Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Western Wyoming Community College is 13.2 miles from Green River
No college sits inside Green River’s boundary, but Western Wyoming Community College’s campus in Rock Springs, with 1,818 students on campus, is 13.2 miles from the center of town. About 4% of Green River’s residents are enrolled in college, below Wyoming (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Green River. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Green River
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Green River
It is public. Every other college is more than 15 miles from Green River.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $75–110k, where Green River’s median household income ($84,747) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Green River: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid.
Questions about college near Green River
Is Green River a college town?
No. About 4 of every 100 Green River residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Wyoming (6). The nearest campus, Western Wyoming Community College, is 13.2 miles away in Rock Springs.
What colleges are near Green River?
Within 15 miles: Western Wyoming Community College (13.2 miles, 1,818 students on campus).
What is the closest community college to Green River, and what does it cost?
Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs, 13.2 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,230 a year for Wyoming residents; the federal net price, $6,591, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Western Wyoming Community College cost if we live in Wyoming?
Tuition and fees are $4,230 a year in-state and $10,530 from out of state.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Green River. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →