CA
College of the Canyons
0.17 incidents / 1,000 students
Santa Clarita, CA · Clery Act 2024 · Public
College of the Canyons
Across 2022–2024, College of the Canyons reported 8 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Motor Vehicle Theft.
- 0.17
- Incidents / 1k students
- #77
- Rank of 2,072
- #108
- CA rank
- 18,075
- Enrolled students
0.17 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
College of the Canyons reports 0.17 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 88% below Blinn College District. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Blinn College District (0.44/1k); University of North Carolina at Greensboro (5.66/1k); CUNY Kingsborough Community College (0.17/1k); Modesto Junior College (0.00/1k); Santa Rosa Junior College (0.73/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Santa Rosa Junior College (0.73/1k); Mt San Jacinto Community College District (0.17/1k); De Anza College (0.46/1k); Diablo Valley College (0.35/1k); Orange Coast College (1.58/1k); Sierra College (0.16/1k); Los Angeles Pierce College (0.30/1k); City College of San Francisco (1.04/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.17
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #77
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 96%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 2
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 111461 · College of the Canyons 0.17/1k score rate · #77/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-QUIET 0.17/1k
- RANK-TOP #77/2,072
- ST-MID #108 in state
- PEER-FINISH CUNY Kingsborough Community College · ±0.00
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-LEAD Motor Vehicle Th…
- ENR-MID 18,075
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: CUNY Kingsborough Community College (-0.00/1k)
College of the Canyons sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE · peer CUNY Kingsborough 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-TOP · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is CUNY Kingsborough Community College (-0.00/1k). National rank #77 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
College of the Canyons reports 0.17 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 88% below Blinn College District. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Blinn College District (0.44/1k); University of North Carolina at Greensboro (5.66/1k); CUNY Kingsborough Community College (0.17/1k); Modesto Junior College (0.00/1k); Santa Rosa Junior College (0.73/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Santa Rosa Junior College (0.73/1k); Mt San Jacinto Community College District (0.17/1k); De Anza College (0.46/1k); Diablo Valley College (0.35/1k); Orange Coast College (1.58/1k); Sierra College (0.16/1k); Los Angeles Pierce College (0.30/1k); City College of San Francisco (1.04/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around College of the
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest College on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Modesto Junior College · lowest peer 0
Modesto Junior College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- College of the Canyons · this campus 0.17
College of the Canyons — this campus
0.17 per 1,000 students
- CUNY Kingsborough Community College · near 0.17
CUNY Kingsborough Community College — near
0.17 per 1,000 students
- Blinn College District · near 0.44
Blinn College District — near
0.44 per 1,000 students
- University of North Carolina · highest peer
University of North Carolina at Greensboro — highest peer
5.66 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around College of the Canyons's 0.17/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
College of the Canyons 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 37 CA 2-year peers in this comparison, College of the Canyons is larger than 67% and safer-reporting than 92% - 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 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 94
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 100
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- College of the Canyons: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moreno Valley College | 11,920 | 0.17 | 0 | 89 |
| Glendale Community College | 12,075 | 0.91 | 3 | 22 |
| Ventura College | 12,222 | 0.25 | 6 | 81 |
| Santa Barbara City College | 12,334 | 0.57 | 8 | 44 |
| Merced College | 12,472 | 0.32 | 11 | 67 |
| Los Angeles Trade Technical College | 12,519 | 1.36 | 14 | 8 |
| Chabot College | 12,842 | 1.09 | 17 | 11 |
| College of the Desert | 12,861 | 0.31 | 19 | 69 |
| Irvine Valley College | 13,018 | 0.23 | 22 | 83 |
| San Diego City College | 13,242 | 1.81 | 25 | 0 |
| San Bernardino Valley College | 14,055 | 1.00 | 28 | 19 |
| College of the Canyons (this campus) | 18,075 | 0.17 | 67 | 92 |
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.
Enrollment scale
How campus size shapes the safety figures
With 18,075 enrolled students, College of the Canyons is the 241st largest of the 5,585 institutions in this dataset with a reported enrollment, ahead of 5,344 of them. Closest same-state same-level scored peers by enrollment: Santa Rosa Junior College (0.73/1k); Mt San Jacinto Community College District (0.17/1k); De Anza College (0.46/1k); Diablo Valley College (0.35/1k); Orange Coast College (1.58/1k); Sierra College (0.16/1k); Los Angeles Pierce College (0.30/1k); City College of San Francisco (1.04/1k). The score above normalizes 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students, so compare it with similarly sized campuses instead of treating a higher raw count as evidence that a campus is less safe (Blinn College District is the nearest similar-enrollment comparison on this profile).
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at College of the Canyons fell from 4 to 2 (-50%). The increase shows up in Fondling (0 to 1) and Robbery (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Burglary (2 to 0), Aggravated Assault (1 to 0) and Motor Vehicle Theft (1 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 College of the Canyons
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Motor Vehicle Theft, Burglary, Aggravated Assault, Fondling and Robbery.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, 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 onlyCollege of the Canyons: Criminal Offenses by year
Stable 0% (2 → 2 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Burglary | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fondling | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 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
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
College of the Canyons 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).
TX
Blinn College District
0.44 incidents / 1,000 students
NC
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
5.66 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where College of the Canyons sits on price and outcomes
At $3,702, College of the Canyons's reported average net price is among the lowest reported prices among 492 California colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $20,161.
- $3,702
- average net price
- $20,161
- California median
- 3.9×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $6,718
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $2,522, while those above $110,000 record $9,240 - roughly 3.7 times as much. A published average of $3,702 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 $37,697 - about 10.2 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly. Only 44% 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
- $1,166
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $10,958
- Avg Net Price
- $3,702
- Median Debt
- $9,612
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 18%
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $37,697
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $49,022
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 62%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 522 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Blinn College District
Brenham, TX · 18,095 enrolled
Safety Score 0.44
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC · 18,012 enrolled
Safety Score 5.66
CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Brooklyn, NY · 18,165 enrolled
Safety Score 0.17
Modesto Junior College
Modesto, CA · 18,258 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa, CA · 17,854 enrolled
Safety Score 0.73
Closest by National Rank
College of the Canyons (national rank #77) sits near Concordia University-Saint Paul (#78) and CUNY Kingsborough Community College (#76) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Concordia University-Saint Paul
Saint Paul, MN
National Rank #78
CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Brooklyn, NY
National Rank #76
Touro University
New York, NY
National Rank #79
Lone Star College System
The Woodlands, TX
National Rank #75
Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick, RI
National Rank #74
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for College of the Canyons, both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Blinn College District
Brenham, TX · 18,095 enrolled
Safety score 0.44
CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Brooklyn, NY · 18,165 enrolled
Safety score 0.17
Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland, OH · 17,840 enrolled
Safety score 0.67
Georgia State University-Perimeter College
Atlanta, GA · 17,437 enrolled
Safety score 0.57
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park, KS · 18,743 enrolled
Safety score 0.27
Montgomery College
Rockville, MD · 18,835 enrolled
Safety score 0.64
St Philip's College
San Antonio, TX · 17,299 enrolled
Safety score 0.29
Mesa Community College
Mesa, AZ · 17,077 enrolled
Safety score 0.47
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Kapiolani Community College
Honolulu, HI · 5,914 enrolled
Safety score 0.17
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Green Bay, WI · 11,826 enrolled
Safety score 0.17
Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick, RI · 12,275 enrolled
Safety score 0.16
Southern Crescent Technical College
Griffin, GA · 6,185 enrolled
Safety score 0.16
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Schnecksville, PA · 6,221 enrolled
Safety score 0.16
Central Georgia Technical College
Warner Robins, GA · 11,527 enrolled
Safety score 0.17
Columbia State Community College
Columbia, TN · 5,712 enrolled
Safety score 0.18
Frequently Asked Questions
Is College of the Canyons safe?
College of the Canyons has a safety score of 0.17 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #77 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Blinn College District (0.44/1k). Same-state same-level set: Santa Rosa Junior College (0.73/1k); Mt San Jacinto Community College District (0.17/1k); De Anza College (0.46/1k); Diablo Valley College (0.35/1k); Orange Coast College (1.58/1k); Sierra College (0.16/1k); Los Angeles Pierce College (0.30/1k); City College of San Francisco (1.04/1k).
What crimes are reported at College of the Canyons?
For calendar year 2024, College of the Canyons reported Fondling (1) and Robbery (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does College of the Canyons compare to similar schools?
College of the Canyons reports 88% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Blinn College District. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Blinn College District (0.44/1k); University of North Carolina at Greensboro (5.66/1k); CUNY Kingsborough Community College (0.17/1k); Modesto Junior College (0.00/1k); Santa Rosa Junior College (0.73/1k). Same-state same-level set: Santa Rosa Junior College (0.73/1k); Mt San Jacinto Community College District (0.17/1k); De Anza College (0.46/1k); Diablo Valley College (0.35/1k); Orange Coast College (1.58/1k); Sierra College (0.16/1k); Los Angeles Pierce College (0.30/1k); City College of San Francisco (1.04/1k).
Does College of the Canyons have fire safety data?
College of the Canyons has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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