Eastern Wyoming College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural site not far from an urban area.

Overview

Eastern Wyoming College, also referred to as the EWC, was established in 1948 in Torrington, Wyoming. It is a public community college committed to providing post-secondary education. The EWC has a residential college campus which provides meal plans. The college caters to around 1500 students.

Eastern Wyoming College offers a variety of programs in Agriculture, Biology, Accounting, Computer Science, Cosmetology, Criminal Justice, Music, Mathematics and Education. This institution has provisions for pre-professional courses too, such as Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Medicine, and others.

The EWC fields both men’s and women’s sports teams in basketball, volleyball, golf and rodeo. The college chose the Lancer as their mascot in 1968. Several student clubs and organizations operate in the college. Apart from the biology club block and the art club, there are athletics clubs such as the intercollegiate horse showing club.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, production trades, agricultural science and management, and beauty and cosmetology.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,332 in 2009-2010 (867 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 70% of the student body. About 11% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Eastern Wyoming College provides on-campus housing for 179 of its 867 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 17 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (9 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
• Agricultural Economics
• Agriculture
• Farm/Farm and Ranch Management

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (1 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BEAUTY AND COSMETOLOGY (14 awarded)

• Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist
• Cosmetology/Cosmetologist
• Hair Styling/Stylist and Hair Design
• Nail Technician/Specialist and Manicurist

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (4 awarded)

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (1 awarded)

• Construction Trades

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (23 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (2 awarded)

• Child Care Provider/Assistant

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (0 awarded)

• Range Science and Management

LIBERAL ARTS (37 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• General Studies
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (1 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (12 awarded)

• Pre-Pharmacy Studies
• Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician/Veterinary Assistant

MEDICINE (6 awarded)

• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
• Pre-Dentistry Studies
• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
• Pre-Veterinary Studies

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (5 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• General Office Occupations and Clerical Services
• Office Management and Supervision

PRODUCTION TRADES (30 awarded)

• Machine Shop Technology/Assistant
• Welding Technology/Welder

SCIENCE (1 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Environmental Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (9 awarded)

• Corrections
• Corrections Administration
• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
• Criminal Justice/Police Science
• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (0 awarded)

• Psychology