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Safest Colleges in Colorado

Federal Clery Act filings for all 76 tracked Colorado campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Aims Community College currently has the lowest rate.

76
Institutions tracked
2.10
Avg campus rate / 1k (76 of 76 scored)
2.93
Statewide rate / 1k
#30
Rank by avg campus rate
365,522
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Aims Community College has the lowest rate in Colorado

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 76 tracked campuses in Colorado, 37 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Aims Community College has the lowest rate at 0.12 per 1,000 students. This comparison excludes other Clery tables and unreported harm, so review the details before drawing a safety conclusion.

Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey

campuses tracked
76
average campus, per 1,000 (76 of 76 scored)
2.10
lowest nonzero rate - Aims Community College
0.12
campuses at zero in score categories
37

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet CO · Colorado 2.10/1k campus avg · #30/59

RATE-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID

  • RATE-MID 2.10/1k
  • RANK-MID #30/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH California · ±0.01
  • ZERO-MIX 49% zero
  • WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −0.84
  • BOOK-FULL 76/76
  • CONC-MID top5 41%

Nearest campus-rate peer: California (+0.01/1k)

Colorado sheet RATE-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID · peer California. Codes from this state’s OPE Campus Safety filing: unweighted campus rate, corpus rank (low = safer), photo-finish peer state, zero-report share, campus-vs-weighted gap, scored book, top-five enrollment concentration. Not a moving recommendation.

Clery plate RATE-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is California (+0.01/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Aims Community College leads at 0.12/1k. Instrument codes from this state's OPE Campus Safety sheet; compare similarly sized campuses before treating any single rate as decisive.

Among nonzero Clery reporters in Colorado, Aims Community College has the lowest 2024 score-category rate at 0.12/1k; next are Pueblo Community College (0.14/1k); Arapahoe Community College (0.20/1k). 37 campuses at zero stay unranked. Compare campuses of similar enrollment before treating any single rate as a safety verdict.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Colorado

Lowest/highest poles plus states nearest Colorado on unweighted average campus Clery rate. Full ladder: /rankings/.

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Colorado's 2.10/1k unweighted campus average, not a full 50-state board reprint.

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

Safest colleges in Colorado, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 39 Colorado campuses with at least one incident in those score categories. Positions are numbered within that group, because a rank counted through the zero-score campuses below would order them by nothing.

11
Otero CollegeLa Junta · 959 students
Enrollment
959
Incidents /1k
1.04
30
IBMC CollegeFort Collins · 297 students
Enrollment
297
Incidents /1k
6.73
37
Colorado CollegeColorado Springs · 2,056 students
Enrollment
2,056
Incidents /1k
9.24
#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Aims Community CollegeGreeley · 8,542 students8,5420.124% of the leader · rank #1
2Pueblo Community CollegePueblo · 7,284 students7,2840.144% of the leader · rank #2
3Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton · 15,012 students15,0120.204% of the leader · rank #3
4Front Range Community CollegeWestminster · 21,970 students21,9700.324% of the leader · rank #4
5Community College of AuroraAurora · 8,833 students8,8330.344% of the leader · rank #5
6Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood · 9,951 students9,9510.604% of the leader · rank #6
7Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction · 9,785 students9,7850.725% of the leader · rank #7
8Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs · 12,556 students12,5560.725% of the leader · rank #8
9Pickens Technical CollegeAurora · 1,060 students1,0600.947% of the leader · rank #9
10Community College of DenverDenver · 7,965 students7,9651.007% of the leader · rank #10
11Otero CollegeLa Junta · 959 students9591.047% of the leader · rank #11
12Rocky Vista UniversityParker · 1,903 students1,9031.057% of the leader · rank #12
13Colorado Mountain CollegeGlenwood Springs · 5,494 students5,4941.098% of the leader · rank #13
14Colorado State University PuebloPueblo · 6,851 students6,8511.4610% of the leader · rank #14
15Northeastern Junior CollegeSterling · 1,684 students1,6841.7812% of the leader · rank #15
16Intellitec College-Grand JunctionGrand Junction · 1,077 students1,0771.8613% of the leader · rank #16
17Colorado School of MinesGolden · 8,044 students8,0441.9914% of the leader · rank #17
18Western Colorado UniversityGunnison · 3,568 students3,5682.5218% of the leader · rank #18
19Intellitec College-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs · 679 students6792.9521% of the leader · rank #19
20Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins · 34,096 students34,0963.2323% of the leader · rank #20
21Naropa UniversityBoulder · 1,094 students1,0943.6626% of the leader · rank #21
22Lincoln College of Technology-DenverDenver · 1,212 students1,2124.1329% of the leader · rank #22
23Fort Lewis CollegeDurango · 3,544 students3,5444.8034% of the leader · rank #23
24Paul Mitchell the School-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs · 204 students2044.9034% of the leader · rank #24
25University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs · 11,354 students11,3544.9335% of the leader · rank #25
26Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver · 18,453 students18,4535.2637% of the leader · rank #26
27Lamar Community CollegeLamar · 690 students6905.8041% of the leader · rank #27
28University of Colorado BoulderBoulder · 38,799 students38,7996.4745% of the leader · rank #28
29Empire Beauty School-ThorntonThornton · 149 students1496.7147% of the leader · rank #29
30IBMC CollegeFort Collins · 297 students2976.7347% of the leader · rank #30
31University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver · 23,124 students23,1247.1450% of the leader · rank #31
32University of DenverDenver · 12,813 students12,8137.2651% of the leader · rank #32
33Trinidad State CollegeTrinidad · 1,613 students1,6137.4452% of the leader · rank #33
34Regis UniversityDenver · 4,605 students4,6057.6053% of the leader · rank #34
35University of Northern ColoradoGreeley · 8,869 students8,8698.2358% of the leader · rank #35
36Adams State UniversityAlamosa · 2,901 students2,9018.9663% of the leader · rank #36
37Colorado CollegeColorado Springs · 2,056 students2,0569.2465% of the leader · rank #37
38Concorde Career College-AuroraAurora · 256 students25611.7282% of the leader · rank #38
39Empire Beauty School-AuroraAurora · 70 students7014.29100% of the leader · rank #39

Unranked campuses (37): zero score or no normalized rate

37 filed zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories; other Clery tables can still contain reports. Neither group supports a safety ordering, so these campuses are listed alphabetically without positions. Showing 15 alphabetically; the remaining 22 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Academy of Natural Therapy IncGreeley · 13 students130.00
Apex College of Veterinary TechnologyColorado Springs · 27 students270.00
Arizona College of Nursing-AuroraAurora · 336 students3360.00
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-BoulderBoulder · 8,504 students8,5040.00
Avalon Institute-AuroraAurora · 162 students1620.00
Aveda Institute-DenverDenver · 280 students2800.00
Bel-Rea Institute of Animal TechnologyDenver · 139 students1390.00
Cheeks Beauty AcademyLoveland · 46 students460.00
Colorado Chinese Medicine UniversityDenver · 89 students890.00
Colorado Media SchoolDenver · 38 students380.00
Colorado Northwestern Community CollegeRangely · 1,271 students1,2710.00
Colorado School of Healing ArtsLakewood · 52 students520.00
Colorado School of TradesLakewood · 85 students850.00
Colorado Technical University-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs · 31,830 students31,8300.00
Denver College of NursingDenver · 811 students8110.00

Open any remaining campus from the school directory or the incident tool.

The largest universities in Colorado by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: University of Colorado Boulder (38,799); Colorado State University-Fort Collins (34,096); Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs (31,830), then 73 more. The 15 biggest Colorado institutions by total enrolled students, from the same federal IPEDS collection, each shown with its 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate. The five largest alone account for 41% of the 365,522 students enrolled across all 76 tracked Colorado institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Otero College (959 students, 1.04/1k).

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1University of Colorado BoulderBoulder · 38,799 students38,799100% of the leader · rank #16.47
2Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins · 34,096 students34,09688% of the leader · rank #23.23
3Colorado Technical University-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs · 31,830 students31,83082% of the leader · rank #30.00
4University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver · 23,124 students23,12460% of the leader · rank #47.14
5Front Range Community CollegeWestminster · 21,970 students21,97057% of the leader · rank #50.32
6Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver · 18,453 students18,45348% of the leader · rank #65.26
7Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton · 15,012 students15,01239% of the leader · rank #70.20
8University of DenverDenver · 12,813 students12,81333% of the leader · rank #87.26
9Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs · 12,556 students12,55632% of the leader · rank #90.72
10University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs · 11,354 students11,35429% of the leader · rank #104.93
11Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood · 9,951 students9,95126% of the leader · rank #110.60
12Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction · 9,785 students9,78525% of the leader · rank #120.72
13University of Northern ColoradoGreeley · 8,869 students8,86923% of the leader · rank #138.23
14Community College of AuroraAurora · 8,833 students8,83323% of the leader · rank #140.34
15Aims Community CollegeGreeley · 8,542 students8,54222% of the leader · rank #150.12

Enrollment is total reported students, not full-time equivalent, and a branch campus is reported separately from its parent institution. A larger campus is not a less safe one: the incident rate beside it is already per 1,000 students.

Nationwide states with similar campus scale or Clery rate

Two nationwide peer sets for Colorado: closest on tracked campus count (76 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (2.10/1k here). The rate-neighbourhood and keep-peer blocks above stay geo-adjacent; these columns are cross-state ABS comparisons with deduped link sets.

Similar campus count

Nearest other states by number of tracked postsecondary institutions (≥5 scored campuses in corpus).

Similar campus Clery rate

Nearest other states by unweighted average on-campus Clery rate. Campus-count peers above are excluded.

Read with this state

Keep-peer handoff: California sits nearest on unweighted campus average (+0.01/1k). Inside Colorado, open Aims Community College's campus sheet next.

Aims Community College profile → | All states → | Colorado net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Colorado campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Colorado?

Among Colorado campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Aims Community College has the lowest rate (0.12 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Pueblo Community College (0.14/1k); Arapahoe Community College (0.20/1k). 37 campuses reported zero in those score categories and are listed separately without a safety ordinal, because a zero report is not the same as a proven safer campus.

How does PlainCampus rank campus safety in Colorado?

In Colorado, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Aims Community College currently leads that nonzero list at 0.12/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Colorado are compared?

This page covers 76 tracked higher-education institutions in Colorado, serving about 365,522 enrolled students combined across 28 cities. 39 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 37 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are University of Colorado Boulder (38,799); Colorado State University-Fort Collins (34,096); Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs (31,830). Nearby state averages for context: California (2.11/1k); Mississippi (2.00/1k); North Carolina (2.22/1k); Virginia (2.23/1k); Indiana (2.24/1k); New York (1.95/1k).

Every figure on PlainCampus is rendered directly from federal Clery Act source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal Clery Act source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

PlainCampus is for informational purposes only and does not constitute safety, security, legal, or enrollment advice; the data describes reported on-campus activity, it is not a complete picture of safety at any campus and cannot predict any individual student's experience. See our appropriate use guidance.