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WICHE briefs committee: WUE and PSAP saved Wyoming students roughly $9.7M last academic year

Joint Appropriations Committee · December 11, 2025
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WICHE president Demi Michelau told the Joint Appropriations Committee that Western Undergraduate Exchange and the Professional Student Exchange Program helped Wyoming students save roughly $7.5M (WUE) and $2.18M (PSAP) in tuition last academic year; WICHE also summarized program slot counts and PSEP return rates.

Demi Michelau, president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), briefed the Joint Appropriations Committee on regional student access programs and cost‑saving initiatives.

Michelau described WICHE’s three major student access programs: the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), the Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP), and the Professional Student Exchange Program (PSAP). For academic year 2024–25 she reported that 1,367 out‑of‑state…

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