+24%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at University of Wyoming rose 24% between 2021 and 2024 ($6.3k → $7.8k).
Wyoming · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming. 8,047 undergraduate students. 183 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at Wyoming
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Wyoming fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.9% → 0.0%).
+16%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at University of Wyoming rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($20.8k → $24.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
Wyoming earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Wyoming median
Each tile compares this institution to the Wyoming median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$56,880+18% · 6→10y
Wyoming median $40,706$48,360
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry59.9%+32% · '97→'24
Wyoming median 43.3%$12,000+194% · '97→'20
At program completion8,047-8% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS77.5%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time97.4%-0% · '01→'24
latest cohort$6,938+202% · '00→'24
out-of-state $22,718SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How Wyoming earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings at Wyoming
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.8%Median federal debt $12,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $56,880 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Wyoming enrollment, completion, and debt over time
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+32%
Wyoming · completion · 150% rose
44.7% → 58.8%
+184%
Wyoming · completion · 100% rose
13.8% → 39.3%
+202%
Wyoming · in-state tuition rose
$2,575 → $7,768
+214%
Wyoming · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,693 → $24,178
+194%
Wyoming · median debt rose
$6,125 → $18,000
-100%
Wyoming · cohort default rate fell
4.9% → 0.0%
+29%
Wyoming · earnings_median_8yr rose
$41,900 → $53,891
+30%
Wyoming · earnings_median_6yr rose
$37,200 → $48,360
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Wyoming programs ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration$146,045Petroleum Engineering$108,773Educational Administration and Supervision$92,532Chemical Engineering$88,026Business Administration, Management and Operations$86,315Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$85,580Computer Science$85,562Law$84,527Natural Resources Conservation and Research$79,628Mechanical Engineering$78,879Civil Engineering$78,192Architectural Engineering$73,951Finance and Financial Management Services$71,349Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences$71,082Business/Managerial Economics$70,936Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences$70,826Accounting and Related Services$69,152Education, General$69,139Social Work$67,429Health and Physical Education/Fitness$64,443Business Administration, Management and Operations$61,712Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$58,770Political Science and Government$57,950Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$56,960
Showing top 24 of 45 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
45 Wyoming programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Marketing$51,999Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$56,960Business Administration, Management and Operations$61,712Accounting and Related Services$69,152Business Administration, Management and Operations$86,315Finance and Financial Management Services$71,349Business/Managerial Economics$70,936
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Wyoming
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$53,064
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 24
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $10,168
- HS-only baseline · WY
- $39,400
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 42
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Institutions similar to Wyoming in Wyoming
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Wyoming graduates earn $X” — not “Wyoming makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Wyoming caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.