In addition to its main campus, the college provides online classes and has outreach centers in Jackson, Lander, Dubois, and the Wind River Indian Reservation.

The college's newly formed Foundation dedicated a portion of the campus property to a technical park with a philosophy the community would attract industry to Riverton oriented toward education.

The 126-acre (0.51 km2) property, located four miles (6.4 km) south of Lander, is now known as the Central Wyoming College Sinks Canyon Center, and is used for both recreational and educational purposes.

Programs such as construction trades, diesel mechanics, drafting, and electronics came about as the community flourished with during a boom in the minerals industry.

With the times, and changes in the college service area's economy, those programs went away and others - such as nursing, broadcasting, equine studies and computer networking - were established.

The Rustler replaced the Shaman as the college mascot in 1975, after concerns were voiced by members of the local American Indian population.

In the early 1990s, the college was faced with a huge decline in local tax revenue and a new problematic state funding formula.

The combination of limited resources, changing technology, traditional curricula, and a diverse, rural and disadvantaged student population with a high attrition rate presented the college's administration with enormous challenges.

In 1996, CWC secured a $1.75 million Title III grant, which has had a major positive impact on the college in terms of curriculum development, computer-aided instruction and student retention.

Through agreements with Microsoft and Cisco Systems, an innovative degree program in Computer Networking Technologies was developed.

[citation needed] The new millennium has marked significant increases in student enrollment for Central Wyoming College, in addition to new construction on campus.

A new student residence hall was constructed in 2002, and the college's Intertribal Education and Community Center opened in the fall of 2010.

[5] During that same year, which marked the institution's fiftieth anniversary, the administration wing of CWC's Main Hall was remodeled.

This was to create space for the college's new Rustler Central area, which brought together various departments, including advising, records, and financial aid, for easier student access.

Central Wyoming College maintains a classroom building in Lander (the county seat), a community located 25 miles (40 km) from Riverton.

Rustler Television is a cable station with content created by Central Wyoming College's TV and Film students.

In addition to undergraduate degrees, Central Wyoming College also offers various certifications, e.g. automotive technology, GIS, and welding.

CWC has a Board of Cooperative Higher Educational Services (BOCHES) that enables prepared high school students to earn college credit through a dual and concurrent enrollment program.