Enrollment Trends at CWC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,971 where 2,205 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,205 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,755 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,116 to 2,205 students, a net gain of 89 (4.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,116	970	1,146
2016-17	1,982 -134	924 -46	1,058 -88
2017-18	1,930 -52	848 -76	1,082 24
2018-19	1,974 44	795 -53	1,179 97
2019-20	1,946 -28	799 4	1,147 -32
2020-21	1,755 -191	727 -72	1,028 -119
2021-22	1,770 15	785 58	985 -43
2022-23	1,923 153	872 87	1,051 66
2023-24	2,106 183	935 63	1,171 120
2024-25	2,205 99	928 -7	1,277 106
Average	1,971	858	1,112

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.29%. The percentage was 73.44% 10 years ago and CWC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.86% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.27% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 18.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.44% to 53.29%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.71% to 0.86%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.47% to 0.27%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.78% to 18.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6745 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4393 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	220	15	31	207	6	1,554	56
2016-17	199	16	20	176	1	1,482	50
2017-18	152	14	9	173	2	1,334	54
2018-19	184	17	13	198	3	1,282	71
2019-20	189	19	10	232	1	1,193	76
2020-21	160	25	11	214	3	1,091	60
2021-22	150	17	12	262	2	1,066	60
2022-23	153	23	14	280	5	1,167	64
2023-24	176	12	8	323	3	1,237	89
2024-25	186	19	6	398	2	1,175	93
Average	177	18	13	246	3	1,258	67