University Of Wyoming

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

The University of Wyoming, or UW, is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming. The state's only four-year educational institution providing baccalaureate and graduate education, research and outreach services, it was established in 1886.

The main campus is in Laramie, approximately two hours north of Denver. The university also maintains the UW/Casper College Center, nine outreach education centers across Wyoming, and Cooperative Extension Service centers in each of the state's 23 counties and on the Wind River Indian Reservation.

The university offers more than 180 programs of study and is organized into the following academic divisions:

• College of Agriculture
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Engineering and Applied Science
• College of Health Sciences
• College of Law
• Haub School and Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources
• School of Energy Resources

The American Heritage Center is the University of Wyoming's repository of manuscripts collections, rare books, and the university archives. The AHC also sponsors a wide range of scholarly and popular programs including lectures, symposia, and exhibits.

UW offers is home to more 150 recognized student organizations and several extracurricular activities. It has an active Greek life-- with many fraternities and sororities located on campus in university-owned houses. These include Chi Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Tau Omega, and Lambda Chi Alpha.

UW competes at the NCAA Division I-A level for varsity sports and is a member of the Mountain West Conference. There are 18 teams in the Club Sports program.

The university offers a Rodeo Club that has participated in the College National Final Rodeos.

Among UW's notable alumni are Dick Cheney, former U.S. Vice President; Dean Conger, longtime staff photographer at National Geographic; Marcia Dale, first nurse from the state to be accepted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing; Brent Eastman, chief medical officer of Scripps Health; Curt E. Gowdy, Sr., sports announcer; Cheryl Holt, romance novelist; Arthur H. Howe, professional baseball player; Cynthia Lummis, U.S. Representative for Wyoming; Stephen Nicholas, founder of Incarnation Children's Center for young victims of HIV-AIDS; Susan Pamerleau, first woman to command Air Force ROTC; Alan K. Simpson, former U.S. Senator; Bill Stall, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter; and Carol B. Tome, CFO of The Home Depot.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in science, mathematics, landscaping and horticulture, and engineering.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

University Of Wyoming participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 93% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 12,067 in 2009-2010 (10,872 full-time equivalent).

About 49% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 51% of the class.

Undergrads are 64% of enrolled students and graduate students are 36%.

Students under 25 years old represent 65% of the student body. About 8% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of Wyoming provides on-campus housing for 2,686 of its 10,872 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Mountain West Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 172 male students received the aid (men were 58% of those receiving aid) and 124 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 42% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

University Of Wyoming offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is STEM Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (36 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
• Agricultural Communication/Journalism
• Agricultural Economics
• Food Science

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (31 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (1 awarded)

• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

ART STUDIES (23 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (308 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance
• Management Information Systems
• Management Science
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (16 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Studies
• Natural Resources/Conservation

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (23 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (368 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Indian/Native American Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (214 awarded)

• Architectural Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (16 awarded)

• Surveying Technology/Surveying

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (107 awarded)

• Child Development
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Public Administration
• Social Work

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (47 awarded)

• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Plant Sciences
• Range Science and Management
• Soil Science and Agronomy

LAW (80 awarded)

• Law (LLB, JD)

LIBERAL ARTS (302 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Creative Writing
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (30 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (91 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (58 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

MEDICINE (54 awarded)

• Neuroscience
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])

MUSIC (10 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (141 awarded)

• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (59 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (26 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (6 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (221 awarded)

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Entomology
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Geology/Earth Science
• Geophysics and Seismology
• Hydrology and Water Resources Science
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Natural Sciences
• Physics
• Physiology
• Reproductive Biology
• Wildlife Biology
• Zoology/Animal Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (75 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (93 awarded)

• Psychology