This is a list of colleges and universities in Wyoming. In addition to colleges and universities, this list also includes other educational institutions in Wyoming providing higher education, meaning tertiary, quaternary, and, in some cases, post-secondary education.
| Name | Location | Control | Type | Founded | Enrollment | Male %/ Female % | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casper College | Casper | Community | Associate's | 1944 | 4,192 | 42%/58% | |
| Central Wyoming College | Riverton | Community | Associate's | 1966 | 2,024 | 39%/61% | |
| Eastern Wyoming College | Torrington | Community | Associate's | 1948 | 1,505 | 38%/62% | |
| Gillette College | Gillette | Community | Associate's | 1969 | 2,165 | 48%/52% | |
| Laramie County Community College | Cheyenne | Community | Associate's | 1968 | 4,763 | 41%/59% | |
| Northwest College | Powell | Community | Associate's | 1946 | 1,747 | 39%/61% | |
| Sheridan College | Sheridan | Community | Associate's | 1948 | 3,277 | 48%/52% | |
| Western Wyoming Community College | Rock Springs | Community | Associate's | 1959 | 3,322 | 51%/49% | |
| University of Wyoming | Laramie | Public | Doctoral | 1886 [1] | 12,875 | 47%/52% | |
| Wyoming Catholic College | Lander | Private | Baccalaureate | 2005 | 361 | 62%/38% | |
| Wyoming Technical Institute (WyoTech) | Laramie | For-profit | Associate's | 1966 | 1,495 | 97%/3% | |
| Wind River Tribal College | Fort Washakie | Tribal | Associate's | 1997 | 50 | ||
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary school.
Below are links to lists of institutions of higher education in the United States by state, grouped by Census Region, as well as lists of institutions in United States insular areas and of American institutions located outside the United States and its territories.
Hamilton University was an unaccredited institution based in Evanston, Wyoming. According to the Oregon Office of Degree Authorization, it was first established in Hawaii as American State University. It has since been closed by court order in Wyoming and has relocated to the Bahamas under the name Richardson University.
American Central University (ACU) was an unaccredited distance learning private, for-profit university licensed by the state of Wyoming in 2004. The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization stated that the institution may be run from Malaysia.
Rushmore University is an unaccredited institution of higher learning offering online degrees in a variety of business-related fields, exclusively via distance learning. It has been described as a diploma mill, providing illegitimate academic degrees and diplomas for a fee.
Grace Christian University is a private evangelical Christian university in Wyoming, Michigan. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and the Association for Biblical Higher Education to award associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees. The university is affiliated with the Grace Gospel Fellowship.
Preston University is a private for-profit unaccredited institution that offers a variety of academic degree programs by distance learning. Preston was originally based in Wyoming and in 2007 was based in Alabama. As of 2012, Preston identified Los Angeles, California as its base of operations.
Central Wyoming College is a public community college in Riverton, Wyoming. In addition to its main campus, the college provides online classes and has outreach centers in Jackson, Lander, Dubois, and the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Diploma mills in the United States are organizations that award academic degrees and diplomas with substandard or no academic study and without academic approval by officially recognized educational accrediting bodies or qualified government agencies. The purchaser can then claim to hold an academic degree, and the organization is motivated by making a profit. These degrees are often awarded based on vaguely construed life experience. Some organizations claim accreditation by non-recognized/unapproved accrediting bodies set up for the purposes of providing a veneer of authenticity.
NIU College, Trade School was founded in 2005 in Lancaster, California, and in July 2012 it was moved to Los Angeles then the name was changed from TechExcel to NIU College, which is a trade school approved to offers 16 programs in the areas of Medical, Legal, HVAC & Automotive. NIU College offers a wide variety of programs at a fraction of the cost of other colleges.
American City University (ACU) is a private unaccredited distance education university headquartered in Pasadena, California. The school currently offers an online MBA program.
Warren National University, previously known as Kennedy-Western University, was an unaccredited private distance learning university that claimed to offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in the United States from 1984 to 2009. It has been described by federal investigators and news sources as a diploma mill, a designation it has disputed. Its administrative offices were located in Agoura Hills, California.
Wind River Tribal College, or WRTC, is a tribally chartered college located in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. The campus is on the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming. WRTC serves residents of the Wind River Indian Reservation and surrounding communities. WRTC's enrollment consists of mostly Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone students.
