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Safest Colleges in Idaho

Federal Clery Act filings for all 31 tracked Idaho campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Brigham Young University-Idaho currently has the lowest rate.

31
Institutions tracked
0.77
Avg campus rate / 1k (31 of 31 scored)
1.17
Statewide rate / 1k
#8
Rank by avg campus rate
134,880
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Brigham Young University-Idaho has the lowest rate in Idaho

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 31 tracked campuses in Idaho, 21 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Brigham Young University-Idaho has the lowest rate at 0.15 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
31
average campus, per 1,000 (31 of 31 scored)
0.77
lowest nonzero rate - Brigham Young University-Idaho
0.15
campuses at zero in score categories
21

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet ID · Idaho 0.77/1k campus avg · #8/59

RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY

  • RATE-QUIET 0.77/1k
  • RANK-TOP #8/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH Florida · ±0.01
  • ZERO-HEAVY 68% zero
  • WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −0.40
  • BOOK-FULL 31/31
  • CONC-HEAVY top5 81%

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

Idaho sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY · peer Florida. 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-QUIET · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Florida (+0.01/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Brigham Young University-Idaho leads at 0.15/1k. Instrument codes from this state's OPE Campus Safety sheet; compare similarly sized campuses before treating any single rate as decisive.

Most scored campuses in Idaho (21 of 31) reported zero in the 2024 score categories and stay unranked against each other. Among the nonzero reporters, Brigham Young University-Idaho leads at 0.15/1k, then North Idaho College (0.22/1k); College of Western Idaho (0.45/1k). A high zero share is a filing pattern, not a proof that campuses are safer.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Idaho

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

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Idaho's 0.77/1k 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 Idaho, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 10 Idaho 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.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg · 45,585 students45,5850.154% of the leader · rank #1
2North Idaho CollegeCoeur D'Alene · 4,585 students4,5850.224% of the leader · rank #2
3College of Western IdahoNampa · 11,015 students11,0150.454% of the leader · rank #3
4College of Eastern IdahoIdaho Falls · 3,013 students3,0130.666% of the leader · rank #4
5Boise State UniversityBoise · 27,198 students27,1981.1410% of the leader · rank #5
6College of Southern IdahoTwin Falls · 8,446 students8,4461.1810% of the leader · rank #6
7Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston · 3,801 students3,8011.5813% of the leader · rank #7
8University of IdahoMoscow · 12,286 students12,2862.2819% of the leader · rank #8
9Idaho State UniversityPocatello · 13,061 students13,0614.2135% of the leader · rank #9
10The College of IdahoCaldwell · 1,090 students1,09011.93100% of the leader · rank #10

Unranked campuses (21): zero score or no normalized rate

21 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 6 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Austin Kade AcademyIdaho Falls · 82 students820.00
Aveda Institute-BoiseBoise · 97 students970.00
Aveda Institute-Twin FallsTwin Falls · 88 students880.00
Boise Barber CollegeBoise · 104 students1040.00
Boise Bible CollegeBoise · 94 students940.00
Carrington College-BoiseBoise · 478 students4780.00
Cosmetology School of Arts & SciencesBurley · 40 students400.00
Eagle Gate College-Boise CampusBoise · 658 students6580.00
Evans Hairstyling College-RexburgRexburg · 76 students760.00
Headmasters School of Hair DesignLewiston · 92 students920.00
Integrated Massage Therapy ServicesBlackfoot · 7 students70.00
Nathan Layne Institute of CosmetologyChubbuck · 70 students700.00
Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampa · 1,635 students1,6350.00
Oliver Finley Academy of CosmetologyBoise · 254 students2540.00
Paul Mitchell the School-BoiseBoise · 183 students1830.00

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

The largest universities in Idaho by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: Brigham Young University-Idaho (45,585); Boise State University (27,198); Idaho State University (13,061), then 28 more. The 15 biggest Idaho 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 81% of the 134,880 students enrolled across all 31 tracked Idaho institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Paul Mitchell the School-Rexburg (224 students, 0.00/1k).

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg · 45,585 students45,585100% of the leader · rank #10.15
2Boise State UniversityBoise · 27,198 students27,19860% of the leader · rank #21.14
3Idaho State UniversityPocatello · 13,061 students13,06129% of the leader · rank #34.21
4University of IdahoMoscow · 12,286 students12,28627% of the leader · rank #42.28
5College of Western IdahoNampa · 11,015 students11,01524% of the leader · rank #50.45
6College of Southern IdahoTwin Falls · 8,446 students8,44619% of the leader · rank #61.18
7North Idaho CollegeCoeur D'Alene · 4,585 students4,58510% of the leader · rank #70.22
8Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston · 3,801 students3,8018% of the leader · rank #81.58
9College of Eastern IdahoIdaho Falls · 3,013 students3,0137% of the leader · rank #90.66
10Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampa · 1,635 students1,6354% of the leader · rank #100.00
11The College of IdahoCaldwell · 1,090 students1,0904% of the leader · rank #1111.93
12Eagle Gate College-Boise CampusBoise · 658 students6584% of the leader · rank #120.00
13Carrington College-BoiseBoise · 478 students4784% of the leader · rank #130.00
14Provo College-Idaho Falls CampusIdaho Falls · 289 students2894% of the leader · rank #140.00
15Oliver Finley Academy of CosmetologyBoise · 254 students2544% of the leader · rank #150.00

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 Idaho: closest on tracked campus count (31 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (0.77/1k 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: Florida sits nearest on unweighted campus average (+0.01/1k). Inside Idaho, open Brigham Young University-Idaho's campus sheet next.

Brigham Young University-Idaho profile → | All states → | Idaho net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Idaho campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Idaho?

Among Idaho campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Brigham Young University-Idaho has the lowest rate (0.15 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: North Idaho College (0.22/1k); College of Western Idaho (0.45/1k). 21 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 Idaho?

In Idaho, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Brigham Young University-Idaho currently leads that nonzero list at 0.15/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Idaho are compared?

This page covers 31 tracked higher-education institutions in Idaho, serving about 134,880 enrolled students combined across 14 cities. 10 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 21 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are Brigham Young University-Idaho (45,585); Boise State University (27,198); Idaho State University (13,061). Nearby state averages for context: Florida (0.78/1k); Nevada (0.82/1k); New Jersey (0.69/1k); Utah (0.91/1k); Arizona (0.58/1k); Guam (0.58/1k).

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.