2024-2025
Create a Culture of Success ANNUAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2024
17% 83%
3490
Full-Time
Total Headcount
Part-Time
RESIDENCE
54%
41%
4%
1%
From Sweetwater County
From Other Wyoming Counties
From Out-Of-State
Are International
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
65%
COLLEGE-WIDE GENDER
41% 59% AVERAGE AGE
22 22 22
Full-Time
Part-Time
All-Credit
SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID $2.6M
Pell Grant
Federal Student Loans
Scholarships
$1.7M
$1.6M $1.3M $956K
State Aid
Institutional Aid
Cultivating Valuable Partnerships OUR FOUNDATION
$33,637,291 In Total Assets (as of June 2025)
$372,472
$167,395 Added to Existing Endowments
In Foundation and External Scholarships
$50,000
In Bond Money and Grant Payments Scholarships are targeted to students who have talents in specialty areas or a pressing financial need
Wyoming Machinery
$5,000
Dominion Energy
$58,000
Oversees
$6,159
Donated to Provide Guest Lecturers and Other Performances for Western
Rocky Mountain Power Foundation
$10,000 Exxon Mobil
$5,000
$70,000
To start new Nursing Endowment
Achieve Academic Excellence GRADUATION RATES
ACCREDITATION Western is an accredited institution in good standing with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association.
33%
33%
National Average
81
Associate of Arts Degrees
91
GRADUATION
23
44
Bachelor of Applied Science Degrees
Associate of Science Degrees
28
Associate of Applied Science Degrees
Associate Degrees In Nursing
142
74
Program Specific Certificates
HSE (High School Equivalency)
OUR PROGRAMS 35
1
Associate Programs
BAS Degree
Certificates
Areas of Concentration
31
2
4056
Total Workforce Annual Student Headcount
FACULTY & PROFESSIONAL STAFF DEGREES
11:1 Student/Faculty Ratio
43% Masters
8%
28% 15% Bachelors
Associates Doctorates
Operational Efficiency EXPENDITURES BY PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025
Scholarships/ Fellowships
$970,000 3.2
Plant Operations/ Maintenance
Academic Support
13.4%
8.4%
$4,014,366
$2,511,261
Public Service
$20,500 0.1%
Student Services
$2,862,256 9.6%
Institutional Support
$8,525,597 28.5%
Instruction
$10,988,608 36.8%
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