Program Outcomes

Note: The outcomes below pertain to Wyman’s local, direct service programs and the 1,186 young people we directly served during the 2024-2025 program year. For more information on our national replication, please visit our National Network. Additionally, unless otherwise noted the outcomes refer to young people in all three of our programs – Wyman Leaders, TCP, and TOP. For individual program outcomes, please refer to those program pages.

Wyman teens are graduating from high school, and enrolling and persisting in postsecondary education, at high rates.

Achieving a postsecondary degree or credential can be transformative. Nationally, we know the pandemic had a significant impact on postsecondary enrollment and persistence. Even prior to the pandemic, college affordability was an increasing concern. Currently, 70% of all bachelor’s degrees are awarded to young people from families in the top half of the income distribution, and bachelor’s degree completion rates are significantly lower for low-income and first-generation students.

However, undergraduate enrollment across income and racial groups has trended upward in the last few years. In 2025, freshman enrollment in 4-year public universities grew nearly 2%. Additionally, students have shown increased interest and enrollment in certificate programs, vocational-focused postsecondary programs, and institutes primarily granting associate degrees, with overall enrollment in community colleges up 28% from 2021.

In an evolving postsecondary landscape, Wyman provides critical support as young people who face economic and systemic barriers navigate their options for the future. Wyman Leaders’ rates of educational attainment exceed those of young people with similar backgrounds and socioeconomic circumstances. 100% of the Wyman Leaders Class of 2025 graduated from high school on time. Additionally, rates of postsecondary enrollment and persistence among Wyman Leaders continue to be high, with 83% of the Class of 2025 enrolling in a postsecondary option during the Fall of 2025, and 95% of the Class of 2024 persisting in a postsecondary option from Year 1 to Year 2.

Wyman teens are developing life and leadership skills and competencies that are important for success in life.

Research shows that life and leadership skills are critical and go ‘hand-in-hand’ with academic and life success. These skills include communication, self-efficacy, managing emotions, solving problems, making decisions, building a strong sense of self, empathy, and establishing and maintaining positive relationships.

Wyman’s life and leadership skill outcomes have remained strong and steady over the last several years, which prepares our teens for educational and career success. In the 2024-2025 program year, an average of 86% of Wyman teens reported strong levels of life and leadership skills.

Wyman teens are building connections with supportive adults and feeling a sense of belonging.

Right now, we are living in what two-time U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has called “an epidemic of loneliness, isolation, and social disconnection.” Those at greatest risk include members of marginalized groups, as well as adolescents and young adults. At Wyman, we serve young people who are dealing with isolation that impacts not only their mental health and social connections, but also their education and career choices.

We know that as this epidemic of loneliness continues, it is critical for students to feel valued, accepted, and celebrated for who they are. This has always been important at Wyman and we are committed to supporting young people and standing with them as they create the futures they envision for themselves. Wyman programs support young people as they build and maintain relationships, connections, and a sense of belonging with their peers and caring, adult facilitators. Now, more than ever, these are essential supports to young people, their well-being, and their success.

Wyman teens report having positive, supportive relationships with their Wyman facilitators. 92% report that their Wyman facilitators care about and support them and 85% report feeling a sense of belonging during their Wyman experience.