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Northern Wyoming Community College District was awarded 6 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education.
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Northern Wyoming Community College District landed the #1,175 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Northern Wyoming Community College District held the #1,834 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Northern Wyoming Community College District also holds the #2 spot on the Best Colleges in Wyoming ranking.
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If you are worried about getting into Northern Wyoming Community College District, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Northern Wyoming Community College District, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Northern Wyoming Community College District is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Northern Wyoming Community College District this rate is 61%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,741 undergraduates at Northern Wyoming Community College District with 1,245 being full-time and 2,496 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,538 | $7,929 | $9,257 | $12,138 | $13,198 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Northern Wyoming Community College District, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Northern Wyoming Community College District, approximately 25% of students took out student loans averaging $4,231 a year. That adds up to $16,924 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Northern Wyoming Community College District are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Whitney Way, Sheridan, WY 82801 |
| Phone: | 307-675-0505 |
| Website: | https://www.sheridan.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 93 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 66 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 65 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 64 | NA |
| Nursing | 48 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 44 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 33 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 29 | NA |
| Electronics Maintenance & Repair | 24 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 22 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 1,560 students took at least one online class at Northern Wyoming Community College District. This is an increase from the 1,466 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,560 | 566 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,466 | 551 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,376 | 417 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,064 | 286 |
Learn more about online learning at Northern Wyoming Community College District.
Footnotes
*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.
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