NM
University of the Southwest
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Hobbs, NM · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
University of the Southwest
Across 2022–2024, University of the Southwest reported 1 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Burglary.
- 0.00
- Incidents / 1k students
- #7
- NM rank
- 1,130
- Enrolled students
0.00 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
University of the Southwest 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 188182 · University of the Southwest 0.00/1k score rate
RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-ZERO 0.00/1k
- RANK-UNK Nat rank n/a
- ST-UPPER #7 in state
- PEER-FINISH New England Law-Boston · ±0.00
- ZERO-FILED Zero filed
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 1,130
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: New England Law-Boston (+0.00/1k)
University of the Southwest sheet RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer New England Law-Boston. 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-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is New England Law-Boston (+0.00/1k). Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
University of the Southwest 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 University of the
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest University on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- University of the Southwest · this campus · lowest 0
University of the Southwest — this campus · lowest
0 per 1,000 students
- Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater · highest peer 0
Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater — highest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- New England Law-Boston · near 0
New England Law-Boston — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone · near 0
Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone — near
0 per 1,000 students
- New York Film Academy · near 0
New York Film Academy — near
0 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around University of the Southwest's 0.00/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
University of the Southwest decreased from 1 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 14 NM 4-year peers in this comparison, University of the Southwest is larger than 38% and safer-reporting than 85% - 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 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 62
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 23, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 15
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 15, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 85
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 62, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 23
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 85
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 77, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 85, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 77
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- University of the Southwest: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 85
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern College | 289 | 0.00 | 0 | 85 |
| St. John's College | 467 | 4.28 | 8 | 23 |
| Brookline College-Albuquerque | 560 | 0.00 | 15 | 85 |
| Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine | 841 | 103.45 | 23 | 0 |
| Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 947 | 1.06 | 31 | 62 |
| University of the Southwest (this campus) | 1,130 | 0.00 | 38 | 85 |
| Northern New Mexico College | 1,425 | 3.51 | 46 | 38 |
| New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 1,622 | 5.55 | 54 | 15 |
| Navajo Technical University | 1,704 | 1.17 | 62 | 46 |
| New Mexico Highlands University | 2,704 | 1.11 | 69 | 54 |
| Western New Mexico University | 3,531 | 0.85 | 77 | 69 |
| Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 5,725 | 0.35 | 85 | 77 |
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 University of the Southwest fell from 1 to 0 (-100%). The decrease shows up in 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 University of the Southwest
Across 3 reporting years, the only Clery Act category with a recorded on-campus incident here is Burglary.
The remaining 10 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Fondling and Incest. 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 onlyUniversity of the Southwest: Criminal Offenses by year
Stable
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 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 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
University of the Southwest 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).
MA
New England Law-Boston
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
NY
Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where University of the Southwest sits on price and outcomes
At $16,927, University of the Southwest's reported average net price is cheaper than 82% among 39 New Mexico colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $8,889.
- $16,927
- average net price
- $8,889
- New Mexico median
- 1.7×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $6,601
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $15,384 for families reporting under $30,000 against $21,985 above $110,000, a difference of $6,601. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $16,927 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $36,600 run about 2.2 times the annual net price. The margin is real but narrow, so how many years of price a student actually pays matters a great deal here.
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
- $16,670
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $16,670
- Avg Net Price
- $16,927
- Median Debt
- $21,303
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 55%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 23%
- Retention Rate
- 55%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $36,600
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $45,389
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 63%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,259 similar institutions by enrollment size.
New England Law-Boston
Boston, MA · 1,131 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone
Whitestone, NY · 1,131 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
New York Film Academy
Burbank, CA · 1,132 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Career Networks Institute
Santa Ana, CA · 1,133 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater
Clearwater, FL · 1,126 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for University of the Southwest, both outside NM so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
New England Law-Boston
Boston, MA · 1,131 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
New York Film Academy
Burbank, CA · 1,132 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Career Networks Institute
Santa Ana, CA · 1,133 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Mayville State University
Mayville, ND · 1,134 enrolled
Safety score 0.88
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY · 1,125 enrolled
Safety score 1.78
Concordia University Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · 1,135 enrolled
Safety score 1.76
Knox College
Galesburg, IL · 1,136 enrolled
Safety score 10.56
Maryville College
Maryville, TN · 1,136 enrolled
Safety score 8.80
Frequently Asked Questions
Is University of the Southwest safe?
University of the Southwest 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 Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development (1.06/1k); Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (103.45/1k); Northern New Mexico College (3.51/1k); New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (5.55/1k); Brookline College-Albuquerque (0.00/1k); Navajo Technical University (1.17/1k); St. John's College (4.28/1k); Southwestern College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at University of the Southwest?
None in the Criminal Offenses section. University of the Southwest reported zero in every category in that section for calendar year 2024. VAWA, arrests, disciplinary referrals, and fire records are separate tables.
How does University of the Southwest compare to similar schools?
A similar-enrollment comparison point is New England Law-Boston at 0.00 score-category incidents per 1,000 in NM; same-state same-level scored peers include Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development (1.06/1k); Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (103.45/1k); Northern New Mexico College (3.51/1k); New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (5.55/1k); Brookline College-Albuquerque (0.00/1k); Navajo Technical University (1.17/1k); St. John's College (4.28/1k); Southwestern College (0.00/1k).
Does University of the Southwest have fire safety data?
Yes. University of the Southwest 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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