CO
Western Colorado University
2.52 incidents / 1,000 students
Gunnison, CO · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Western Colorado University
Across 2022–2024, Western Colorado University reported 19 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Fondling). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Fort Lewis College.
- 2.52
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,186
- Rank of 2,072
- #28
- CO rank
- 3,568
- Enrolled students
2.52 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Western Colorado University reports 2.52 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 309% above Madisonville Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Madisonville Community College (0.00/1k); Kent State University at Stark (0.56/1k); Saint Peter's University (1.96/1k); Lake Washington Institute of Technology (0.28/1k); Morton College (0.28/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Fort Lewis College (4.80/1k); Adams State University (8.96/1k); Regis University (7.60/1k); Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (0.00/1k); Colorado College (9.24/1k); Rocky Vista University (1.05/1k); Colorado Mountain College (1.09/1k); Morgan Community College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 2.52
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,186
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 57%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 4
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 128391 · Western Colorado University 2.52/1k score rate · #1,186/2,072
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-MID 2.52/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,186/2,072
- ST-MID #28 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Saint Peter's University · +0.56
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 43%
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-SMALL 3,568
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Saint Peter's University (-0.56/1k)
Western Colorado University sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Saint Peter's University. 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Saint Peter's University (-0.56/1k). National rank #1,186 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Western Colorado University reports 2.52 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 309% above Madisonville Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Madisonville Community College (0.00/1k); Kent State University at Stark (0.56/1k); Saint Peter's University (1.96/1k); Lake Washington Institute of Technology (0.28/1k); Morton College (0.28/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Fort Lewis College (4.80/1k); Adams State University (8.96/1k); Regis University (7.60/1k); Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (0.00/1k); Colorado College (9.24/1k); Rocky Vista University (1.05/1k); Colorado Mountain College (1.09/1k); Morgan Community College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Western Colorado University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Western on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Madisonville Community College · lowest peer 0
Madisonville Community College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Morton College · near 0.28
Morton College — near
0.28 per 1,000 students
- Kent State University at · near 0.56
Kent State University at Stark — near
0.56 per 1,000 students
- Saint Peter's University · near
Saint Peter's University — near
1.96 per 1,000 students
- Western Colorado University · this campus · highest
Western Colorado University — this campus · highest
2.52 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Western Colorado University's 2.52/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Western Colorado University decreased from 8 to 4 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 CO 4-year peers in this comparison, Western Colorado University is larger than 47% and safer-reporting than 33% - the smaller, 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 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Western Colorado University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture | 32 | 0.00 | 0 | 69 |
| Montessori Education Center of the Rockies | 43 | 0.00 | 3 | 69 |
| Colorado Chinese Medicine University | 89 | 0.00 | 6 | 69 |
| Iliff School of Theology | 166 | 0.00 | 8 | 69 |
| Concorde Career College-Aurora | 256 | 11.72 | 11 | 0 |
| Taft University System | 324 | 0.00 | 14 | 69 |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Aurora | 336 | 0.00 | 17 | 69 |
| Denver College of Nursing | 811 | 0.00 | 19 | 69 |
| Denver Seminary | 847 | 0.00 | 22 | 69 |
| Naropa University | 1,094 | 3.66 | 25 | 31 |
| Trinidad State College | 1,613 | 7.44 | 28 | 14 |
| Western Colorado University (this campus) | 3,568 | 2.52 | 47 | 33 |
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 Western Colorado University fell from 8 to 4 (-50%). The decrease shows up in Rape (3 to 1), Burglary (1 to 0) and Fondling (4 to 3).
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 Western Colorado University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Fondling, Rape, Arson, Burglary and Motor Vehicle Theft. Fondling accounts for most of them.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter and Negligent Manslaughter. 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 onlyWestern Colorado University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 43% (7 → 4 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Rape | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 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 | 2 | 17 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 20 | 84 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 17 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 1 | 89 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 18 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 2 | 72 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Western Colorado 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).
KY
Madisonville Community College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
OH
Kent State University at Stark
0.56 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Western Colorado University sits on price and outcomes
At $16,425, Western Colorado University's reported average net price is cheaper than 42% among 67 Colorado colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $17,052.
- $16,425
- average net price
- $17,052
- Colorado median
- 2.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $9,906
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $11,490, while those above $110,000 record $21,396 - roughly 1.9 times as much. A published average of $16,425 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $40,037 run about 2.4 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
- $11,318
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $24,434
- Avg Net Price
- $16,425
- Median Debt
- $20,250
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 12%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 100%
- SAT Average
- 1230
- SAT Math Range
- 555-670
- ACT Average
- 24
- ACT Range
- 22-26
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 51%
- Retention Rate
- 72%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $40,037
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $46,833
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 74%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,228 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Madisonville Community College
Madisonville, KY · 3,569 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Kent State University at Stark
North Canton, OH · 3,569 enrolled
Safety Score 0.56
Saint Peter's University
Jersey City, NJ · 3,572 enrolled
Safety Score 1.96
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Kirkland, WA · 3,564 enrolled
Safety Score 0.28
Morton College
Cicero, IL · 3,562 enrolled
Safety Score 0.28
Closest by National Rank
Western Colorado University (national rank #1186) sits near Emmanuel College (#1185) and Forsyth Technical Community College (#1187) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Emmanuel College
Boston, MA
National Rank #1185
Forsyth Technical Community College
Winston-Salem, NC
National Rank #1187
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC
National Rank #1188
Cascadia College
Bothell, WA
National Rank #1184
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA
National Rank #1189
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Western Colorado University, both outside CO so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Kent State University at Stark
North Canton, OH · 3,569 enrolled
Safety score 0.56
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Kirkland, WA · 3,564 enrolled
Safety score 0.28
Saint Peter's University
Jersey City, NJ · 3,572 enrolled
Safety score 1.96
Rockhurst University
Kansas City, MO · 3,577 enrolled
Safety score 3.35
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon
Bayamon, PR · 3,556 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
University of Houston-Victoria
Victoria, TX · 3,586 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
Bethel University
Saint Paul, MN · 3,603 enrolled
Safety score 2.22
Western New Mexico University
Silver City, NM · 3,531 enrolled
Safety score 0.85
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Emmanuel College
Boston, MA · 1,983 enrolled
Safety score 2.52
Cascadia College
Bothell, WA · 2,380 enrolled
Safety score 2.52
Sul Ross State University
Alpine, TX · 2,384 enrolled
Safety score 2.52
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS · 16,689 enrolled
Safety score 2.52
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC · 791 enrolled
Safety score 2.53
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS · 20,295 enrolled
Safety score 2.51
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA · 27,636 enrolled
Safety score 2.53
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA · 4,724 enrolled
Safety score 2.54
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Western Colorado University safe?
Western Colorado University has a safety score of 2.52 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,186 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Madisonville Community College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Fort Lewis College (4.80/1k); Adams State University (8.96/1k); Regis University (7.60/1k); Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (0.00/1k); Colorado College (9.24/1k); Rocky Vista University (1.05/1k); Colorado Mountain College (1.09/1k); Morgan Community College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Western Colorado University?
For calendar year 2024, Western Colorado University reported Fondling (3) and Rape (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Western Colorado University compare to similar schools?
Western Colorado University reports 309% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Madisonville Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Madisonville Community College (0.00/1k); Kent State University at Stark (0.56/1k); Saint Peter's University (1.96/1k); Lake Washington Institute of Technology (0.28/1k); Morton College (0.28/1k). Same-state same-level set: Fort Lewis College (4.80/1k); Adams State University (8.96/1k); Regis University (7.60/1k); Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (0.00/1k); Colorado College (9.24/1k); Rocky Vista University (1.05/1k); Colorado Mountain College (1.09/1k); Morgan Community College (0.00/1k).
Does Western Colorado University have fire safety data?
Yes. Western Colorado University 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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