How does the Clery Act affect Bellingham Technical College?

The Clery Act (Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act) requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to disclose crime statistics and security information annually. The data reported here comes directly from the US Department of Education's OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey.

What is a campus safety score?

The safety score divides 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents by enrollment, per 1,000 students. It does not include arrests, disciplinary referrals, fire records, unreported harm, or nearby crime. Lower scores mean fewer included incidents relative to enrollment. Only nonzero scores at campuses with 500 or more students are ranked; a 0.00 score is left unranked.

Bellingham, WA · Clery Act 2024 · Public

Bellingham Technical College

Across 2022–2024, Bellingham Technical College reported 6 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Burglary.

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1.47
Incidents / 1k students: #821
Rank of 2,072: #29
WA rank: 2,047
Enrolled students

1.47 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students

Bellingham Technical College reports 1.47 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 37% below H Councill Trenholm State Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: H Councill Trenholm State Community College (0.49/1k); William Woods University (1.47/1k); Roxbury Community College (4.40/1k); Lincoln University (3.41/1k); Henderson State University (1.95/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes City University of Seattle (1.00/1k); Peninsula College (1.39/1k); University of Puget Sound (15.02/1k); Big Bend Community College (1.08/1k); Centralia College (5.79/1k); Seattle Pacific University (13.27/1k); Whitworth University (0.00/1k); Cascadia College (2.52/1k). 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: 1.47
of 2,072 ranked nationally: #821
safer than ranked campuses its size: 60%
Criminal Offenses, 2024: 2

What makes up the 2024 headline rate 1.47 per 1,000

Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey

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Data updated August 2026

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Sheet 234696 · Bellingham Technical College 1.47/1k score rate · #821/2,072

RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE

RATE-LOW 1.47/1k
RANK-MID #821/2,072
ST-MID #29 in state
PEER-FINISH William Woods University · ±0.00
ZERO-NONE Scored
TREND-FLAT Flat
CAT-LEAD Burglary
ENR-SMALL 2,047
FIRE-NONE No res filing

Nearest enrollment peer: William Woods University (+0.00/1k)

Bellingham Technical College sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE · peer William Woods 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 · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is William Woods University (+0.00/1k). National rank #821 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.

H Councill Trenholm State · lowest peer

0.49
Bellingham Technical College · this campus

1.47
William Woods University · near

1.47
Henderson State University · near

1.95
Roxbury Community College · highest peer

4.4

What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Bellingham Technical College's 1.47/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.

Reporting-period change

What changed in 2024

No change

Bellingham Technical College was unchanged from 2 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 changes

Signature insight · size does not equal danger

Campus size vs reported safety rate

Among 37 WA 4-year peers in this comparison, Bellingham Technical College is larger than 56% and safer-reporting than 44% - the larger, higher-reporting quadrant. Axes are within-sample percentiles so outliers share the same frame; a higher safety percentile means a lower Clery incidents-per-1,000 rate.

Enrollment vs Clery incidents per 1,000 (inverted to safety percentile), 2024 reporting year

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Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
Bellingham Technical College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44

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Campus	Enrollment	Rate / 1k	Size pct	Safety pct
Seattle Film Institute	85	0.00	0	78
Northwest College of Art & Design	139	7.19	3	14
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology	243	0.00	6	78
Faith International University	464	0.00	8	78
Cornish College of the Arts	505	9.90	11	8
Northwest Indian College	636	4.72	14	25
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences	665	0.00	17	78
Bastyr University	734	0.00	19	78
Antioch University-Seattle	771	0.00	22	78
Heritage University	937	0.00	25	78
Northwest University	1,053	1.90	28	36
Bellingham Technical College (this campus)	2,047	1.47	56	44

Sample of 12 campuses from the plot (sorted by enrollment). Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey + IPEDS enrollment. Rate = on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students; lower is safer-reporting, not a personal-risk forecast.

What actually gets reported at Bellingham Technical College

Across 3 reporting years, the only Clery Act category with a recorded on-campus incident here is Burglary.

The remaining 10 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Fondling and Incest. 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 only

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Period	On-campus incidents
2022	2
2023	2
2024	2

Crime Type	2024	2023	2022
Burglary	2	2	2
Aggravated Assault	0	0	0
Arson	0	0	0
Fondling	0	0	0
Incest	0	0	0
Motor Vehicle Theft	0	0	0
Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter	0	0	0
Negligent Manslaughter	0	0	0
Rape	0	0	0
Robbery	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

9 category-year records

9 reported records

Category	Year	Discipline
Drugs	2024	0
Liquor	2024	0
Weapons	2024	0
Drugs	2023	0
Liquor	2023	0
Weapons	2023	1
Drugs	2022	0
Liquor	2022	0
Weapons	2022	0

Bellingham 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).

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Bellingham Technical College

1.47 incidents / 1,000 students

National rank: #821
Enrollment: 2,047
Data year: 2024

H Councill Trenholm State Community College

0.49 incidents / 1,000 students

National rank: #332
Enrollment: 2,046
Data year: 2024

William Woods University

1.47 incidents / 1,000 students

National rank: #822
Enrollment: 2,046
Data year: 2024

Cost context

Where Bellingham Technical College sits on price and outcomes

See Washington's cost ranking

At $5,997, Bellingham Technical College's reported average net price is among the lowest reported prices among 83 Washington colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $14,091.

$5,997
average net price: $14,091
Washington median: 2.5×
six-year earnings to median debt: $10,857
reported income-bracket spread

Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $4,587, while those above $110,000 record $15,444 - roughly 3.4 times as much. A published average of $5,997 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 $43,235 - 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: $4,431
Out-of-State Tuition: $5,809
Avg Net Price: $5,997
Median Debt: $17,459
Pell Grant Recipients: 31%

How does this cost rank in WA? →

Outcomes

4-Year Graduation Rate: 44%
Median Earnings (6yr): $43,235
Median Earnings (10yr): $49,748
Loan Repayment (3yr): 59%

Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.

Similar Institutions

Showing 5 of 1,307 similar institutions by enrollment size.

H Councill Trenholm State Community College

Montgomery, AL · 2,046 enrolled

Safety Score 0.49

William Woods University

Fulton, MO · 2,046 enrolled

Safety Score 1.47

Roxbury Community College

Roxbury Crossing, MA · 2,044 enrolled

Safety Score 4.40

Lincoln University

Jefferson City, MO · 2,054 enrolled

Safety Score 3.41

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR · 2,055 enrolled

Safety Score 1.95

Closest by National Rank

Bellingham Technical College (national rank #821) sits near William Woods University (#822) and SUNY Polytechnic Institute (#820) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.

William Woods University

Fulton, MO

National Rank #822

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College

Chicago, IL

National Rank #824

Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate

Two Clery-derived peer sets for Bellingham 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)

William Woods University

Fulton, MO · 2,046 enrolled

Safety score 1.47

Lincoln University

Jefferson City, MO · 2,054 enrolled

Safety score 3.41

Feather River Community College District

Quincy, CA · 2,055 enrolled

Safety score 0.49

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR · 2,055 enrolled

Safety score 1.95

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO · 2,056 enrolled

Safety score 9.24

Morningside University

Sioux City, IA · 2,056 enrolled

Safety score 2.43

American International College

Springfield, MA · 2,037 enrolled

Safety score 5.89

Assumption University

Worcester, MA · 2,037 enrolled

Safety score 6.87

Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica, NY · 2,733 enrolled

Safety score 1.46

Roseman University of Health Sciences

Henderson, NV · 1,367 enrolled

Safety score 1.46

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, NJ · 4,767 enrolled

Safety score 1.47

Colorado State University Pueblo

Pueblo, CO · 6,851 enrolled

Safety score 1.46

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Sparkill, NY · 2,037 enrolled

Safety score 1.47

Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT · 6,864 enrolled

Safety score 1.46

Wright State University-Lake Campus

Celina, OH · 1,356 enrolled

Safety score 1.47

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Bellingham Technical College safe?

Bellingham Technical College has a safety score of 1.47 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #821 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: H Councill Trenholm State Community College (0.49/1k). Same-state same-level set: City University of Seattle (1.00/1k); Peninsula College (1.39/1k); University of Puget Sound (15.02/1k); Big Bend Community College (1.08/1k); Centralia College (5.79/1k); Seattle Pacific University (13.27/1k); Whitworth University (0.00/1k); Cascadia College (2.52/1k).

What crimes are reported at Bellingham Technical College?

For calendar year 2024, Bellingham Technical College reported Burglary (2) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.

How does Bellingham Technical College compare to similar schools?

Bellingham Technical College reports 37% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than H Councill Trenholm State Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: H Councill Trenholm State Community College (0.49/1k); William Woods University (1.47/1k); Roxbury Community College (4.40/1k); Lincoln University (3.41/1k); Henderson State University (1.95/1k). Same-state same-level set: City University of Seattle (1.00/1k); Peninsula College (1.39/1k); University of Puget Sound (15.02/1k); Big Bend Community College (1.08/1k); Centralia College (5.79/1k); Seattle Pacific University (13.27/1k); Whitworth University (0.00/1k); Cascadia College (2.52/1k).

Does Bellingham Technical College have fire safety data?

Bellingham Technical College has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.

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Bellingham Technical College

Peer-rate neighbourhood around Bellingham Technical College

What changed in 2024

Campus size vs reported safety rate

What actually gets reported at Bellingham Technical College

Crime Statistics by Year

Bellingham Technical College: Criminal Offenses by year

Arrests & Disciplinary Actions

Bellingham Technical College vs peer institutions

Bellingham Technical College

H Councill Trenholm State Community College

William Woods University

Where Bellingham Technical College sits on price and outcomes

Academic & Financial Profile

Tuition & Costs

Outcomes

Similar Institutions

Closest by National Rank

Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate

Similar enrollment (nationwide)

Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)

Frequently Asked Questions