555	810	745	1,048	453	595
2016-17	2,578	1,571	774	797	1,007	450	557
2017-18	2,606	1,522	751	771	1,084	484	600
2018-19	2,452	1,498	735	763	954	419	535
2019-20	2,442	1,533	757	776	909	394	515
2020-21	2,487	1,564	755	809	923	352	571
2021-22	2,610	1,610	744	866	1,000	391	609
2022-23	2,582	1,581	721	860	1,001	391	610
2023-24	2,663	1,596	725	871	1,067	388	679
2024-25	2,683	1,623	760	863	1,060	382	678
Average	2,582	2,582	757	807	2,582	419	599

Wyoming Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.30%. The percentage was 74.15% 10 years ago and Wyoming Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 0.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.78% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wyoming Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2014-15	72	171	121	749	33	9,506	305
2015-16	81	155	118	764	27	9,279	366
2016-17	77	145	124	795	22	8,830	404
2017-18	64	141	128	792	18	8,693	459
2018-19	66	146	118	775	16	8,779	505
2019-20	73	147	129	716	11	8,814	482
2020-21	90	143	132	660	13	8,826	461
2021-22	77	149	132	831	8	8,613	429
2022-23	287	224	226	2,265	24	14,650	741
2023-24	304	224	215	2,455	34	14,671	754
2024-25	336	227	216	2,729	35	14,486	765
Average	139	170	151	1,230	22	10,468	516

Wyoming Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,730 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 188.41% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wyoming Colleges from 2012 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	12,903	1,640	1,854	9,409
2013-14	12,778	1,643	1,978	9,157
2014-15	12,820	1,573	2,048	9,199
2015-16	12,648	1,456	2,184	9,008
2016-17	12,366	1,496	2,295	8,575
2017-18	12,397	1,731	2,867	7,799
2018-19	12,450	1,666	3,158	7,626
2019-20	12,249	1,688	3,370	7,191
2020-21	11,829	4,576	6,395	858
2021-22	11,479	2,410	5,894	3,175
2022-23	20,607	4,184	7,970	8,453
2023-24	20,870	4,287	7,741	8,842
2024-25	21,350	4,730	7,504	9,116
Average	14,365	2,545	4,251	7,570