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Wyoming: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 51	563,626	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	7.1%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.0%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.8%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.2%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.7%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.9%	26.4%
65 and older	12.4%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 51	563,626	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	7.1%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.0%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.8%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.2%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.7%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.9%	26.4%
65 and older	12.4%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	2.4%	0.9%
Asian	0.8%	4.8%
Black	0.8%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	90.7%	72.4%
More than one race	2.2%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	8.9%	16.3%
Other	3.0%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	2.7%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	5.8%	8.7%
High-school diploma	31.5%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	26.4%	20.6%
Associate degree	10.0%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	15.5%	17.6%
Master’s degree	5.7%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.1%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.3%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	6.8%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 7	$47,301	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	11.2%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	4,980	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	15.4%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	1,245	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$3,333	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$2,164	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	n/a	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$336,097,525	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-0.1%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$15,132,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	n/a	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	n/a	$1,813,221,000
Total	$15,132,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$55,319	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	-0.3%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	81.9%	61.2%
State and local governments	7.6%	6.3%
Industry	3.5%	5.2%
Nonprofit	0.9%	6.1%
Institution itself	5.4%	19.4%
Other	0.6%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	13.0%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	28.3%	4.9%
Life sciences	36.2%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	0.9%	3.7%
Physical sciences	5.0%	7.6%
Psychology	0.5%	1.8%
Social sciences	1.7%	3.3%
Other sciences	12.0%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	2.5%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
University of Wyoming Foundation	$321,780,557
Top fund raisers:
University of Wyoming	$36,569,269
Northern Wyoming Community College	$3,398,917
Northwest College	$1,067,233

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$109,303	$112,647
Associate professor	$76,943	$78,804
Assistant professor	$67,101	$67,236
All	$80,026	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	n/a	$87,677
Associate professor	n/a	$70,215
Assistant professor	n/a	$59,511
All	n/a	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	n/a	$133,973
Associate professor	n/a	$86,108
Assistant professor	n/a	$72,242
All	n/a	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	n/a	$82,002
Associate professor	n/a	$66,466
Assistant professor	n/a	$55,352
All	n/a	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	n/a	$61,039
Private nonprofit	n/a	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$57,937	$62,301
Private nonprofit	n/a	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	35,466	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	2,832	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	12,911	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	23,381	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	127	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	1,879	430,177
Total	38,298	21,016,126
Public institutions	95%	72%
4-year institutions	34%	63%
2-year institutions	66%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	2,862	849,452
Bachelor’s	1,791	1,650,014
Master’s	388	693,025
Doctorate	179	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 63% of all freshmen enrolled in Wyoming in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 78% of all Wyoming residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	53.0%	56.0%
Men	48.7%	53.0%
Women	57.3%	58.5%
American Indian	38.5%	37.0%
Asian	80.0%	66.3%
Black	46.7%	38.3%
Hispanic	49.1%	47.8%
White	53.1%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	692	196,374
Asian	328	1,218,118
Black	542	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	69	64,046
Hispanic	2,314	2,741,448
White	32,916	12,722,549
Foreign	1,079	709,565
Two or more races	358	325,275
Total	38,298	21,016,126
Women	52.1%	57.0%
Minority	11.2%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	9.3%	28.4%
Foreign	2.8%	3.4%
Full-time	58.0%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 20.3 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 100% of Wyoming’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	1	678
Public 2-year institutions	7	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	0	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	0	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	2	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	1	664
Total	11	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
None
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
None