LA
SOWELA Technical Community College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Lake Charles, LA · Clery Act 2024 · Public
SOWELA Technical Community College
SOWELA Technical Community College reported zero incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section for 2022–2024. Other Clery tables can still contain reports, and zero here does not mean no risk.
- 0.00
- Incidents / 1k students
- #12
- LA rank
- 3,446
- Enrolled students
0.00 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
SOWELA Technical Community College reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories (0.00 per 1,000). Zero in those categories is not a safety proof, other Clery tables and unreported harm can still exist, and zero-report campuses are left unranked against each other.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.00
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 0
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 160579 · SOWELA Technical Community College 0.00/1k score rate
RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-FLAT · CAT-NONE · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-ZERO 0.00/1k
- RANK-UNK Nat rank n/a
- ST-MID #12 in state
- PEER-FINISH Gurnick Academy of Medical · ±0.00
- ZERO-FILED Zero filed
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-NONE No incidents
- ENR-SMALL 3,446
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts (+0.00/1k)
SOWELA Technical Community College sheet RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-FLAT · CAT-NONE · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE · peer Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts. 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-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-FLAT · CAT-NONE · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts (+0.00/1k). Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
SOWELA Technical Community College reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories (0.00 per 1,000). Zero in those categories is not a safety proof, other Clery tables and unreported harm can still exist, and zero-report campuses are left unranked against each other.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around SOWELA Technical Community
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest SOWELA on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- SOWELA Technical Community College · this campus · lowest 0
SOWELA Technical Community College — this campus · lowest
0 per 1,000 students
- Gurnick Academy of Medical · near 0
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Point Park University · near 0.29
Point Park University — near
0.29 per 1,000 students
- Lawson State Community College · near 0.87
Lawson State Community College — near
0.87 per 1,000 students
- St. Mary's University · highest peer
St. Mary's University — highest peer
6.37 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around SOWELA Technical Community College's 0.00/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
SOWELA Technical Community College was unchanged from 0 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 changesSignature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among 28 LA 2-year peers in this comparison, SOWELA Technical Community College is larger than 74% and safer-reporting than 19% - 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 70, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 59, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 85, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 52, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 48, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 41, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 37, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 30, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 26, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 15, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 15
- SOWELA Technical Community…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 74, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Media Institute | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | 19 |
| Blue Cliff College-Lafayette | 62 | 0.00 | 4 | 19 |
| Louisiana Culinary Institute | 77 | 0.00 | 7 | 19 |
| Academy of Interactive Entertainment | 89 | 0.00 | 11 | 19 |
| Healthcare Training Institute | 94 | 0.00 | 15 | 19 |
| Baton Rouge General Medical Center School of Nursing & School of Radiologic Technology | 135 | 0.00 | 19 | 19 |
| Infinity College | 179 | 0.00 | 22 | 19 |
| Remington College-Baton Rouge Campus | 210 | 0.00 | 26 | 19 |
| Remington College-Lafayette Campus | 230 | 0.00 | 30 | 19 |
| Blue Cliff College-Metairie | 291 | 0.00 | 33 | 19 |
| Delta College of Arts & Technology | 326 | 0.00 | 37 | 19 |
| SOWELA Technical Community College (this campus) | 3,446 | 0.00 | 74 | 19 |
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.
Crime Statistics by Year
Across 3 reporting years (2022–2024), SOWELA Technical Community College has no non-zero Criminal Offenses cell in the 11 Clery categories this profile tracks. Enrollment peer in this dataset: Point Park University.
Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Zero-filled category grids are omitted when every cell is zero (progressive surface); other Clery tables remain below when present
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
27 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 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 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
SOWELA Technical 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).
PA
Point Park University
0.29 incidents / 1,000 students
MS
Northeast Mississippi Community College
0.87 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where SOWELA Technical Community College sits on price and outcomes
At $7,525, SOWELA Technical Community College's reported average net price is cheaper than 8% among 96 Louisiana colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $15,635.
- $7,525
- average net price
- $15,635
- Louisiana median
Six years after enrolling, the median former student who received federal aid reports $32,044 - about 4.3 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly. Only 43% 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
- $4,305
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $4,305
- Avg Net Price
- $7,525
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 46%
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $32,044
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $32,303
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,226 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA · 3,448 enrolled
Safety Score 0.29
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Booneville, MS · 3,442 enrolled
Safety Score 0.87
Lawson State Community College
Birmingham, AL · 3,453 enrolled
Safety Score 0.87
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts
San Jose, CA · 3,437 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
St. Mary's University
San Antonio, TX · 3,456 enrolled
Safety Score 6.37
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for SOWELA Technical Community College, both outside LA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Booneville, MS · 3,442 enrolled
Safety score 0.87
Lawson State Community College
Birmingham, AL · 3,453 enrolled
Safety score 0.87
Central Virginia Community College
Lynchburg, VA · 3,481 enrolled
Safety score 0.29
Casper College
Casper, WY · 3,403 enrolled
Safety score 1.76
Schenectady County Community College
Schenectady, NY · 3,490 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Jackson State Community College
Jackson, TN · 3,518 enrolled
Safety score 0.28
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College
Cumberland, KY · 3,371 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Florence-Darlington Technical College
Florence, SC · 3,522 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Frequently Asked Questions
Is SOWELA Technical Community College safe?
SOWELA Technical Community College has a safety score of 0.00 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students). It filed zero 2024 score-category incidents, so it is left unranked against other zeros rather than ordered by invention; same-state same-level campuses on file include Louisiana Delta Community College (0.00/1k); Louisiana State University-Eunice (0.00/1k); Southern University at Shreveport (1.02/1k); Nunez Community College (0.00/1k); Fletcher Technical Community College (0.38/1k); River Parishes Community College (0.00/1k); Central Louisiana Technical Community College (0.00/1k); Bossier Parish Community College (1.62/1k).
What crimes are reported at SOWELA Technical Community College?
None in the Criminal Offenses section. SOWELA Technical 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 SOWELA Technical Community College compare to similar schools?
SOWELA Technical Community College reports 100% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Point Park University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Point Park University (0.29/1k); Northeast Mississippi Community College (0.87/1k); Lawson State Community College (0.87/1k); Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts (0.00/1k); St. Mary's University (6.37/1k). Same-state same-level set: Louisiana Delta Community College (0.00/1k); Louisiana State University-Eunice (0.00/1k); Southern University at Shreveport (1.02/1k); Nunez Community College (0.00/1k); Fletcher Technical Community College (0.38/1k); River Parishes Community College (0.00/1k); Central Louisiana Technical Community College (0.00/1k); Bossier Parish Community College (1.62/1k).
Does SOWELA Technical Community College have fire safety data?
SOWELA Technical Community College has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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