Admissions & selectivity
University of Wyoming Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Wyoming?
University of Wyoming’s reported acceptance rate is 96.9%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 96.9%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
University of Wyoming admitted 96.9% of applicants, a higher share than the typical comparable institution. Its rate was above the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The higher rate sets a different context from the peer median, without forecasting any one outcome.
What SAT and ACT scores do University of Wyoming students report?
SAT and ACT ranges are not available for University of Wyoming in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at University of Wyoming?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 22.8%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 37.4%
- First-year retention
- 79.7%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Transfer pathways appear to be a notable part of the undergraduate mix at University of Wyoming, a public university in Laramie, Wyoming. Undergraduate enrollment is 7,944, with 22.8% of undergraduates receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 37.4% entering as transfers or part-time students.
The figures describe a campus serving both federal grant recipients and people continuing study begun elsewhere, rather than a single entry path.
University of Wyoming posts retention and completion figures above the medians for comparable institutions, giving enrolled students a stronger persistence picture than those benchmarks. Among full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year students, 79.7% return for a second year, compared with 73.7% at institutions of the same control and size.
For the first-time full-time cohort, the six-year graduation rate is 58.8%, versus a peer median of 49.1%. Pell recipients in the cohort complete within six years at 53.0%, below the overall rate by 5.8 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect retention and overall completion outcomes above peer medians, alongside a lower completion rate for Pell recipients.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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