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University of Western States

Across 2022–2024, University of Western States reported 2 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Burglary). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Corban University.

0.00
Incidents / 1k students
#6
OR rank
959
Enrolled students

0.00 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students

University of Western States 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
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Data updated August 2026

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Sheet 210438 · University of Western States 0.00/1k score rate

RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE

  • RATE-ZERO 0.00/1k
  • RANK-UNK Nat rank n/a
  • ST-UPPER #6 in state
  • PEER-FINISH William T McFatter Technical · ±0.00
  • ZERO-FILED Zero filed
  • TREND-DOWN ↓ 100%
  • CAT-LEAD Burglary
  • ENR-SMALL 959
  • FIRE-NONE No res filing

Nearest enrollment peer: William T McFatter Technical College (+0.00/1k)

University of Western States sheet RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE · peer William T McFatter 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-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is William T McFatter Technical College (+0.00/1k). Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.

University of Western States 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 Western

Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest University on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around University of Western States's 0.00/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.

Source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey (Clery Act) As of 2024

Reporting-period change

What changed in 2024

No change

University of Western States 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 changes

Signature insight · size does not equal danger

Campus size vs reported safety rate

Among 29 OR 4-year peers in this comparison, University of Western States is larger than 32% and safer-reporting than 79% - 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.

Smaller · Safer-reportingLarger · Safer-reportingSmaller · Higher-reportingLarger · Higher-reporting026.352.578.8105020.741.562.283.0Enrollment size, percentile in sampleSafer-reporting percentile (lower rate)Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 36 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 50Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 29 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 18Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 25 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 79Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 39 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 14Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 43 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 0Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 21 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 79Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 18 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 54Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 14 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 4Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 11 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 79Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 46 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 43Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 7 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 79Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 4 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 79Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 0 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 79Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 50 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 11Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 54 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 64Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 57 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 7Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 61 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 57Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 64 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 46Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 68 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 25Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 71 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 29Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 75 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 68Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 79 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 32Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 82 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 71Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 86 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 75Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 89 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 61Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 93 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 39Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 96 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 21Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 100 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 36University of Western States: Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 32 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 79
Enrollment vs Clery incidents per 1,000 (inverted to safety percentile), 2024 reporting year
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  • Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
  • Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 18
  • Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
  • Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
  • Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
  • Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
  • Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 18, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
  • Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
  • Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
  • Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 43
  • Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
  • Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
  • Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
  • Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
  • Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
  • Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
  • Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
  • Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
  • Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 68, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
  • Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
  • Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
  • Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 32
  • Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 82, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
  • Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
  • Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
  • Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
  • Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
  • Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
  • University of Western States: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 32, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
Read the chart as a table
CampusEnrollmentRate / 1kSize pctSafety pct
Pacific Bible College220.00079
New Hope Christian College-Eugene560.00479
Mount Angel Seminary1270.00779
Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies2570.001179
Warner Pacific University37813.23144
National University of Natural Medicine4142.421854
Sumner College5320.002179
Western Seminary7550.002579
Bushnell University7616.572918
University of Western States (this campus)9590.003279
Corban University1,0292.923650
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus1,2968.493914

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 actually gets reported at University of Western States

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 only

University of Western States: Criminal Offenses by year

Declining 100% (2 → 0 incidents)

0123 202220232024 On-campus incidents, 2022: 2On-campus incidents, 2023: 0On-campus incidents, 2024: 0 2 0 ▼ -100.0%
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Period On-campus incidents
2022 2
2023 0
2024 0
Crime Type 202420232022
Burglary 002
Aggravated Assault 000
Arson 000
Fondling 000
Incest 000
Motor Vehicle Theft 000
Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter 000
Negligent Manslaughter 000
Rape 000
Robbery 000
Statutory Rape 000

Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Table figures show the Criminal Offenses section; other Clery tables are separate

Arrests & Disciplinary Actions

9 category-year records
Disposition26%47%27%ArrestsDisciplinary referralsNo action
9 reported 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 0
Liquor 2022 0 0
Weapons 2022 0 0

University of Western States 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).

Selected

OR

University of Western States

0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
National rank
Unranked
Enrollment
959
Data year
2024

CO

Otero College

1.04 incidents / 1,000 students
National rank
#657
Enrollment
959
Data year
2024

MO

William Jewell College

3.13 incidents / 1,000 students
National rank
#1,313
Enrollment
959
Data year
2024

Academic & Financial Profile

Outcomes

Median Earnings (6yr)
$26,840
Median Earnings (10yr)
$27,382
Loan Repayment (3yr)
71%

Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.

Similar Institutions

Showing 5 of 1,220 similar institutions by enrollment size.

Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate

Two Clery-derived peer sets for University of Western States, both outside OR so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).

Frequently Asked Questions

Is University of Western States safe?
University of Western States 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 Corban University (2.92/1k); Bushnell University (6.57/1k); Western Seminary (0.00/1k); Oregon State University-Cascades Campus (8.49/1k); Reed College (38.29/1k); Sumner College (0.00/1k); National University of Natural Medicine (2.42/1k); Warner Pacific University (13.23/1k).
What crimes are reported at University of Western States?
None in the Criminal Offenses section. University of Western States 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 Western States compare to similar schools?
University of Western States reports 100% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Otero College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Otero College (1.04/1k); William Jewell College (3.13/1k); Bluefield University (2.09/1k); William T McFatter Technical College (0.00/1k); Judson University (1.04/1k). Same-state same-level set: Corban University (2.92/1k); Bushnell University (6.57/1k); Western Seminary (0.00/1k); Oregon State University-Cascades Campus (8.49/1k); Reed College (38.29/1k); Sumner College (0.00/1k); National University of Natural Medicine (2.42/1k); Warner Pacific University (13.23/1k).
Does University of Western States have fire safety data?
University of Western States has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.

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