Statewide survey shows strong perceptions of UW
LARAMIE – A large majority of Wyoming residents say the University of Wyoming has a strong level of connection with their communities and acts in ways that reflect Wyoming values, new survey results show. Additionally, most Wyomingites say UW does an excellent or good job of providing strong undergraduate education, preparing young people to participate in Wyoming’s workforce and keeping tuition as low as possible, according to the biennial election-year survey conducted by the Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center at UW. And 87% of survey respondents answered “extremely well” or “quite well” when asked how well UW appeals to Wyoming students and their families as a desirable place to attend college. This year’s statewide survey was conducted Sept. 29-Oct. 25 and includes 660 responses from randomly selected Wyoming adults. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.7 percentage points for questions asked of all respondents, after accounting for weighting, and is larger for subgroups. Results are weighted by gender, age, county, party affiliation and education to reflect Wyoming’s adult population; percentages exclude respondents who said they did not know or declined to answer. “We so appreciate the support and confidence of the people in Wyoming for their university,” UW
