University of Wyoming

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for University of Wyoming

University of Wyoming operates as a public institution located in Laramie, Wyoming (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 7,944 students of which 9,242 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. University of Wyoming is categorized as “16” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 96.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $13,599, with published in-state tuition of $7,768 and a Pell grant recipient share of 22.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $18,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 59.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 79.7%. Graduates earn a median of $56,880 ten years after enrolling, compared with $48,360 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 358600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 70.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.