IA
Western Iowa Tech Community College
0.91 incidents / 1,000 students
Sioux City, IA · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Western Iowa Tech Community College
Across 2022–2024, Western Iowa Tech Community College reported 11 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Iowa Western Community College.
- 0.91
- Incidents / 1k students
- #584
- Rank of 2,072
- #16
- IA rank
- 5,482
- Enrolled students
0.91 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Western Iowa Tech Community College reports 0.91 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 0% above CUNY Hostos Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: CUNY Hostos Community College (0.00/1k); Los Angeles Film School (0.00/1k); Colorado Mountain College (1.09/1k); University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (1.46/1k); Academy of Art University (2.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Iowa Western Community College (4.51/1k); Hawkeye Community College (0.59/1k); Iowa Central Community College (1.41/1k); Northeast Iowa Community College (0.00/1k); Eastern Iowa Community College District (0.13/1k); Indian Hills Community College (1.88/1k); Southeastern Community College (0.00/1k); North Iowa Area Community College (0.00/1k). 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
- 0.91
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #584
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 72%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 5
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 154572 · Western Iowa Tech Community 0.91/1k score rate · #584/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-QUIET 0.91/1k
- RANK-MID #584/2,072
- ST-MID #16 in state
- BELOW-PEER Colorado Mountain College · 0.18 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 67%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-MID 5,482
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Colorado Mountain College (+0.18/1k)
Western Iowa Tech Community College sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO · peer Colorado Mountain 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-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Colorado Mountain College (+0.18/1k). National rank #584 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Western Iowa Tech Community College reports 0.91 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 0% above CUNY Hostos Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: CUNY Hostos Community College (0.00/1k); Los Angeles Film School (0.00/1k); Colorado Mountain College (1.09/1k); University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (1.46/1k); Academy of Art University (2.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Iowa Western Community College (4.51/1k); Hawkeye Community College (0.59/1k); Iowa Central Community College (1.41/1k); Northeast Iowa Community College (0.00/1k); Eastern Iowa Community College District (0.13/1k); Indian Hills Community College (1.88/1k); Southeastern Community College (0.00/1k); North Iowa Area Community College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Western Iowa Tech
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Western on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- CUNY Hostos Community College · lowest peer 0
CUNY Hostos Community College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Western Iowa Tech Community · this campus
Western Iowa Tech Community College — this campus
0.91 per 1,000 students
- Colorado Mountain College · near
Colorado Mountain College — near
1.09 per 1,000 students
- University of Arkansas-Fort Smith · near
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith — near
1.46 per 1,000 students
- Academy of Art University · highest peer
Academy of Art University — highest peer
2 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Western Iowa Tech Community College's 0.91/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Western Iowa Tech Community College increased from 3 to 5 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 31 IA 2-year peers in this comparison, Western Iowa Tech Community College is larger than 87% and safer-reporting than 17% - 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 90, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 20
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 80, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 77, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 27
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 73, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 10
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 70, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 60, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 40, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 37, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 30, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 27, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 23, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 20, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 10, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 23
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Western Iowa Tech Communit…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 87, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health-Des Moines School of Radiologic Technology | 16 | 0.00 | 0 | 30 |
| Mercy-St Luke's School of Radiologic Technology | 21 | 238.10 | 3 | 0 |
| La James International College-Ft Dodge | 22 | 0.00 | 7 | 30 |
| American Hair Academy | 25 | 0.00 | 10 | 30 |
| Ross College-Davenport | 42 | 0.00 | 13 | 30 |
| La James International College-Cedar Falls | 54 | 0.00 | 17 | 30 |
| La James College of Hairstyling and Cosmetology | 56 | 0.00 | 20 | 30 |
| SOHO Hair Academy | 66 | 0.00 | 23 | 30 |
| Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City | 67 | 0.00 | 27 | 30 |
| Iowa School of Beauty-Des Moines | 74 | 0.00 | 30 | 30 |
| PCI Academy-Iowa City | 113 | 0.00 | 33 | 30 |
| Western Iowa Tech Community College (this campus) | 5,482 | 0.91 | 87 | 17 |
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 Iowa Tech Community College rose from 3 to 5 (+67%). The increase shows up in Aggravated Assault (0 to 1) and Rape (2 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 Iowa Tech Community College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Burglary, Arson and Aggravated Assault.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Fondling, Incest, Motor Vehicle Theft and Murder / Non-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 Iowa Tech Community College: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 67% (3 → 5 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Burglary | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 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 |
| 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
36 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 23 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 7 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 36 |
Western Iowa Tech Community 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).
NY
CUNY Hostos Community College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
CA
Los Angeles Film School
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Western Iowa Tech Community College sits on price and outcomes
At $8,770, Western Iowa Tech Community College's reported average net price is among the lowest reported prices among 68 Iowa colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $17,813.
- $8,770
- average net price
- $17,813
- Iowa median
- 3.2×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $5,293
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $7,662 for families reporting under $30,000 against $12,955 above $110,000, a difference of $5,293. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $8,770 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six years after enrolling, the median former student who received federal aid reports $35,639 - about 4.1 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly. Only 44% complete within six years. Most students here do not finish, which is the single most important number on this page for anyone weighing the cost.
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
- $5,186
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $5,330
- Avg Net Price
- $8,770
- Median Debt
- $11,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 27%
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $35,639
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $40,473
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 60%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,056 similar institutions by enrollment size.
CUNY Hostos Community College
Bronx, NY · 5,478 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Los Angeles Film School
Hollywood, CA · 5,472 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Colorado Mountain College
Glenwood Springs, CO · 5,494 enrolled
Safety Score 1.09
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR · 5,496 enrolled
Safety Score 1.46
Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA · 5,498 enrolled
Safety Score 2.00
Closest by National Rank
Western Iowa Tech Community College (national rank #584) sits near Glendale Community College (#583) and Lander University (#585) 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 Western Iowa Tech Community College, both outside IA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
CUNY Hostos Community College
Bronx, NY · 5,478 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Wharton County Junior College
Wharton, TX · 5,504 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield, MA · 5,447 enrolled
Safety score 0.55
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, OR · 5,545 enrolled
Safety score 0.36
Cerro Coso Community College
Ridgecrest, CA · 5,549 enrolled
Safety score 0.36
Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City, LA · 5,561 enrolled
Safety score 1.62
North Hennepin Community College
Brooklyn Park, MN · 5,563 enrolled
Safety score 0.36
Massasoit Community College
Brockton, MA · 5,574 enrolled
Safety score 0.18
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Glendale Community College
Glendale, CA · 12,075 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
Contra Costa College
San Pablo, CA · 6,538 enrolled
Safety score 0.92
Spartanburg Community College
Spartanburg, SC · 6,653 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
American Career College-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · 2,168 enrolled
Safety score 0.92
Southern Regional Technical College
Thomasville, GA · 5,381 enrolled
Safety score 0.93
Tulsa Community College
Tulsa, OK · 15,655 enrolled
Safety score 0.89
Mott Community College
Flint, MI · 6,718 enrolled
Safety score 0.89
American Career College-Ontario
Ontario, CA · 2,242 enrolled
Safety score 0.89
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Western Iowa Tech Community College safe?
Western Iowa Tech Community College has a safety score of 0.91 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #584 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: CUNY Hostos Community College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Iowa Western Community College (4.51/1k); Hawkeye Community College (0.59/1k); Iowa Central Community College (1.41/1k); Northeast Iowa Community College (0.00/1k); Eastern Iowa Community College District (0.13/1k); Indian Hills Community College (1.88/1k); Southeastern Community College (0.00/1k); North Iowa Area Community College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Western Iowa Tech Community College?
For calendar year 2024, Western Iowa Tech Community College reported Rape (3), Aggravated Assault (1) and Burglary (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Western Iowa Tech Community College compare to similar schools?
Western Iowa Tech Community College reports 0% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than CUNY Hostos Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: CUNY Hostos Community College (0.00/1k); Los Angeles Film School (0.00/1k); Colorado Mountain College (1.09/1k); University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (1.46/1k); Academy of Art University (2.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Iowa Western Community College (4.51/1k); Hawkeye Community College (0.59/1k); Iowa Central Community College (1.41/1k); Northeast Iowa Community College (0.00/1k); Eastern Iowa Community College District (0.13/1k); Indian Hills Community College (1.88/1k); Southeastern Community College (0.00/1k); North Iowa Area Community College (0.00/1k).
Does Western Iowa Tech Community College have fire safety data?
Yes. Western Iowa Tech Community 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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