Tuition freeze extended

RIVERTON (WNE) — The Wyoming Community College Commission Thursday agreed not to increase tuition for the state’s eight community colleges.

The commission has held steady on the $105 per credit hour tuition for in-state students for the past five years. A recommendation to hold the line on tuition came from the college presidents and the college Trustees Association.

Dr. Brad Tyndall, president of Central Wyoming College and the current president of the presidents, shared the recommendation to the commission at its meeting at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs.

Don Erickson, a trustee at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne and the president of the Wyoming Association of Community College Trustees, reported his associations’ recommendations, also not to increase the tuition rate.

The current tuition is $105 per credit hour for in-state students, $158 per credit hour for Western Undergraduate Exchange (and Nebraska) students, and $315 per credit hour for out-of-state and international students.

The Community College Commission considers tuition fees on odd-number years. The total cost to attend a Wyoming Community College depends on fees charged by each college in addition to the tuition.

This story was published on October 5, 2024.