WA
Bates Technical College
1.71 incidents / 1,000 students
Tacoma, WA · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Bates Technical College
Across 2022–2024, Bates Technical College reported 25 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Burglary). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Shoreline Community College.
- 1.71
- Incidents / 1k students
- #935
- Rank of 2,072
- #33
- WA rank
- 4,083
- Enrolled students
1.71 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Bates Technical College reports 1.71 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 25% above Northwest State Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Northwest State Community College (0.24/1k); Alabama State University (5.15/1k); Lake Superior College (0.00/1k); Bemidji State University (1.23/1k); Howard College (0.24/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Shoreline Community College (2.01/1k); South Puget Sound Community College (0.21/1k); Perry Technical Institute (1.87/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Seattle (0.00/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Renton (0.00/1k); Carrington College-Spokane (0.00/1k); Summit Salon Academy (0.00/1k); Pacific Northwest Christian College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 1.71
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #935
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 55%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 2
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 235671 · Bates Technical College 1.71/1k score rate · #935/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-LOW 1.71/1k
- RANK-MID #935/2,072
- ST-MID #33 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Bemidji State University · +0.49
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 87%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 4,083
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: Bemidji State University (-0.49/1k)
Bates Technical College sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE · peer Bemidji State University. Codes from this campus OPE filing: score-category rate, national/state rank, named enrollment peer, zero posture, Criminal Offenses trend, lead category, enrollment band, fire filing. Not a moving recommendation.
Clery plate RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Bemidji State University (-0.49/1k). National rank #935 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Bates Technical College reports 1.71 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 25% above Northwest State Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Northwest State Community College (0.24/1k); Alabama State University (5.15/1k); Lake Superior College (0.00/1k); Bemidji State University (1.23/1k); Howard College (0.24/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Shoreline Community College (2.01/1k); South Puget Sound Community College (0.21/1k); Perry Technical Institute (1.87/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Seattle (0.00/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Renton (0.00/1k); Carrington College-Spokane (0.00/1k); Summit Salon Academy (0.00/1k); Pacific Northwest Christian College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Bates Technical College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Bates on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Lake Superior College · lowest peer 0
Lake Superior College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Northwest State Community College · near 0.24
Northwest State Community College — near
0.24 per 1,000 students
- Howard College · near 0.24
Howard College — near
0.24 per 1,000 students
- Bemidji State University · near 1.23
Bemidji State University — near
1.23 per 1,000 students
- Bates Technical College · this campus 1.71
Bates Technical College — this campus
1.71 per 1,000 students
- Alabama State University · highest peer
Alabama State University — highest peer
5.15 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Bates Technical College's 1.71/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Bates Technical College decreased from 8 to 2 reported on-campus incidents between the 2023 and 2024 reporting years in the U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey.
This is a change in reported incidents, not a measure of individual safety. Enrollment, reporting practice, and category coverage can affect the count.
See national reporting-year changesWhat changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at Bates Technical College fell from 8 to 2 (-75%). The decrease shows up in Burglary (4 to 0), Arson (1 to 0) and Motor Vehicle Theft (3 to 2).
This describes reported incidents, not crime. Clery counts move with reporting policy, awareness campaigns and how a campus staffs its security authorities, so a rise can reflect better capture of reports and a fall can reflect worse capture. One year of movement at a single campus is not a trend.
What actually gets reported at Bates Technical College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Motor Vehicle Theft, Robbery and Arson.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Fondling, Incest and Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter. Under the Clery Act that zero is an affirmative report that nothing in the category occurred, not an absence of data, which is why the table below lists those rows rather than dropping them.
Counts describe incidents reported under the Clery Act for the on-campus geography. Reporting practice varies between institutions, so counts are not a direct measure of relative safety.
Crime Statistics by Year
11 categories 3 reporting years on-campus onlyBates Technical College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 87% (15 → 2 incidents)
Read the chart as text
| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Arson | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statutory Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Table figures show the Criminal Offenses section; other Clery tables are separate
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
27 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
Bates Technical College vs peer institutions
Side-by-side safety scores for 3 peers of similar enrollment
Scores are $2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students (lower is fewer in those categories).
OH
Northwest State Community College
0.24 incidents / 1,000 students
AL
Alabama State University
5.15 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Bates Technical College sits on price and outcomes
At $6,292, Bates Technical College's reported average net price is cheaper than 7% among 83 Washington colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $14,091.
- $6,292
- average net price
- $14,091
- Washington median
- $13,001
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $4,403, while those above $110,000 record $17,404 - roughly 4.0 times as much. A published average of $6,292 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six years after enrolling, the median former student who received federal aid reports $45,569 - about 7.2 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly.
Average net price reflects grant and scholarship aid for aided students, not a personal offer. Earnings cover former students who received federal aid; neither measure predicts an individual's outcome.
Academic & Financial Profile
Tuition & Costs
- In-State Tuition
- $6,027
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $12,165
- Avg Net Price
- $6,292
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 12%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 43%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $45,569
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $50,051
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 70%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,151 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Northwest State Community College
Archbold, OH · 4,082 enrolled
Safety Score 0.24
Alabama State University
Montgomery, AL · 4,081 enrolled
Safety Score 5.15
Lake Superior College
Duluth, MN · 4,074 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Bemidji State University
Bemidji, MN · 4,072 enrolled
Safety Score 1.23
Howard College
Big Spring, TX · 4,101 enrolled
Safety Score 0.24
Closest by National Rank
Bates Technical College (national rank #935) sits near Emerson College (#934) and Fortis College-Columbia (#936) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Bates Technical College, both outside WA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Northwest State Community College
Archbold, OH · 4,082 enrolled
Safety score 0.24
Lake Superior College
Duluth, MN · 4,074 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Howard College
Big Spring, TX · 4,101 enrolled
Safety score 0.24
Jamestown Community College
Jamestown, NY · 4,054 enrolled
Safety score 1.48
Atlantic Cape Community College
Mays Landing, NJ · 4,052 enrolled
Safety score 0.74
Sandhills Community College
Pinehurst, NC · 4,115 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
George C Wallace Community College-Dothan
Dothan, AL · 4,044 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Lake Tahoe Community College
South Lake Tahoe, CA · 4,040 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Fortis College-Columbia
Columbia, SC · 582 enrolled
Safety score 1.72
Wor-Wic Community College
Salisbury, MD · 2,941 enrolled
Safety score 1.70
Northern Wyoming Community College District
Sheridan, WY · 3,534 enrolled
Safety score 1.70
Woodland Community College
Woodland, CA · 4,128 enrolled
Safety score 1.70
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth, TX · 43,928 enrolled
Safety score 1.68
Casper College
Casper, WY · 3,403 enrolled
Safety score 1.76
Northeastern Junior College
Sterling, CO · 1,684 enrolled
Safety score 1.78
Flathead Valley Community College
Kalispell, MT · 2,234 enrolled
Safety score 1.79
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Bates Technical College safe?
Bates Technical College has a safety score of 1.71 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #935 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Northwest State Community College (0.24/1k). Same-state same-level set: Shoreline Community College (2.01/1k); South Puget Sound Community College (0.21/1k); Perry Technical Institute (1.87/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Seattle (0.00/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Renton (0.00/1k); Carrington College-Spokane (0.00/1k); Summit Salon Academy (0.00/1k); Pacific Northwest Christian College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Bates Technical College?
For calendar year 2024, Bates Technical College reported Motor Vehicle Theft (2) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Bates Technical College compare to similar schools?
Bates Technical College reports 25% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Northwest State Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Northwest State Community College (0.24/1k); Alabama State University (5.15/1k); Lake Superior College (0.00/1k); Bemidji State University (1.23/1k); Howard College (0.24/1k). Same-state same-level set: Shoreline Community College (2.01/1k); South Puget Sound Community College (0.21/1k); Perry Technical Institute (1.87/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Seattle (0.00/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Renton (0.00/1k); Carrington College-Spokane (0.00/1k); Summit Salon Academy (0.00/1k); Pacific Northwest Christian College (0.00/1k).
Does Bates Technical College have fire safety data?
Bates Technical College has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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