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Utah State University
1.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Logan, UT · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Utah State University
Across 2022–2024, Utah State University reported 45 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Weber State University.
- 1.00
- Incidents / 1k students
- #636
- Rank of 2,072
- #14
- UT rank
- 28,904
- Enrolled students
1.00 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Utah State University reports 1.00 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 80% below Clemson University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Clemson University (2.82/1k); University of Pennsylvania (6.46/1k); Northern Arizona University (8.11/1k); Virginia Commonwealth University (6.99/1k); College of Southern Nevada (0.35/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Weber State University (1.28/1k); Brigham Young University (1.76/1k); University of Utah (15.02/1k); Southern Utah University (1.10/1k); Utah Tech University (1.75/1k); Utah Valley University (0.77/1k); Ensign College (1.19/1k); Snow College (3.23/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 1.00
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #636
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 69%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 11
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 230728 · Utah State University 1.00/1k score rate · #636/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-LARGE · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-LOW 1.00/1k
- RANK-MID #636/2,072
- ST-MID #14 in state
- ABOVE-PEER College of Southern Nevada · +0.65
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 58%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-LARGE 28,904
- FIRE-REPORT 8 fires
Nearest enrollment peer: College of Southern Nevada (-0.65/1k)
Utah State University sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-LARGE · FIRE-REPORT · peer College of Southern Nevada. 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-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-LARGE · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is College of Southern Nevada (-0.65/1k). National rank #636 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Utah State University reports 1.00 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 80% below Clemson University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Clemson University (2.82/1k); University of Pennsylvania (6.46/1k); Northern Arizona University (8.11/1k); Virginia Commonwealth University (6.99/1k); College of Southern Nevada (0.35/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Weber State University (1.28/1k); Brigham Young University (1.76/1k); University of Utah (15.02/1k); Southern Utah University (1.10/1k); Utah Tech University (1.75/1k); Utah Valley University (0.77/1k); Ensign College (1.19/1k); Snow College (3.23/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Utah State University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Utah on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- College of Southern Nevada · lowest peer 0.35
College of Southern Nevada — lowest peer
0.35 per 1,000 students
- Utah State University · this campus 1
Utah State University — this campus
1 per 1,000 students
- Clemson University · near 2.82
Clemson University — near
2.82 per 1,000 students
- University of Pennsylvania · near
University of Pennsylvania — near
6.46 per 1,000 students
- Northern Arizona University · highest peer
Northern Arizona University — highest peer
8.11 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Utah State University's 1.00/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Utah State University increased from 8 to 11 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 20 UT 4-year peers in this comparison, Utah State University is larger than 74% and safer-reporting than 47% - 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 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 32
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 84, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 68, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 26
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 95, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 37
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 16
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 37, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 5
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 32, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 26, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 16, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 5, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Utah State University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 74, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Careers Unlimited | 118 | 0.00 | 0 | 63 |
| Eagle Gate College-Layton | 226 | 0.00 | 5 | 63 |
| Midwives College of Utah | 239 | 0.00 | 11 | 63 |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake City | 306 | 0.00 | 16 | 63 |
| Eagle Gate College-Murray | 410 | 0.00 | 21 | 63 |
| Neumont College of Computer Science | 476 | 4.20 | 26 | 11 |
| Provo College | 669 | 0.00 | 32 | 63 |
| Westminster University | 1,155 | 6.93 | 37 | 5 |
| Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions | 1,686 | 0.59 | 42 | 58 |
| Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences | 2,073 | 0.00 | 47 | 63 |
| Snow College | 5,577 | 3.23 | 53 | 16 |
| Utah State University (this campus) | 28,904 | 1.00 | 74 | 47 |
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.
Enrollment scale
How campus size shapes the safety figures
With 28,904 enrolled students, Utah State University is the 117th largest of the 5,585 institutions in this dataset with a reported enrollment, ahead of 5,468 of them. Closest same-state same-level scored peers by enrollment: Weber State University (1.28/1k); Brigham Young University (1.76/1k); University of Utah (15.02/1k); Southern Utah University (1.10/1k); Utah Tech University (1.75/1k); Utah Valley University (0.77/1k); Ensign College (1.19/1k); Snow College (3.23/1k). The score above normalizes 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students, so compare it with similarly sized campuses instead of treating a higher raw count as evidence that a campus is less safe (Clemson University is the nearest similar-enrollment comparison on this profile).
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at Utah State University rose from 8 to 11 (+38%). The increase shows up in Fondling (0 to 4) and Rape (3 to 6). Falling over the same period: Burglary (2 to 0), Aggravated Assault (2 to 1) and Statutory Rape (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 Utah State University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 7 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Fondling, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Arson, Motor Vehicle Theft and Statutory Rape.
The remaining 4 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter, Negligent Manslaughter and Robbery. 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 onlyUtah State University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 58% (26 → 11 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 26 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Fondling | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Burglary | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Statutory Rape | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 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 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
261 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
Utah 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).
SC
Clemson University
2.82 incidents / 1,000 students
PA
University of Pennsylvania
6.46 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Utah State University sits on price and outcomes
At $14,936, Utah State University's reported average net price is cheaper than 29% among 45 Utah colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $18,659.
- $14,936
- average net price
- $18,659
- Utah median
- 3.1×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $7,112
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $12,057 for families reporting under $30,000 against $19,169 above $110,000, a difference of $7,112. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $14,936 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $44,822, 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
- $9,228
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $24,802
- Avg Net Price
- $14,936
- Median Debt
- $14,340
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 26%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 92%
- SAT Average
- 1187
- SAT Math Range
- 530-640
- ACT Average
- 25
- ACT Range
- 20-28
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 58%
- Retention Rate
- 71%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $44,822
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $54,022
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 84%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 308 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Clemson University
Clemson, SC · 29,077 enrolled
Safety Score 2.82
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · 29,109 enrolled
Safety Score 6.46
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ · 28,467 enrolled
Safety Score 8.11
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA · 28,464 enrolled
Safety Score 6.99
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV · 28,313 enrolled
Safety Score 0.35
Closest by National Rank
Utah State University (national rank #636) sits near Community College of Denver (#637) and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso (#635) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Community College of Denver
Denver, CO
National Rank #637
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso
El Paso, TX
National Rank #635
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL
National Rank #638
CUNY Queens College
Queens, NY
National Rank #634
Southern Arkansas University Tech
Camden, AR
National Rank #639
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Utah State University, both outside UT so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Clemson University
Clemson, SC · 29,077 enrolled
Safety score 2.82
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · 29,109 enrolled
Safety score 6.46
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ · 28,467 enrolled
Safety score 8.11
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA · 28,464 enrolled
Safety score 6.99
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV · 28,313 enrolled
Safety score 0.35
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT · 28,306 enrolled
Safety score 2.01
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA · 29,640 enrolled
Safety score 1.89
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS · 29,792 enrolled
Safety score 8.56
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso
El Paso, TX · 997 enrolled
Safety score 1.00
Community College of Denver
Denver, CO · 7,965 enrolled
Safety score 1.00
CUNY Queens College
Queens, NY · 15,965 enrolled
Safety score 1.00
Ottawa University-Ottawa
Ottawa, KS · 999 enrolled
Safety score 1.00
Midway University
Midway, KY · 2,003 enrolled
Safety score 1.00
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL · 11,893 enrolled
Safety score 1.01
City University of Seattle
Seattle, WA · 2,007 enrolled
Safety score 1.00
Quincy College
Quincy, MA · 3,022 enrolled
Safety score 0.99
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Utah State University safe?
Utah State University has a safety score of 1.00 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #636 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Clemson University (2.82/1k). Same-state same-level set: Weber State University (1.28/1k); Brigham Young University (1.76/1k); University of Utah (15.02/1k); Southern Utah University (1.10/1k); Utah Tech University (1.75/1k); Utah Valley University (0.77/1k); Ensign College (1.19/1k); Snow College (3.23/1k).
What crimes are reported at Utah State University?
For calendar year 2024, Utah State University reported Rape (6), Fondling (4) and Aggravated Assault (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Utah State University compare to similar schools?
Utah State University reports 80% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Clemson University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Clemson University (2.82/1k); University of Pennsylvania (6.46/1k); Northern Arizona University (8.11/1k); Virginia Commonwealth University (6.99/1k); College of Southern Nevada (0.35/1k). Same-state same-level set: Weber State University (1.28/1k); Brigham Young University (1.76/1k); University of Utah (15.02/1k); Southern Utah University (1.10/1k); Utah Tech University (1.75/1k); Utah Valley University (0.77/1k); Ensign College (1.19/1k); Snow College (3.23/1k).
Does Utah State University have fire safety data?
Yes. Utah State University reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 8 fires were reported in the most recent year.
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