ID
College of Western Idaho
0.45 incidents / 1,000 students
Nampa, ID · Clery Act 2024 · Public
College of Western Idaho
Across 2022–2024, College of Western Idaho reported 11 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Aggravated Assault). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: North Idaho College.
- 0.45
- Incidents / 1k students
- #297
- Rank of 2,072
- #5
- ID rank
- 11,015
- Enrolled students
0.45 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
College of Western Idaho reports 0.45 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 32% below Sacred Heart University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Sacred Heart University (2.00/1k); Normandale Community College (0.18/1k); Laredo College (0.00/1k); College of Staten Island CUNY (0.91/1k); Butte College (0.27/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes North Idaho College (0.22/1k); College of Eastern Idaho (0.66/1k); Carrington College-Boise (0.00/1k); Evans Hairstyling College-Rexburg (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.45
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #297
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 86%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 3
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 455114 · College of Western Idaho 0.45/1k score rate · #297/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-QUIET 0.45/1k
- RANK-UPPER #297/2,072
- ST-UPPER #5 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Butte College · +0.18
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 25%
- CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
- ENR-MID 11,015
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: Butte College (-0.18/1k)
College of Western Idaho sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE · peer Butte 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-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Butte College (-0.18/1k). National rank #297 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 Western Idaho reports 0.45 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 32% below Sacred Heart University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Sacred Heart University (2.00/1k); Normandale Community College (0.18/1k); Laredo College (0.00/1k); College of Staten Island CUNY (0.91/1k); Butte College (0.27/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes North Idaho College (0.22/1k); College of Eastern Idaho (0.66/1k); Carrington College-Boise (0.00/1k); Evans Hairstyling College-Rexburg (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around College of Western
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest College on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Laredo College · lowest peer 0
Laredo College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Normandale Community College · near 0.18
Normandale Community College — near
0.18 per 1,000 students
- Butte College · near 0.27
Butte College — near
0.27 per 1,000 students
- College of Western Idaho · this campus 0.45
College of Western Idaho — this campus
0.45 per 1,000 students
- College of Staten Island · near
College of Staten Island CUNY — near
0.91 per 1,000 students
- Sacred Heart University · highest peer
Sacred Heart University — highest peer
2 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around College of Western Idaho's 0.45/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
College of Western Idaho decreased from 4 to 3 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 College of Western Idaho fell from 4 to 3 (-25%). The increase shows up in Fondling (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Motor Vehicle Theft (2 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 Western Idaho
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Aggravated Assault, Fondling, Burglary and Motor Vehicle Theft.
The remaining 7 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 Western Idaho: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 25% (4 → 3 incidents)
Read the chart as text
| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fondling | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 2 | 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 |
| 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
36 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
College of Western Idaho 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).
CT
Sacred Heart University
2.00 incidents / 1,000 students
MN
Normandale Community College
0.18 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where College of Western Idaho sits on price and outcomes
At $8,500, College of Western Idaho's reported average net price is cheaper than 7% among 29 Idaho colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $18,788.
- $8,500
- average net price
- $18,788
- Idaho median
- 3.7×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $5,815
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $6,228, while those above $110,000 record $12,043 - roughly 1.9 times as much. A published average of $8,500 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 $35,528 - about 4.2 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly. Only 29% 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
- $3,446
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $7,454
- Avg Net Price
- $8,500
- Median Debt
- $9,720
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 22%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 746 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT · 11,022 enrolled
Safety Score 2.00
Normandale Community College
Bloomington, MN · 11,026 enrolled
Safety Score 0.18
Laredo College
Laredo, TX · 11,029 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
College of Staten Island CUNY
Staten Island, NY · 11,033 enrolled
Safety Score 0.91
Butte College
Oroville, CA · 10,968 enrolled
Safety Score 0.27
Closest by National Rank
College of Western Idaho (national rank #297) sits near Dutchess Community College (#298) and Kent State University at Geauga (#296) 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 College of Western Idaho, both outside ID so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Normandale Community College
Bloomington, MN · 11,026 enrolled
Safety score 0.18
Butte College
Oroville, CA · 10,968 enrolled
Safety score 0.27
Folsom Lake College
Folsom, CA · 11,098 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor, MI · 11,133 enrolled
Safety score 0.45
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta, GA · 11,156 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville, GA · 11,166 enrolled
Safety score 0.18
Baton Rouge Community College
Baton Rouge, LA · 11,182 enrolled
Safety score 0.36
Southeast Community College Area
Lincoln, NE · 10,816 enrolled
Safety score 0.37
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Dutchess Community College
Poughkeepsie, NY · 6,606 enrolled
Safety score 0.45
Reedley College
Reedley, CA · 8,796 enrolled
Safety score 0.45
Monroe County Community College
Monroe, MI · 2,210 enrolled
Safety score 0.45
Terra State Community College
Fremont, OH · 2,214 enrolled
Safety score 0.45
De Anza College
Cupertino, CA · 17,425 enrolled
Safety score 0.46
Riverside City College
Riverside, CA · 21,730 enrolled
Safety score 0.46
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Asheville, NC · 6,510 enrolled
Safety score 0.46
Frequently Asked Questions
Is College of Western Idaho safe?
College of Western Idaho has a safety score of 0.45 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #297 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Sacred Heart University (2.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: North Idaho College (0.22/1k); College of Eastern Idaho (0.66/1k); Carrington College-Boise (0.00/1k); Evans Hairstyling College-Rexburg (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at College of Western Idaho?
For calendar year 2024, College of Western Idaho reported Aggravated Assault (1), Burglary (1) and Fondling (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 Western Idaho compare to similar schools?
College of Western Idaho reports 32% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Sacred Heart University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Sacred Heart University (2.00/1k); Normandale Community College (0.18/1k); Laredo College (0.00/1k); College of Staten Island CUNY (0.91/1k); Butte College (0.27/1k). Same-state same-level set: North Idaho College (0.22/1k); College of Eastern Idaho (0.66/1k); Carrington College-Boise (0.00/1k); Evans Hairstyling College-Rexburg (0.00/1k).
Does College of Western Idaho have fire safety data?
College of Western Idaho has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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