Wyoming Colleges and Scholarships

Matching Wyoming Colleges

University of Wyoming

Four or more years; Public; $15,336 average out-state tuition; $3,696 average in-state tuition

Casper College

At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $7,560 average out-state tuition; $2,520 average in-state tuition

Laramie County Community College

Four or more years; Public; $9,450 average out-state tuition; $3,150 average in-state tuition

Northern Wyoming Community College District

At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $9,450 average out-state tuition; $3,150 average in-state tuition

Northwest College

Four or more years; Public; $9,450 average out-state tuition; $3,150 average in-state tuition

Western Wyoming Community College

Four or more years; Public; $7,560 average out-state tuition; $2,520 average in-state tuition

Central Wyoming College

Four or more years; Public; $9,450 average out-state tuition; $3,150 average in-state tuition

Wyoming College Scholarships

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Thomas M. Stetson Scholarship

American Ground Water Trust

$2,000 June 30, 2024 See Details
 

Thomas M. Stetson Scholarship

American Ground Water Trust

award

$2,000

deadline

June 30, 2024
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Western Undergraduate Exchange Program

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

Varies Varies See Details
 

Western Undergraduate Exchange Program

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

award

Varies

deadline

Varies
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Intel PhD Fellowship Program

Intel Foundation

Varies Varies See Details
 

Intel PhD Fellowship Program

Intel Foundation

award

Varies

deadline

Varies
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Arkansas Health Education Grant Program

Arkansas Department of Higher Education

Varies July 01, 2024 See Details
 

Arkansas Health Education Grant Program

Arkansas Department of Higher Education

award

Varies

deadline

July 01, 2024
See Details

About

Wyoming (/waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/ (listen)) is a state in the mountain region of the western United States. The state is the 10th largest by area, the least populous, and the second most sparsely populated state in the country. Wyoming is bordered on the north by Montana, on the east by South Dakota and Nebraska, on the south by Colorado, on the southwest by Utah, and on the west by Idaho and Montana. The state population was estimated at 586,107 in 2015, which is less than 31 of the most populous U.S. cities including neighboring Denver. Cheyenne is the state capital and the most populous city, with an estimated population of 63,335 in 2015.

The western two-thirds of the state is covered mostly by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie called the High Plains. Almost half of the land in Wyoming is owned by the U.S. government, leading Wyoming to rank sixth by area and fifth by proportion of a state's land owned by the federal government. Federal lands include two national parks—Grand Teton and Yellowstone—two national recreation areas, two national monuments, several national forests, historic sites, fish hatcheries, and wildlife refuges.

Original inhabitants of the region include the Crow, Arapaho, Lakota, and Shoshone. Southwestern Wyoming was in the Spanish Empire and then Mexican territory until it was ceded to the United States in 1848 at the end of the Mexican–American War. The region acquired the name Wyoming when a bill was introduced to the U.S. Congress in 1865 to provide a "temporary government for the territory of Wyoming". The name was used earlier for the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, and is derived from the Munsee word xwé:wamənk, meaning "at the big river flat".

The main drivers of Wyoming's economy are mineral extraction—mostly coal, oil, natural gas, and trona—and tourism. Agricultural commodities include livestock (beef), hay, sugar beets, grain (wheat and barley), and wool. The climate is semi-arid and continental, drier and windier than the rest of the U.S., with greater temperature extremes.

Wyoming has been a politically conservative state since the 1950s, with the Republican Party candidate winning every presidential election except 1964.

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