IA
Indian Hills Community College
1.88 incidents / 1,000 students
Ottumwa, IA · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Indian Hills Community College
Across 2022–2024, Indian Hills Community College reported 8 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Aggravated Assault). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Southeastern Community College.
- 1.88
- Incidents / 1k students
- #993
- Rank of 2,072
- #22
- IA rank
- 3,184
- Enrolled students
1.88 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Indian Hills Community College reports 1.88 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 68% below Central Ohio Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Central Ohio Technical College (0.63/1k); University of Baltimore (1.57/1k); Gordon State College (3.15/1k); SUNY at Fredonia (9.44/1k); University of Maryland Eastern Shore (15.11/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Southeastern Community College (0.00/1k); North Iowa Area Community College (0.00/1k); Iowa Lakes Community College (0.00/1k); Northwest Iowa Community College (0.00/1k); Marshalltown Community College (0.00/1k); Southwestern Community College (0.00/1k); Northeast Iowa Community College (0.00/1k); Iowa Central Community College (1.41/1k). 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
- 1.88
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #993
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 52%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 4
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 153472 · Indian Hills Community College 1.88/1k score rate · #993/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-LOW 1.88/1k
- RANK-MID #993/2,072
- ST-MID #22 in state
- ABOVE-PEER University of Baltimore · +0.32
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 100%
- CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
- ENR-SMALL 3,184
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: University of Baltimore (-0.32/1k)
Indian Hills Community College sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer University of Baltimore. 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-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is University of Baltimore (-0.32/1k). National rank #993 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Indian Hills Community College reports 1.88 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 68% below Central Ohio Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Central Ohio Technical College (0.63/1k); University of Baltimore (1.57/1k); Gordon State College (3.15/1k); SUNY at Fredonia (9.44/1k); University of Maryland Eastern Shore (15.11/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Southeastern Community College (0.00/1k); North Iowa Area Community College (0.00/1k); Iowa Lakes Community College (0.00/1k); Northwest Iowa Community College (0.00/1k); Marshalltown Community College (0.00/1k); Southwestern Community College (0.00/1k); Northeast Iowa Community College (0.00/1k); Iowa Central Community College (1.41/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Indian Hills Community
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Indian on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Central Ohio Technical College · lowest peer 0.63
Central Ohio Technical College — lowest peer
0.63 per 1,000 students
- University of Baltimore · near 1.57
University of Baltimore — near
1.57 per 1,000 students
- Indian Hills Community College · this campus 1.88
Indian Hills Community College — this campus
1.88 per 1,000 students
- Gordon State College · near 3.15
Gordon State College — near
3.15 per 1,000 students
- University of Maryland Eastern · highest peer
University of Maryland Eastern Shore — highest peer
15.11 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Indian Hills Community College's 1.88/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Indian Hills Community College increased from 2 to 4 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 31 IA 2-year peers in this comparison, Indian Hills Community College is larger than 73% and safer-reporting than 10% - 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.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 70, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 60, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 77, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 80, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 20
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 87, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 90, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 40, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 37, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 30, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 27, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 23, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 20, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 10, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 27
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 23
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Indian Hills Community Col…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 73, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 10
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health-Des Moines School of Radiologic Technology | 16 | 0.00 | 0 | 30 |
| Mercy-St Luke's School of Radiologic Technology | 21 | 238.10 | 3 | 0 |
| La James International College-Ft Dodge | 22 | 0.00 | 7 | 30 |
| American Hair Academy | 25 | 0.00 | 10 | 30 |
| Ross College-Davenport | 42 | 0.00 | 13 | 30 |
| La James International College-Cedar Falls | 54 | 0.00 | 17 | 30 |
| La James College of Hairstyling and Cosmetology | 56 | 0.00 | 20 | 30 |
| SOHO Hair Academy | 66 | 0.00 | 23 | 30 |
| Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City | 67 | 0.00 | 27 | 30 |
| Iowa School of Beauty-Des Moines | 74 | 0.00 | 30 | 30 |
| PCI Academy-Iowa City | 113 | 0.00 | 33 | 30 |
| Indian Hills Community College (this campus) | 3,184 | 1.88 | 73 | 10 |
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 Indian Hills Community College rose from 2 to 4 (+100%). The increase shows up in Burglary (0 to 1), Motor Vehicle Theft (0 to 1) and Rape (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Aggravated Assault (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 Indian Hills Community College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Aggravated Assault, Arson, Rape, Burglary and Motor Vehicle Theft.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Fondling, 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 onlyIndian Hills Community College: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 100% (2 → 4 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Arson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rape | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 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
18 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 7 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 6 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 9 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 11 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 2 | 6 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 8 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 1 | 15 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Indian Hills 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).
OH
Central Ohio Technical College
0.63 incidents / 1,000 students
MD
University of Baltimore
1.57 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Indian Hills Community College sits on price and outcomes
At $10,693, Indian Hills Community College's reported average net price is cheaper than 13% among 68 Iowa colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $17,813.
- $10,693
- average net price
- $17,813
- Iowa median
- 3.7×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $5,836
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $9,561 for families reporting under $30,000 against $15,397 above $110,000, a difference of $5,836. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $10,693 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $38,540, roughly 3.6 times a year of net price. That is a workable ratio, though it says nothing about how long the programme takes to finish. Only 40% 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
- $5,040
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $6,120
- Avg Net Price
- $10,693
- Median Debt
- $10,500
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 24%
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $38,540
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $40,507
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 46%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,243 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Central Ohio Technical College
Newark, OH · 3,182 enrolled
Safety Score 0.63
University of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD · 3,187 enrolled
Safety Score 1.57
Gordon State College
Barnesville, GA · 3,179 enrolled
Safety Score 3.15
SUNY at Fredonia
Fredonia, NY · 3,179 enrolled
Safety Score 9.44
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD · 3,177 enrolled
Safety Score 15.11
Closest by National Rank
Indian Hills Community College (national rank #993) sits near University at Buffalo (#992) and Temple University (#994) 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 Indian Hills Community College, both outside IA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Minnesota North College
Hibbing, MN · 3,174 enrolled
Safety score 1.89
Cisco College
Cisco, TX · 3,160 enrolled
Safety score 0.63
Northeast Alabama Community College
Rainsville, AL · 3,208 enrolled
Safety score 0.31
Northeast Texas Community College
Mount Pleasant, TX · 3,208 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Northland Pioneer College
Holbrook, AZ · 3,158 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Ridgewater College
Willmar, MN · 3,148 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
John A Logan College
Carterville, IL · 3,224 enrolled
Safety score 0.31
Mid-State Technical College
Wisconsin Rapids, WI · 3,144 enrolled
Safety score 0.32
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Perry Technical Institute
Yakima, WA · 1,072 enrolled
Safety score 1.87
College of the Siskiyous
Weed, CA · 1,575 enrolled
Safety score 1.90
Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort Worth
Irving, TX · 1,610 enrolled
Safety score 1.86
Intellitec College-Grand Junction
Grand Junction, CO · 1,077 enrolled
Safety score 1.86
Carrington College-Phoenix North
Phoenix, AZ · 1,080 enrolled
Safety score 1.85
Universal Technical Institute of California Inc
Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1,553 enrolled
Safety score 1.93
National Polytechnic College
Lakewood, CA · 516 enrolled
Safety score 1.94
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Indian Hills Community College safe?
Indian Hills Community College has a safety score of 1.88 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #993 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Central Ohio Technical College (0.63/1k). Same-state same-level set: Southeastern Community College (0.00/1k); North Iowa Area Community College (0.00/1k); Iowa Lakes Community College (0.00/1k); Northwest Iowa Community College (0.00/1k); Marshalltown Community College (0.00/1k); Southwestern Community College (0.00/1k); Northeast Iowa Community College (0.00/1k); Iowa Central Community College (1.41/1k).
What crimes are reported at Indian Hills Community College?
For calendar year 2024, Indian Hills Community College reported Arson (1), Burglary (1), 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 Indian Hills Community College compare to similar schools?
Indian Hills Community College reports 68% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Central Ohio Technical College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Central Ohio Technical College (0.63/1k); University of Baltimore (1.57/1k); Gordon State College (3.15/1k); SUNY at Fredonia (9.44/1k); University of Maryland Eastern Shore (15.11/1k). Same-state same-level set: Southeastern Community College (0.00/1k); North Iowa Area Community College (0.00/1k); Iowa Lakes Community College (0.00/1k); Northwest Iowa Community College (0.00/1k); Marshalltown Community College (0.00/1k); Southwestern Community College (0.00/1k); Northeast Iowa Community College (0.00/1k); Iowa Central Community College (1.41/1k).
Does Indian Hills Community College have fire safety data?
Yes. Indian Hills Community 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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