AZ
Central Arizona College
0.79 incidents / 1,000 students
Coolidge, AZ · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Central Arizona College
Across 2022–2024, Central Arizona College reported 8 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Fondling.
- 0.79
- Incidents / 1k students
- #518
- Rank of 2,072
- #44
- AZ rank
- 5,053
- Enrolled students
0.79 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Central Arizona College reports 0.79 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 122% above College of Southern Maryland. Similar-enrollment scored peers: College of Southern Maryland (0.00/1k); Southern Union State Community College (0.20/1k); Harford Community College (0.99/1k); Holmes Community College (0.40/1k); Universidad del Sagrado Corazon (0.20/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Eastern Arizona College (0.38/1k); Mohave Community College (0.00/1k); South Mountain Community College (1.11/1k); Cochise County Community College District (0.00/1k); Northland Pioneer College (0.00/1k); Scottsdale Community College (0.00/1k); Coconino Community College (0.00/1k); Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.79
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #518
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 75%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 2
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 104346 · Central Arizona College 0.79/1k score rate · #518/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-QUIET 0.79/1k
- RANK-UPPER #518/2,072
- ST-MID #44 in state
- BELOW-PEER Harford Community College · 0.20 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-MID 5,053
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Harford Community College (+0.20/1k)
Central Arizona College sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO · peer Harford Community 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-UPPER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Harford Community College (+0.20/1k). National rank #518 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Central Arizona College reports 0.79 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 122% above College of Southern Maryland. Similar-enrollment scored peers: College of Southern Maryland (0.00/1k); Southern Union State Community College (0.20/1k); Harford Community College (0.99/1k); Holmes Community College (0.40/1k); Universidad del Sagrado Corazon (0.20/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Eastern Arizona College (0.38/1k); Mohave Community College (0.00/1k); South Mountain Community College (1.11/1k); Cochise County Community College District (0.00/1k); Northland Pioneer College (0.00/1k); Scottsdale Community College (0.00/1k); Coconino Community College (0.00/1k); Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Central Arizona College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Central on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- College of Southern Maryland · lowest peer 0
College of Southern Maryland — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Universidad del Sagrado Corazon · near 0.2
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon — near
0.2 per 1,000 students
- Holmes Community College · near
Holmes Community College — near
0.4 per 1,000 students
- Central Arizona College · this campus
Central Arizona College — this campus
0.79 per 1,000 students
- Harford Community College · highest peer
Harford Community College — highest peer
0.99 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Central Arizona College's 0.79/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Central Arizona College decreased from 4 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 30 AZ 2-year peers in this comparison, Central Arizona College is larger than 72% and safer-reporting than 14% - 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 76, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 24
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 66, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 62, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 59, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 55, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 52, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 48, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 45, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 41, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 34, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 24, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 10, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 34
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 90, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 10
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Central Arizona College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Phoenix | 105 | 0.00 | 0 | 41 |
| Brookline College-Tucson | 218 | 0.00 | 3 | 41 |
| Western Maricopa Education Center | 247 | 0.00 | 7 | 41 |
| Pima Medical Institute-East Valley | 306 | 0.00 | 10 | 41 |
| Arizona College-Glendale | 403 | 2.48 | 14 | 0 |
| Carrington College-Tucson | 517 | 0.00 | 17 | 41 |
| Universal Technical Institute-Phoenix | 527 | 0.00 | 21 | 41 |
| Carrington College-Mesa | 528 | 0.00 | 24 | 41 |
| Southwest Institute of Healing Arts | 534 | 0.00 | 28 | 41 |
| Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive Institute | 689 | 0.00 | 31 | 41 |
| Pima Medical Institute-Mesa | 705 | 0.00 | 34 | 41 |
| Central Arizona College (this campus) | 5,053 | 0.79 | 72 | 14 |
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 Central Arizona College fell from 4 to 2 (-50%). The increase shows up in Burglary (0 to 1) and Rape (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Fondling (4 to 0).
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 Central Arizona College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Fondling, Burglary and Rape.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Incest and Motor Vehicle Theft. 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 onlyCentral Arizona College: Criminal Offenses by year
Stable 0% (2 → 2 incidents)
Read the chart as text
| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rape | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 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 |
| 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
54 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
Central Arizona 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).
MD
College of Southern Maryland
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
AL
Southern Union State Community College
0.20 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Central Arizona College sits on price and outcomes
At $4,714, Central Arizona College's reported average net price is among the lowest reported prices among 81 Arizona colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $20,834.
- $4,714
- average net price
- $20,834
- Arizona median
- 3.6×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $4,997
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $3,900, while those above $110,000 record $8,897 - roughly 2.3 times as much. A published average of $4,714 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 $36,057 - about 7.6 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly. Only 25% complete within six years. Most students here do not finish, which is the single most important number on this page for anyone weighing the cost.
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
- $2,250
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $4,500
- Avg Net Price
- $4,714
- Median Debt
- $10,010
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 30%
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $36,057
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $40,513
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 56%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,089 similar institutions by enrollment size.
College of Southern Maryland
La Plata, MD · 5,062 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Southern Union State Community College
Wadley, AL · 5,063 enrolled
Safety Score 0.20
Harford Community College
Bel Air, MD · 5,067 enrolled
Safety Score 0.99
Holmes Community College
Goodman, MS · 5,039 enrolled
Safety Score 0.40
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon
Santurce, PR · 5,037 enrolled
Safety Score 0.20
Closest by National Rank
Central Arizona College (national rank #518) sits near Kean University (#517) and University of Northwestern Ohio (#519) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Kean University
Union, NJ
National Rank #517
University of Northwestern Ohio
Lima, OH
National Rank #519
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College
Chicago, IL
National Rank #520
Marywood University
Scranton, PA
National Rank #516
Coastal Alabama Community College
Bay Minette, AL
National Rank #521
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Central Arizona College, both outside AZ so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
College of Southern Maryland
La Plata, MD · 5,062 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Southern Union State Community College
Wadley, AL · 5,063 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
Harford Community College
Bel Air, MD · 5,067 enrolled
Safety score 0.99
Holmes Community College
Goodman, MS · 5,039 enrolled
Safety score 0.40
Gadsden State Community College
Gadsden, AL · 5,071 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Community College of Vermont
Montpelier, VT · 5,028 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown, MD · 5,085 enrolled
Safety score 0.59
Barton County Community College
Great Bend, KS · 5,092 enrolled
Safety score 1.18
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Orange Technical College-West Campus
Winter Garden, FL · 1,266 enrolled
Safety score 0.79
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College
Chicago, IL · 6,296 enrolled
Safety score 0.79
Coastal Alabama Community College
Bay Minette, AL · 7,553 enrolled
Safety score 0.79
Itawamba Community College
Fulton, MS · 5,139 enrolled
Safety score 0.78
Eastern Oklahoma State College
Wilburton, OK · 1,285 enrolled
Safety score 0.78
San Juan College
Farmington, NM · 6,452 enrolled
Safety score 0.78
Ohlone College
Fremont, CA · 9,061 enrolled
Safety score 0.77
Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences
New York, NY · 1,233 enrolled
Safety score 0.81
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Central Arizona College safe?
Central Arizona College has a safety score of 0.79 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #518 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: College of Southern Maryland (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Eastern Arizona College (0.38/1k); Mohave Community College (0.00/1k); South Mountain Community College (1.11/1k); Cochise County Community College District (0.00/1k); Northland Pioneer College (0.00/1k); Scottsdale Community College (0.00/1k); Coconino Community College (0.00/1k); Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Central Arizona College?
For calendar year 2024, Central Arizona College reported Burglary (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 Central Arizona College compare to similar schools?
Central Arizona College reports 122% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than College of Southern Maryland. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: College of Southern Maryland (0.00/1k); Southern Union State Community College (0.20/1k); Harford Community College (0.99/1k); Holmes Community College (0.40/1k); Universidad del Sagrado Corazon (0.20/1k). Same-state same-level set: Eastern Arizona College (0.38/1k); Mohave Community College (0.00/1k); South Mountain Community College (1.11/1k); Cochise County Community College District (0.00/1k); Northland Pioneer College (0.00/1k); Scottsdale Community College (0.00/1k); Coconino Community College (0.00/1k); Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc (0.00/1k).
Does Central Arizona College have fire safety data?
Yes. Central Arizona 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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