Degrees awarded and ACT scores of first-time fall students

The University of Wyoming has been awarding degrees for nearly 130 years. UW first awarded two bachelor’s degrees during the 1890-91 academic year. We have increased that number substantially since then and have continued to break our records over the last several years. For 2018-19, we awarded 3,031 certificates and degrees. This was an increase of 55 degrees over our previous record of 2,976, which was set in 2016-17. That record beat the 2015-16 record of 2,860 degrees awarded. In 2017-18, we awarded 2,975 degrees and only missed the previous year’s record by one. In the graph, you can see that UW is setting positive trends by increasing the number of degrees we have awarded in record-setting ways for 3 of the last 4 years. For more information, please see our website at http://www.uwyo.edu/oia/degrees/. 

The analysis shown compares the ACTs of admitted students to ACTs of enrolled students. It can be found on the Brown & Gold dashboard under the “New Students” section at the bottom. The graph shows that we enroll similar students to who we admit, and the gap between the number that enroll versus are admitted is smaller at the higher ACT scores and larger in the middle.  The analysis shape changes a fair amount depending on the academic term selected, so we encourage you to look at the live version.