OK
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
1.54 incidents / 1,000 students
Weatherford, OK · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Across 2022–2024, Southwestern Oklahoma State University reported 10 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: Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
- 1.54
- Incidents / 1k students
- #866
- Rank of 2,072
- #41
- OK rank
- 5,186
- Enrolled students
1.54 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Southwestern Oklahoma State University reports 1.54 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 101% above Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus (0.00/1k); Saint Paul College (0.19/1k); Brandeis University (2.31/1k); Rochester Community and Technical College (0.19/1k); South Seattle College (1.15/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Southeastern Oklahoma State University (0.85/1k); Oral Roberts University (0.51/1k); Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City (0.00/1k); University of Tulsa (12.01/1k); Cameron University (0.54/1k); University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center (7.07/1k); Northeastern State University (1.78/1k); East Central University (1.48/1k). 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
- 1.54
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #866
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 58%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 5
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 207865 · Southwestern Oklahoma State University 1.54/1k score rate · #866/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-LOW 1.54/1k
- RANK-MID #866/2,072
- ST-MID #41 in state
- ABOVE-PEER South Seattle College · +0.39
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 150%
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-MID 5,186
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: South Seattle College (-0.39/1k)
Southwestern Oklahoma State University sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO · peer South Seattle 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-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is South Seattle College (-0.39/1k). National rank #866 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University reports 1.54 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 101% above Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus (0.00/1k); Saint Paul College (0.19/1k); Brandeis University (2.31/1k); Rochester Community and Technical College (0.19/1k); South Seattle College (1.15/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Southeastern Oklahoma State University (0.85/1k); Oral Roberts University (0.51/1k); Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City (0.00/1k); University of Tulsa (12.01/1k); Cameron University (0.54/1k); University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center (7.07/1k); Northeastern State University (1.78/1k); East Central University (1.48/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Southwestern Oklahoma State
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Southwestern on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina · lowest peer 0
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Saint Paul College · near 0.19
Saint Paul College — near
0.19 per 1,000 students
- South Seattle College · near
South Seattle College — near
1.15 per 1,000 students
- Southwestern Oklahoma State University · this campus
Southwestern Oklahoma State University — this campus
1.54 per 1,000 students
- Brandeis University · highest peer
Brandeis University — highest peer
2.31 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Southwestern Oklahoma State University's 1.54/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Southwestern Oklahoma State University increased from 3 to 5 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 30 OK 4-year peers in this comparison, Southwestern Oklahoma State University is larger than 79% and safer-reporting than 45% - 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 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 62
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 76, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 66, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 10
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 90, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 62, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 48
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 59, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 55, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 52, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 66
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 48, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 45, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 34
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 41, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 76
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 34, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 24, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 59
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 24
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 52
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 10, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 55
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Southwestern Oklahoma Stat…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 45
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips Theological Seminary | 103 | 0.00 | 0 | 79 |
| Randall University | 298 | 3.36 | 3 | 28 |
| Family of Faith Christian University | 320 | 0.00 | 7 | 79 |
| Southwestern Christian University | 399 | 0.00 | 10 | 79 |
| Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology | 840 | 1.19 | 14 | 52 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 880 | 3.41 | 17 | 24 |
| Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 1,021 | 0.98 | 21 | 59 |
| University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma | 1,027 | 5.84 | 24 | 14 |
| Oklahoma Baptist University | 1,569 | 4.46 | 28 | 17 |
| Langston University | 1,937 | 36.14 | 31 | 0 |
| Northwestern Oklahoma State University | 2,079 | 0.00 | 34 | 79 |
| Southwestern Oklahoma State University (this campus) | 5,186 | 1.54 | 79 | 45 |
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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University rose from 3 to 5 (+67%). The increase shows up in Burglary (0 to 2) and Rape (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Fondling (3 to 2).
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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Fondling, Burglary, Rape and Aggravated Assault.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Incest, Motor Vehicle Theft 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 onlySouthwestern Oklahoma State University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 150% (2 → 5 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Burglary | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
Southwestern Oklahoma State University 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).
PR
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
MN
Saint Paul College
0.19 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Southwestern Oklahoma State University sits on price and outcomes
At $14,459, Southwestern Oklahoma State University's reported average net price is cheaper than 60% among 84 Oklahoma colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $12,710.
- $14,459
- average net price
- $12,710
- Oklahoma median
- 2.7×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $8,608
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $10,987, while those above $110,000 record $19,595 - roughly 1.8 times as much. A published average of $14,459 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $42,896, roughly 3.0 times a year of net price. That is a workable ratio, though it says nothing about how long the programme takes to finish.
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
- $8,469
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $8,499
- Avg Net Price
- $14,459
- Median Debt
- $15,954
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 39%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 37%
- Retention Rate
- 68%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $42,896
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $45,744
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 79%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,075 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus
Carolina, PR · 5,185 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Saint Paul College
Saint Paul, MN · 5,198 enrolled
Safety Score 0.19
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA · 5,205 enrolled
Safety Score 2.31
Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester, MN · 5,205 enrolled
Safety Score 0.19
South Seattle College
Seattle, WA · 5,210 enrolled
Safety Score 1.15
Closest by National Rank
Southwestern Oklahoma State University (national rank #866) sits near Georgia State University (#867) and Wilkes Community College (#865) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
National Rank #867
Wilkes Community College
Wilkesboro, NC
National Rank #865
North Georgia Technical College
Clarkesville, GA
National Rank #864
Shawnee State University
Portsmouth, OH
National Rank #868
California Western School of Law
San Diego, CA
National Rank #863
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Southwestern Oklahoma State University, both outside OK so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus
Carolina, PR · 5,185 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA · 5,205 enrolled
Safety score 2.31
South Seattle College
Seattle, WA · 5,210 enrolled
Safety score 1.15
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Shippensburg, PA · 5,161 enrolled
Safety score 1.55
Auburn University at Montgomery
Montgomery, AL · 5,217 enrolled
Safety score 2.11
Abilene Christian University
Abilene, TX · 5,219 enrolled
Safety score 1.53
Grambling State University
Grambling, LA · 5,150 enrolled
Safety score 4.66
Dalton State College
Dalton, GA · 5,135 enrolled
Safety score 1.75
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA · 34,944 enrolled
Safety score 1.55
California Western School of Law
San Diego, CA · 650 enrolled
Safety score 1.54
Shawnee State University
Portsmouth, OH · 3,231 enrolled
Safety score 1.55
University of Puerto Rico-Humacao
Humacao, PR · 2,577 enrolled
Safety score 1.55
Marshall B Ketchum University
Fullerton, CA · 653 enrolled
Safety score 1.53
University of Mary
Bismarck, ND · 3,861 enrolled
Safety score 1.55
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Southwestern Oklahoma State University safe?
Southwestern Oklahoma State University has a safety score of 1.54 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #866 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Southeastern Oklahoma State University (0.85/1k); Oral Roberts University (0.51/1k); Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City (0.00/1k); University of Tulsa (12.01/1k); Cameron University (0.54/1k); University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center (7.07/1k); Northeastern State University (1.78/1k); East Central University (1.48/1k).
What crimes are reported at Southwestern Oklahoma State University?
For calendar year 2024, Southwestern Oklahoma State University reported Burglary (2), Fondling (2) 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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University compare to similar schools?
Southwestern Oklahoma State University reports 101% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus (0.00/1k); Saint Paul College (0.19/1k); Brandeis University (2.31/1k); Rochester Community and Technical College (0.19/1k); South Seattle College (1.15/1k). Same-state same-level set: Southeastern Oklahoma State University (0.85/1k); Oral Roberts University (0.51/1k); Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City (0.00/1k); University of Tulsa (12.01/1k); Cameron University (0.54/1k); University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center (7.07/1k); Northeastern State University (1.78/1k); East Central University (1.48/1k).
Does Southwestern Oklahoma State University have fire safety data?
Yes. Southwestern Oklahoma State University 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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