University of Wyoming

Overview

Rankings

• #7 Best Colleges in Rocky Mountains
• #30 Colleges With the Largest Endowments Per Student
• #44 Colleges With the Highest Acceptance Rates

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into University of Wyoming? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

University of Wyoming, located in Laramie, Wyoming, admits most of the students who apply; the acceptance rate is roughly 97%. The graduation rate is roughly 59%.

Acceptance Rate

97%

Retention Rate

80%

Full-Time Faculty

99%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$10,759

Student–Faculty Ratio

13:1

Diversity Index

0.42

First-Gen Students

28%

Applicants

5,797

Admitted

5,564

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend University of Wyoming? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at University of Wyoming is $24,178, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $13,599. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $7,977 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $18,000 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$7,768

Out-of-State

$24,178

Avg Net Price

$13,599

Median Debt

$18,000

Pell Grant Rate

23%

Federal Loan Rate

28%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at University of Wyoming — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is University of Wyoming Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of University of Wyoming earn a median of $56,880, roughly in line with the national average for college graduates.

6 Years After Entry

$48,360

8 Years

$53,891

10 Years

$56,880

Debt-to-Earnings

0.32x

Earning > $25K

70%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does University of Wyoming Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

University of Wyoming is a genuine engine of upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 1.51%, well above the typical college. About 5% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 30.2% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $90,100, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

1.51%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

30.2%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

5.0%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$122,414

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is University of Wyoming? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs high at University of Wyoming. Its economic connectedness score is 1.65, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (-0.01), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 7% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

1.65

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

-0.01

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

7.2%

Support Ratio

0.99

Community support

Innovation & Knowledge Creation

Patents, inventors, and research influence · Opportunity Insights & Times Higher Education

University of Wyoming produces inventors at a measurable rate, with 34 patents tied to its graduates, and ranks among research universities with a 29/100 research score.

Inventor Rate

0.38%

Top 57% nationally

Patents Produced

34

Linked to graduates

Patent Citations

20

Downstream influence

Research Score

29/100

Times Higher Ed

Academic Influence

46/100

Citation impact (THE)

Industry Engagement

30/100

Knowledge transfer (THE)

Inventors From Low-Income

0.27%

Bottom-20% families

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Investment Income

$-37,080,000

Top Programs

The fields University of Wyoming awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Business & Marketing 18% $58,244 early-career
• Health Professions 11% $78,859 early-career
• Education 8% $45,815 early-career
• Psychology 7% $31,771 early-career
• Engineering 7% $87,866 early-career
• Biology & Biomedical 7% $42,081 early-career
• Social Sciences 5% $38,476 early-career
• Criminal Justice 3% $42,420 early-career

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.