Enrollment Trends at WWCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,884 where 2,653 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 3,462 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,391 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,298 to 2,653 students, a net loss of 645 (19.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,298	1,542	1,756
2016-17	3,462 164	1,623 81	1,839 83
2017-18	3,339 -123	1,618 -5	1,721 -118
2018-19	3,183 -156	1,474 -144	1,709 -12
2019-20	2,821 -362	1,267 -207	1,554 -155
2020-21	2,776 -45	1,211 -56	1,565 11
2021-22	2,453 -323	1,022 -189	1,431 -134
2022-23	2,391 -62	1,002 -20	1,389 -42
2023-24	2,464 73	999 -3	1,465 76
2024-25	2,653 189	1,069 70	1,584 119
Average	2,884	1,283	1,601

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.61%. The percentage was 82.05% 10 years ago and WWCC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.64% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.57% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.05% to 75.61%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.42% to 0.64%. Black student enrollment decreased from 0.94% to 0.57%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.37% to 16.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4007 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3155 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

• Trends Table
• 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	15	14	31	342	5	2,706	66
2016-17	18	17	20	391	6	2,792	94
2017-18	34	18	35	366	9	2,678	91
2018-19	20	28	51	389	2	2,535	82
2019-20	16	18	46	377	6	2,201	68
2020-21	13	19	30	353	6	2,168	83
2021-22	14	21	20	325	5	1,893	93
2022-23	12	12	12	385	3	1,847	90
2023-24	14	13	12	361	6	1,941	93
2024-25	24	17	15	430	8	2,006	88
Average	18	18	27	372	6	2,277	85