CA
Otis College of Art and Design
3.95 incidents / 1,000 students
Los Angeles, CA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Otis College of Art and Design
Across 2022–2024, Otis College of Art and Design reported 4 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Fondling). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: California Institute of the Arts.
- 3.95
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,477
- Rank of 2,072
- #268
- CA rank
- 1,267
- Enrolled students
3.95 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Otis College of Art and Design reports 3.95 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 730% above North Florida College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: North Florida College (0.00/1k); Orange Technical College-West Campus (0.79/1k); College of Our Lady of the Elms (0.00/1k); Colorado Northwestern Community College (0.00/1k); Hunter Business School (1.59/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes California Institute of the Arts (4.70/1k); Pitzer College (7.25/1k); California College of the Arts (3.82/1k); Westmont College (3.82/1k); University of California College of the Law-San Francisco (1.67/1k); Sofia University (0.00/1k); Touro University California (9.62/1k); Claremont McKenna College (16.51/1k). 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
- 3.95
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,477
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 71%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 3
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 120403 · Otis College of Art 3.95/1k score rate · #1,477/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HIGH 3.95/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,477/2,072
- ST-MID #268 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Hunter Business School · +2.36
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 200%
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-SMALL 1,267
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Hunter Business School (-2.36/1k)
Otis College of Art and Design sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Hunter Business School. 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-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Hunter Business School (-2.36/1k). National rank #1,477 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Otis College of Art and Design reports 3.95 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 730% above North Florida College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: North Florida College (0.00/1k); Orange Technical College-West Campus (0.79/1k); College of Our Lady of the Elms (0.00/1k); Colorado Northwestern Community College (0.00/1k); Hunter Business School (1.59/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes California Institute of the Arts (4.70/1k); Pitzer College (7.25/1k); California College of the Arts (3.82/1k); Westmont College (3.82/1k); University of California College of the Law-San Francisco (1.67/1k); Sofia University (0.00/1k); Touro University California (9.62/1k); Claremont McKenna College (16.51/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Otis College of
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Otis on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- North Florida College · lowest peer 0
North Florida College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Orange Technical College-West Campus · near 0.79
Orange Technical College-West Campus — near
0.79 per 1,000 students
- Hunter Business School · near
Hunter Business School — near
1.59 per 1,000 students
- Otis College of Art · this campus · highest
Otis College of Art and Design — this campus · highest
3.95 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Otis College of Art and Design's 3.95/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Otis College of Art and Design increased from 0 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 changesSignature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among 37 CA 4-year peers in this comparison, Otis College of Art and Design is larger than 78% and safer-reporting than 28% - 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 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Otis College of Art and De…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna College of Art and Design | 775 | 0.00 | 0 | 61 |
| Pacific College of Health and Science | 786 | 0.00 | 3 | 61 |
| Whittier College | 795 | 5.03 | 6 | 22 |
| Menlo College | 810 | 1.23 | 8 | 53 |
| Musicians Institute | 824 | 0.00 | 11 | 61 |
| Pacifica Graduate Institute | 833 | 0.00 | 14 | 61 |
| California State University Maritime Academy | 837 | 14.34 | 17 | 8 |
| Woodbury University | 849 | 0.00 | 19 | 61 |
| Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science | 852 | 2.35 | 22 | 42 |
| Glendale Career College | 896 | 0.00 | 25 | 61 |
| Antioch University-Los Angeles | 910 | 0.00 | 28 | 61 |
| Otis College of Art and Design (this campus) | 1,267 | 3.95 | 78 | 28 |
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 Otis College of Art and Design rose from 0 to 3. The increase shows up in Fondling (0 to 2) and Robbery (0 to 1).
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 Otis College of Art and Design
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Fondling, Burglary and Robbery.
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 onlyOtis College of Art and Design: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 200% (1 → 3 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robbery | 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 |
| 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
Fire Safety
| Year | Fires | Inj. | Deaths | Cat I | Cat II |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 17 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 21 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Otis College of Art and Design 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).
FL
North Florida College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
FL
Orange Technical College-West Campus
0.79 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Otis College of Art and Design sits on price and outcomes
At $51,248, Otis College of Art and Design's reported average net price is cheaper than 98% among 492 California colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $20,161.
- $51,248
- average net price
- $20,161
- California median
- 1.6×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $15,987
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $44,731 for families reporting under $30,000 against $60,718 above $110,000, a difference of $15,987. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $51,248 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Median earnings six years after entry ($43,654) are less than one year of the reported net price. That is a thin margin, and it is the figure worth pressing the school on before enrolling.
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
- $56,488
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $56,488
- Avg Net Price
- $51,248
- Median Debt
- $27,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 34%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 82%
- SAT Average
- 1310
- SAT Math Range
- 600-675
- ACT Average
- 25
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 64%
- Retention Rate
- 74%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $43,654
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $58,152
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 75%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,266 similar institutions by enrollment size.
North Florida College
Madison, FL · 1,268 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Orange Technical College-West Campus
Winter Garden, FL · 1,266 enrolled
Safety Score 0.79
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Chicopee, MA · 1,268 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Colorado Northwestern Community College
Rangely, CO · 1,271 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Hunter Business School
Levittown, NY · 1,261 enrolled
Safety Score 1.59
Closest by National Rank
Otis College of Art and Design (national rank #1477) sits near Georgetown University (#1476) and Christian Brothers University (#1478) 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 Otis College of Art and Design, 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)
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Chicopee, MA · 1,268 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
North Florida College
Madison, FL · 1,268 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY · 1,261 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Manchester University
North Manchester, IN · 1,276 enrolled
Safety score 10.19
Florida Memorial University
Miami Gardens, FL · 1,277 enrolled
Safety score 0.78
Malone University
Canton, OH · 1,256 enrolled
Safety score 1.59
West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Beckley, WV · 1,278 enrolled
Safety score 5.48
Simpson College
Indianola, IA · 1,251 enrolled
Safety score 1.60
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Georgetown University
Washington, DC · 20,031 enrolled
Safety score 3.94
Christian Brothers University
Memphis, TN · 1,772 enrolled
Safety score 3.95
Mary Baldwin University
Staunton, VA · 1,772 enrolled
Safety score 3.95
Jackson State University
Jackson, MS · 6,326 enrolled
Safety score 3.95
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI · 22,011 enrolled
Safety score 3.95
Simmons College of Kentucky
Louisville, KY · 506 enrolled
Safety score 3.95
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM · 15,408 enrolled
Safety score 3.96
Ferrum College
Ferrum, VA · 763 enrolled
Safety score 3.93
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Otis College of Art and Design safe?
Otis College of Art and Design has a safety score of 3.95 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,477 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: North Florida College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: California Institute of the Arts (4.70/1k); Pitzer College (7.25/1k); California College of the Arts (3.82/1k); Westmont College (3.82/1k); University of California College of the Law-San Francisco (1.67/1k); Sofia University (0.00/1k); Touro University California (9.62/1k); Claremont McKenna College (16.51/1k).
What crimes are reported at Otis College of Art and Design?
For calendar year 2024, Otis College of Art and Design reported Fondling (2) 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 Otis College of Art and Design compare to similar schools?
Otis College of Art and Design reports 730% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than North Florida College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: North Florida College (0.00/1k); Orange Technical College-West Campus (0.79/1k); College of Our Lady of the Elms (0.00/1k); Colorado Northwestern Community College (0.00/1k); Hunter Business School (1.59/1k). Same-state same-level set: California Institute of the Arts (4.70/1k); Pitzer College (7.25/1k); California College of the Arts (3.82/1k); Westmont College (3.82/1k); University of California College of the Law-San Francisco (1.67/1k); Sofia University (0.00/1k); Touro University California (9.62/1k); Claremont McKenna College (16.51/1k).
Does Otis College of Art and Design have fire safety data?
Yes. Otis College of Art and Design 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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