ND
Bismarck State College
0.95 incidents / 1,000 students
Bismarck, ND · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Bismarck State College
Across 2022–2024, Bismarck State College reported 7 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: University of Mary.
- 0.95
- Incidents / 1k students
- #601
- Rank of 2,072
- #6
- ND rank
- 4,206
- Enrolled students
0.95 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Bismarck State College reports 0.95 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 55% below Ogden-Weber Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Ogden-Weber Technical College (0.48/1k); Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (0.24/1k); Loma Linda University (5.94/1k); University of the District of Columbia (3.57/1k); Holyoke Community College (0.24/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes University of Mary (1.55/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k); Turtle Mountain Community College (0.00/1k); United Tribes Technical College (34.72/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.95
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #601
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 71%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 2
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 200022 · Bismarck State College 0.95/1k score rate · #601/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-QUIET 0.95/1k
- RANK-MID #601/2,072
- ST-UPPER #6 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Ogden-Weber Technical College · +0.48
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 60%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 4,206
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Ogden-Weber Technical College (-0.48/1k)
Bismarck State College sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Ogden-Weber Technical College. 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-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Ogden-Weber Technical College (-0.48/1k). National rank #601 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Bismarck State College reports 0.95 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 55% below Ogden-Weber Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Ogden-Weber Technical College (0.48/1k); Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (0.24/1k); Loma Linda University (5.94/1k); University of the District of Columbia (3.57/1k); Holyoke Community College (0.24/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes University of Mary (1.55/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k); Turtle Mountain Community College (0.00/1k); United Tribes Technical College (34.72/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Bismarck State College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Bismarck on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Blue Ridge Community and · lowest peer 0.24
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College — lowest peer
0.24 per 1,000 students
- Holyoke Community College · near 0.24
Holyoke Community College — near
0.24 per 1,000 students
- Ogden-Weber Technical College · near 0.48
Ogden-Weber Technical College — near
0.48 per 1,000 students
- Bismarck State College · this campus 0.95
Bismarck State College — this campus
0.95 per 1,000 students
- Loma Linda University · highest peer
Loma Linda University — highest peer
5.94 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Bismarck State College's 0.95/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Bismarck State College increased from 0 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 changesSignature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among 15 ND 4-year peers in this comparison, Bismarck State College is larger than 86% and safer-reporting than 57% - the larger, safer-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.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 43
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- Bismarck State College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmussen University-North Dakota | 52 | 0.00 | 0 | 71 |
| Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College | 233 | 0.00 | 7 | 71 |
| Trinity Bible College and Graduate School | 275 | 0.00 | 14 | 71 |
| Sitting Bull College | 309 | 0.00 | 21 | 71 |
| United Tribes Technical College | 576 | 34.72 | 29 | 0 |
| Turtle Mountain Community College | 872 | 0.00 | 36 | 71 |
| Mayville State University | 1,134 | 0.88 | 43 | 64 |
| University of Jamestown | 1,376 | 8.72 | 50 | 7 |
| Dickinson State University | 1,410 | 1.42 | 57 | 50 |
| Valley City State University | 1,806 | 1.66 | 64 | 36 |
| Minot State University | 2,751 | 2.54 | 71 | 14 |
| Bismarck State College (this campus) | 4,206 | 0.95 | 86 | 57 |
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 changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at Bismarck State College rose from 0 to 2. The increase shows up in Motor Vehicle Theft (0 to 1) and Rape (0 to 1).
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 Bismarck State College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Arson, Burglary, Fondling and Motor Vehicle Theft.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter and 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 onlyBismarck State College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 60% (5 → 2 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fondling | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 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
Fire Safety
| Year | Fires | Inj. | Deaths | Cat I | Cat II |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 8 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 215 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 128 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 95 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Bismarck State 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).
UT
Ogden-Weber Technical College
0.48 incidents / 1,000 students
WV
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
0.24 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Bismarck State College sits on price and outcomes
At $10,270, Bismarck State College's reported average net price is cheaper than 29% among 24 North Dakota colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $12,773.
- $10,270
- average net price
- $12,773
- North Dakota median
- 4.4×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $7,839
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $6,140, while those above $110,000 record $13,979 - roughly 2.3 times as much. A published average of $10,270 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 $50,401 - about 4.9 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
- $5,247
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $7,331
- Avg Net Price
- $10,270
- Median Debt
- $11,533
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 15%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 48%
- Retention Rate
- 77%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $50,401
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $54,277
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 85%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,140 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Ogden-Weber Technical College
Ogden, UT · 4,207 enrolled
Safety Score 0.48
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
Martinsburg, WV · 4,203 enrolled
Safety Score 0.24
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA · 4,210 enrolled
Safety Score 5.94
University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC · 4,202 enrolled
Safety Score 3.57
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, MA · 4,200 enrolled
Safety Score 0.24
Closest by National Rank
Bismarck State College (national rank #601) sits near University of Southern Indiana (#600) and Hood College (#602) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, IN
National Rank #600
Hood College
Frederick, MD
National Rank #602
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, MO
National Rank #599
San Antonio College
San Antonio, TX
National Rank #603
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
National Rank #598
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Bismarck State College, both outside ND so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA · 4,210 enrolled
Safety score 5.94
University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC · 4,202 enrolled
Safety score 3.57
Belhaven University
Jackson, MS · 4,213 enrolled
Safety score 0.24
Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne, WY · 4,193 enrolled
Safety score 0.48
Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, KY · 4,193 enrolled
Safety score 1.43
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA · 4,191 enrolled
Safety score 9.31
Gannon University
Erie, PA · 4,189 enrolled
Safety score 1.19
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico
Hato Rey, PR · 4,223 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Hood College
Frederick, MD · 2,101 enrolled
Safety score 0.95
University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, IN · 9,488 enrolled
Safety score 0.95
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, MO · 9,501 enrolled
Safety score 0.95
San Antonio College
San Antonio, TX · 19,901 enrolled
Safety score 0.95
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock, PA · 8,376 enrolled
Safety score 0.96
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ · 8,469 enrolled
Safety score 0.94
Hiram College
Hiram, OH · 1,061 enrolled
Safety score 0.94
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Fayette, MO · 1,041 enrolled
Safety score 0.96
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Bismarck State College safe?
Bismarck State College has a safety score of 0.95 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #601 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Ogden-Weber Technical College (0.48/1k). Same-state same-level set: University of Mary (1.55/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k); Turtle Mountain Community College (0.00/1k); United Tribes Technical College (34.72/1k).
What crimes are reported at Bismarck State College?
For calendar year 2024, Bismarck State College reported Motor Vehicle Theft (1) and Rape (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Bismarck State College compare to similar schools?
Bismarck State College reports 55% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Ogden-Weber Technical College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Ogden-Weber Technical College (0.48/1k); Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (0.24/1k); Loma Linda University (5.94/1k); University of the District of Columbia (3.57/1k); Holyoke Community College (0.24/1k). Same-state same-level set: University of Mary (1.55/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k); Turtle Mountain Community College (0.00/1k); United Tribes Technical College (34.72/1k).
Does Bismarck State College have fire safety data?
Yes. Bismarck State College reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. No fires were reported in the most recent year.
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