CA
Taft College
0.22 incidents / 1,000 students
Taft, CA · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Taft College
Across 2022–2024, Taft College reported 11 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Arson). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Lemoore College.
- 0.22
- Incidents / 1k students
- #134
- Rank of 2,072
- #118
- CA rank
- 4,464
- Enrolled students
0.22 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Taft College's 2024 score-category rate is 0.22 per 1,000 (national rank #134). From 2023 to 2024, Arson fell by 1 reported incidents, the largest category move on this profile. Same-state same-level scored peers: Lemoore College (0.00/1k); Mendocino College (0.00/1k); College of the Redwoods (0.00/1k); Coalinga College (0.24/1k); Porterville College (1.46/1k); Woodland Community College (1.70/1k); College of Marin (0.83/1k); Napa Valley College (0.21/1k).
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.22
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #134
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 94%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 124113 · Taft College 0.22/1k score rate · #134/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-QUIET 0.22/1k
- RANK-TOP #134/2,072
- ST-MID #118 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Wiregrass Georgia Technical College · +0.22
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 87%
- CAT-LEAD Arson
- ENR-SMALL 4,464
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Wiregrass Georgia Technical College (-0.22/1k)
Taft College sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Wiregrass Georgia Technical 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-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Wiregrass Georgia Technical College (-0.22/1k). National rank #134 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Taft College's 2024 score-category rate is 0.22 per 1,000 (national rank #134). From 2023 to 2024, Arson fell by 1 reported incidents, the largest category move on this profile. Same-state same-level scored peers: Lemoore College (0.00/1k); Mendocino College (0.00/1k); College of the Redwoods (0.00/1k); Coalinga College (0.24/1k); Porterville College (1.46/1k); Woodland Community College (1.70/1k); College of Marin (0.83/1k); Napa Valley College (0.21/1k).
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Taft College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Taft on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Wiregrass Georgia Technical College · lowest peer 0
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga · near 0
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Luzerne County Community College · near 0
Luzerne County Community College — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Taft College · this campus · highest 0.22
Taft College — this campus · highest
0.22 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Taft College's 0.22/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Taft College decreased from 2 to 1 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 2-year peers in this comparison, Taft College is larger than 47% and safer-reporting than 56% - the smaller, safer-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 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Taft College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of the Siskiyous | 1,575 | 1.90 | 0 | 8 |
| American Career College-Anaheim | 1,644 | 2.43 | 3 | 3 |
| Universal Technical Institute-Southern California | 1,701 | 2.35 | 6 | 6 |
| MTI College | 2,000 | 0.00 | 8 | 72 |
| Copper Mountain Community College | 2,019 | 0.00 | 11 | 72 |
| Lassen Community College | 2,038 | 0.49 | 14 | 42 |
| American Career College-Los Angeles | 2,168 | 0.92 | 17 | 25 |
| American Career College-Ontario | 2,242 | 0.89 | 19 | 31 |
| High Desert Medical College | 2,280 | 0.00 | 22 | 72 |
| Columbia College | 2,828 | 0.00 | 25 | 72 |
| Barstow Community College | 3,226 | 0.31 | 28 | 50 |
| Taft College (this campus) | 4,464 | 0.22 | 47 | 56 |
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 Taft College fell from 2 to 1 (-50%). The increase shows up in Motor Vehicle Theft (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Arson (1 to 0) and Burglary (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 Taft College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Arson, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Fondling and Motor Vehicle Theft. Arson accounts for most of them.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter, Negligent Manslaughter and Rape. 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 onlyTaft College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 87% (8 → 1 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arson | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Taft 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).
GA
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
TN
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Taft College sits on price and outcomes
At $2,823, Taft College's reported average net price is among the lowest reported prices among 492 California colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $20,161.
- $2,823
- average net price
- $20,161
- California median
Six years after enrolling, the median former student who received federal aid reports $33,687 - about 11.9 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly.
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
- $1,108
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $10,852
- Avg Net Price
- $2,823
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 24%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 28%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $33,687
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $38,861
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,126 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
Valdosta, GA · 4,466 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN · 4,462 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke, PA · 4,460 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, NM · 4,469 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Athens Technical College
Athens, GA · 4,459 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Taft College (national rank #134) sits near Augusta Technical College (#135) and Paris Junior College (#133) 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 Taft College, 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)
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
Valdosta, GA · 4,466 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke, PA · 4,460 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Athens Technical College
Athens, GA · 4,459 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, NM · 4,469 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Augusta Technical College
Augusta, GA · 4,455 enrolled
Safety score 0.22
Shoreline Community College
Shoreline, WA · 4,477 enrolled
Safety score 2.01
Jersey College
Teterboro, NJ · 4,478 enrolled
Safety score 0.45
University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College
North Little Rock, AR · 4,478 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Paris Junior College
Paris, TX · 4,533 enrolled
Safety score 0.22
Bevill State Community College
Jasper, AL · 4,378 enrolled
Safety score 0.23
Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park, MN · 4,572 enrolled
Safety score 0.22
Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills, MA · 4,578 enrolled
Safety score 0.22
North Idaho College
Coeur D'Alene, ID · 4,585 enrolled
Safety score 0.22
Lewis and Clark Community College
Godfrey, IL · 4,606 enrolled
Safety score 0.22
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, NY · 9,227 enrolled
Safety score 0.22
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Taft College safe?
Taft College has a safety score of 0.22 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #134 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Wiregrass Georgia Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Lemoore College (0.00/1k); Mendocino College (0.00/1k); College of the Redwoods (0.00/1k); Coalinga College (0.24/1k); Porterville College (1.46/1k); Woodland Community College (1.70/1k); College of Marin (0.83/1k); Napa Valley College (0.21/1k).
What crimes are reported at Taft College?
For calendar year 2024, Taft College reported Motor Vehicle Theft (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Taft College compare to similar schools?
A similar-enrollment comparison point is Wiregrass Georgia Technical College at 0.00 score-category incidents per 1,000 in CA; same-state same-level scored peers include Lemoore College (0.00/1k); Mendocino College (0.00/1k); College of the Redwoods (0.00/1k); Coalinga College (0.24/1k); Porterville College (1.46/1k); Woodland Community College (1.70/1k); College of Marin (0.83/1k); Napa Valley College (0.21/1k).
Does Taft College have fire safety data?
Yes. Taft 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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