Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship

WYOMING RESIDENTS

This information is for the Fall 2025/Spring 2026 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, awards listed are for the academic year and not by semester.

Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship is a new state-funded scholarship program for adults enrolling at one of Wyoming’s eight community colleges, or the University of Wyoming, to pursue a degree or certificate.

Students can receive up to $1,800 per semester if enrolled in 12 credit hours or more, for up to four full-time academic terms. Selected students enrolled in less than 12 credit hours will still be eligible to receive the award at a prorated amount for no more than a total of $7,200 over the course of their program.

Please note: The awards are subject to available funding through the State of Wyoming.  Qualifying for a Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship does not automatically qualify a student for admission to UW.  Please see the UW Admissions website for admission requirements.

NEXT STEPS:

• • Application for admission and submit the non-refundable $40 admission application fee

  • Submit official college transcripts

  • Apply for Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship in our UW scholarship system (WyoScholarships):

    • Log into WyoScholarships

    • Click the "Sign In" button in the top right corner

    • Sign in with your UW Username and Password

      • If you are a first-time user, complete the general application questions when prompted and click "Finish and Submit" when you have completed them.

    • You can now view all our offered scholarships by going to Opportunities > Ours or Opportunities > Recommended. 

      • To apply for the Wyoming’s Tomorrow Scholarship, search for it using the “Search by Keyword” field.

CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

This Scholarship is renewable for up to four (4) full-time academic semesters or a total of seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) in scholarships for unmet financial need.

• Students must make satisfactory academic progress (SAP) toward a degree or certificate.

• Students must maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA (evaluated at the end of each spring semester).

• Students must meet other criteria, as established by UW, to ensure the student earns a degree or certificate in a timely manner.

• Students must maintain continuous enrollment for not less than two (2) academic terms in each successive academic year.

Continuous enrollment will be defined as enrolling both Fall and Spring academic semesters. Summer awarding is an available semester upon request. A continuous enrollment waiver for military service, religious service, and other good cause may be granted with provided documentation.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

The Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship program and the administrative rules governing the Kickstart* Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship program were created by the Wyoming State Legislature under State Statute WS 21-16-19.

State statute requires recipients of this scholarship to register with the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services (DWS) by completing an account registration. By registering, you have access to information and career resources, designed specifically for Wyoming residents’ needs, to help you prepare for your job search, see jobs available in Wyoming, and connect with employers looking to hire. Acknowledgment of your DWS registration during a prior academic year Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship application, or your agreement to create a new DWS registration if this is your first Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship application, is part of annual Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship student application and eligibility requirements.

Information you provide in registering at wyomingatwork.com will be used to track the performance of the scholarship program. No information will be released by the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services that identify an individual in any way. Please read the DWS privacy policy for further information.

*In 2022, the Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship (WTS) program and its initial endowment contribution of $10M was established by the Wyoming State Legislature. During that same 2022 legislative session, the WY legislature allocated $1.25M to "kickstart" scholarships with the same WTS student eligibility criteria and named it "Kickstart Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship" (KWTS) in an effort to support students during the WTS endowment's corpus maturity phase. In March 2024, the 2024 Legislative Session contributed the remaining funds to reach the mandated $50M WTS endowment corpus necessary to authorize student scholarship dividends beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year. During the same 2024 legislative session, an additional $2.5M was allocated to prolong KWTS awards until the 2025-26 award year begins for the WTS award disbursement. Once all legislatively appropriated KWTS funds are exhausted, KWTS awards shall be discounted and only scholarships awarded from the WTS endowment dividend shall remain in effect. Per Wyoming Legislature 2024 Session Laws, Chapter 118, Section 327(c) (page #355), a student who receives KWTS may be eligible for WTS if the student has not exhausted the equivalent of four (4) full-time academic terms or a total of seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200.00) in scholarships for unmet financial need.

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