MT
Flathead Valley Community College
1.79 incidents / 1,000 students
Kalispell, MT · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Flathead Valley Community College
Across 2022–2024, Flathead Valley Community College reported 5 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Burglary). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Helena College University of Montana.
- 1.79
- Incidents / 1k students
- #966
- Rank of 2,072
- #7
- MT rank
- 2,234
- Enrolled students
1.79 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Flathead Valley Community College reports 1.79 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 33% below Cowley County Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Cowley County Community College (1.34/1k); New Mexico Junior College (0.00/1k); Drew University (1.34/1k); Trinity College (10.28/1k); Chicago State University (0.45/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Helena College University of Montana (0.00/1k); Great Falls College Montana State University (0.67/1k); Highlands College of Montana Tech (2.75/1k); Miles Community College (1.41/1k); Fort Peck Community College (0.00/1k); Dawson Community College (0.00/1k); Little Big Horn College (0.00/1k); Chief Dull Knife College (0.00/1k). 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
- 1.79
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #966
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 53%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 0
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 180197 · Flathead Valley Community College 1.79/1k score rate · #966/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-LOW 1.79/1k
- RANK-MID #966/2,072
- ST-UPPER #7 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Drew University · +0.45
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 100%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 2,234
- FIRE-REPORT 1 fire
Nearest enrollment peer: Drew University (-0.45/1k)
Flathead Valley Community College sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer Drew 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-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Drew University (-0.45/1k). National rank #966 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Flathead Valley Community College reports 1.79 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 33% below Cowley County Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Cowley County Community College (1.34/1k); New Mexico Junior College (0.00/1k); Drew University (1.34/1k); Trinity College (10.28/1k); Chicago State University (0.45/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Helena College University of Montana (0.00/1k); Great Falls College Montana State University (0.67/1k); Highlands College of Montana Tech (2.75/1k); Miles Community College (1.41/1k); Fort Peck Community College (0.00/1k); Dawson Community College (0.00/1k); Little Big Horn College (0.00/1k); Chief Dull Knife College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Flathead Valley Community
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Flathead on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- New Mexico Junior College · lowest peer 0
New Mexico Junior College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Chicago State University · near 0.45
Chicago State University — near
0.45 per 1,000 students
- Drew University · near 1.34
Drew University — near
1.34 per 1,000 students
- Cowley County Community College · near 1.34
Cowley County Community College — near
1.34 per 1,000 students
- Flathead Valley Community College · this campus 1.79
Flathead Valley Community College — this campus
1.79 per 1,000 students
- Trinity College · highest peer
Trinity College — highest peer
10.28 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Flathead Valley Community College's 1.79/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Flathead Valley Community College decreased from 1 to 0 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 Flathead Valley Community College fell from 1 to 0 (-100%). The decrease shows up in 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 Flathead Valley Community College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Aggravated Assault and Motor Vehicle Theft. Burglary accounts for most of them.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Fondling, Incest and Murder / Non-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 onlyFlathead Valley Community College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 100% (4 → 0 incidents)
Read the chart as text
| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 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
Fire Safety
| Year | Fires | Inj. | Deaths | Cat I | Cat II |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
18 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Flathead Valley Community 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).
KS
Cowley County Community College
1.34 incidents / 1,000 students
NM
New Mexico Junior College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Flathead Valley Community College sits on price and outcomes
At $8,099, Flathead Valley Community College's reported average net price is cheaper than 23% among 26 Montana colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $14,010.
- $8,099
- average net price
- $14,010
- Montana median
- 3.1×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $6,211
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $6,341, while those above $110,000 record $12,552 - roughly 2.0 times as much. A published average of $8,099 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 $32,850 - about 4.1 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly. Only 28% 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
- $4,912
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $11,659
- Avg Net Price
- $8,099
- Median Debt
- $10,500
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 19%
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $32,850
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $38,520
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 71%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,299 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Cowley County Community College
Arkansas City, KS · 2,235 enrolled
Safety Score 1.34
New Mexico Junior College
Hobbs, NM · 2,235 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Drew University
Madison, NJ · 2,232 enrolled
Safety Score 1.34
Trinity College
Hartford, CT · 2,238 enrolled
Safety Score 10.28
Chicago State University
Chicago, IL · 2,238 enrolled
Safety Score 0.45
Closest by National Rank
Flathead Valley Community College (national rank #966) sits near University of Arkansas (#965) and Richard Bland College (#967) 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 Flathead Valley Community College, both outside MT so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Cowley County Community College
Arkansas City, KS · 2,235 enrolled
Safety score 1.34
New Mexico Junior College
Hobbs, NM · 2,235 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Robeson Community College
Lumberton, NC · 2,238 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Southern State Community College
Hillsboro, OH · 2,227 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
American Career College-Ontario
Ontario, CA · 2,242 enrolled
Safety score 0.89
Sussex County Community College
Newton, NJ · 2,247 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton
Morrilton, AR · 2,248 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Terra State Community College
Fremont, OH · 2,214 enrolled
Safety score 0.45
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Richard Bland College
South Prince George, VA · 2,788 enrolled
Safety score 1.79
East Central Community College
Decatur, MS · 2,785 enrolled
Safety score 1.80
Northeastern Junior College
Sterling, CO · 1,684 enrolled
Safety score 1.78
Monterey Peninsula College
Monterey, CA · 7,173 enrolled
Safety score 1.81
San Diego City College
San Diego, CA · 13,242 enrolled
Safety score 1.81
Casper College
Casper, WY · 3,403 enrolled
Safety score 1.76
Southern Technical College
Fort Myers, FL · 550 enrolled
Safety score 1.82
Carrington College-Phoenix North
Phoenix, AZ · 1,080 enrolled
Safety score 1.85
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Flathead Valley Community College safe?
Flathead Valley Community College has a safety score of 1.79 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #966 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Cowley County Community College (1.34/1k). Same-state same-level set: Helena College University of Montana (0.00/1k); Great Falls College Montana State University (0.67/1k); Highlands College of Montana Tech (2.75/1k); Miles Community College (1.41/1k); Fort Peck Community College (0.00/1k); Dawson Community College (0.00/1k); Little Big Horn College (0.00/1k); Chief Dull Knife College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Flathead Valley Community College?
None in the Criminal Offenses section. Flathead Valley Community College reported zero in every category in that section for calendar year 2024. VAWA, arrests, disciplinary referrals, and fire records are separate tables.
How does Flathead Valley Community College compare to similar schools?
Flathead Valley Community College reports 33% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Cowley County Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Cowley County Community College (1.34/1k); New Mexico Junior College (0.00/1k); Drew University (1.34/1k); Trinity College (10.28/1k); Chicago State University (0.45/1k). Same-state same-level set: Helena College University of Montana (0.00/1k); Great Falls College Montana State University (0.67/1k); Highlands College of Montana Tech (2.75/1k); Miles Community College (1.41/1k); Fort Peck Community College (0.00/1k); Dawson Community College (0.00/1k); Little Big Horn College (0.00/1k); Chief Dull Knife College (0.00/1k).
Does Flathead Valley Community College have fire safety data?
Yes. Flathead Valley Community College reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 1 fire was reported in the most recent year.
Every figure on PlainCampus is rendered directly from federal Clery Act source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal Clery Act source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.
PlainCampus is for informational purposes only and does not constitute safety, security, legal, or enrollment advice; the data describes reported on-campus activity, it is not a complete picture of safety at any campus and cannot predict any individual student's experience. See our appropriate use guidance.
PlainCampus is for informational purposes only and does not constitute safety, security, legal, or enrollment advice.