Central Wyoming College Business Programs

Located in Riverton, Wyoming, Central Wyoming College is a public institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Riverton draws many to the area.

Where Is Central Wyoming College?

Contact details for CWC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2660 Peck Avenue, Riverton, WY 82501
Phone:	800-735-8418
Website:	www.cwc.edu/

How Do I Get Into CWC?

You can apply to CWC online at: https://www.cwc.edu/apply/

As long as you submit the requested materials to Central Wyoming College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Central Wyoming College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At CWC, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $3,877 a year. That adds up to $15,508 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CWC is 5.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Central Wyoming College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,755 undergraduate students at CWC, with 590 being full-time and 1,165 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 590 full-time undergraduates at CWC, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Central Wyoming College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	81
White	318
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	169

Over 7 countries are represented at CWC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Turkey, Serbia, and Canada.

Online Learning at Central Wyoming College

In 2019-2020, 920 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CWC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 6th most popular in Wyoming for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of CWC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Central Wyoming College was 3.9%. This is the #1,408 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at CWC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at CWC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at CWC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	#189
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	#260
Business Support & Assistant Services	#279
General Business/Commerce	#332
General Business/Commerce	#332

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Central Wyoming College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	12	0	12
Agricultural Business	0	5	0	5
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	3	2	5
Accounting	0	4	0	4
General Business/Commerce	0	3	0	3
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	2	0	2
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	2	0	0	2
Business & Office Technology	0	0	0	0
Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation	0	0	0	0
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	0	0	0	0
Entrepreneurship	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	29	2	33

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.