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Safest Colleges in Utah

Federal Clery Act filings for all 57 tracked Utah campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Ogden-Weber Technical College currently has the lowest rate.

57
Institutions tracked
0.91
Avg campus rate / 1k (57 of 57 scored)
1.69
Statewide rate / 1k
#11
Rank by avg campus rate
490,539
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Ogden-Weber Technical College has the lowest rate in Utah

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 57 tracked campuses in Utah, 39 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Ogden-Weber Technical College has the lowest rate at 0.48 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
57
average campus, per 1,000 (57 of 57 scored)
0.91
lowest nonzero rate - Ogden-Weber Technical College
0.48
campuses at zero in score categories
39

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet UT · Utah 0.91/1k campus avg · #11/59

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

  • RATE-QUIET 0.91/1k
  • RANK-TOP #11/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nevada · ±0.09
  • ZERO-HEAVY 68% zero
  • WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −0.78
  • BOOK-FULL 57/57
  • CONC-HEAVY top5 74%

Nearest campus-rate peer: Nevada (-0.09/1k)

Utah sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY · peer Nevada. 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 Nevada (-0.09/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Ogden-Weber Technical College leads at 0.48/1k. 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 Utah (39 of 57) reported zero in the 2024 score categories and stay unranked against each other. Among the nonzero reporters, Ogden-Weber Technical College leads at 0.48/1k, then Davis Technical College (0.48/1k); Uintah Basin Technical College (0.50/1k). A high zero share is a filing pattern, not a proof that campuses are safer.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Utah

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

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Utah's 0.91/1k 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 Utah, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 18 Utah 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.

9
Ensign CollegeSalt Lake City · 7,594 students
Enrollment
7,594
Incidents /1k
1.19
14
Snow CollegeEphraim · 5,577 students
Enrollment
5,577
Incidents /1k
3.23
#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden · 4,207 students4,2070.484% of the leader · rank #1
2Davis Technical CollegeKaysville · 4,188 students4,1880.484% of the leader · rank #2
3Uintah Basin Technical CollegeRoosevelt · 2,002 students2,0020.504% of the leader · rank #3
4Rocky Mountain University of Health ProfessionsProvo · 1,686 students1,6860.594% of the leader · rank #4
5Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City · 27,437 students27,4370.735% of the leader · rank #5
6Utah Valley UniversityOrem · 46,807 students46,8070.775% of the leader · rank #6
7Utah State UniversityLogan · 28,904 students28,9041.007% of the leader · rank #7
8Southern Utah UniversityCedar City · 15,444 students15,4441.107% of the leader · rank #8
9Ensign CollegeSalt Lake City · 7,594 students7,5941.198% of the leader · rank #9
10Weber State UniversityOgden · 32,701 students32,7011.289% of the leader · rank #10
11Utah Tech UniversitySaint George · 13,167 students13,1671.7512% of the leader · rank #11
12Brigham Young UniversityProvo · 35,873 students35,8731.7612% of the leader · rank #12
13Southwest Technical CollegeCedar City · 864 students8642.3115% of the leader · rank #13
14Snow CollegeEphraim · 5,577 students5,5773.2321% of the leader · rank #14
15Neumont College of Computer ScienceSalt Lake City · 476 students4764.2028% of the leader · rank #15
16Westminster UniversitySalt Lake City · 1,155 students1,1556.9346% of the leader · rank #16
17Skinworks School of Advanced SkincareSalt Lake City · 117 students1178.5557% of the leader · rank #17
18University of UtahSalt Lake City · 36,894 students36,89415.02100% of the leader · rank #18

Unranked campuses (39): zero score or no normalized rate

39 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 24 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Acaydia School of AestheticsProvo · 113 students1130.00
American Beauty AcademyPayson · 20 students200.00
American Beauty Academy-West Valley CampusWest Valley City · 18 students180.00
Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake CityMurray · 306 students3060.00
Avalon Institute-LaytonLayton · 186 students1860.00
Aveda Institute-ProvoProvo · 164 students1640.00
Bonnie Joseph Academy of Cosmetology & BarberingHeber City · 20 students200.00
Bridgerland Technical CollegeLogan · 1,682 students1,6820.00
Cameo College of Essential BeautyMurray · 257 students2570.00
Careers UnlimitedOrem · 118 students1180.00
Collectiv AcademySandy · 70 students700.00
Dixie Technical CollegeSaint George · 1,347 students1,3470.00
Eagle Gate College-LaytonLayton · 226 students2260.00
Eagle Gate College-MurrayMurray · 410 students4100.00
Evans Hairstyling College-Cedar CityCedar City · 51 students510.00

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

The largest universities in Utah by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: Western Governors University (210,208); Utah Valley University (46,807); University of Utah (36,894), then 54 more. The 15 biggest Utah 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 74% of the 490,539 students enrolled across all 57 tracked Utah institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Cameo College of Essential Beauty (257 students, 0.00/1k).

10
Ensign CollegeSalt Lake City · 7,594 students
Enrollment
7,594
Incidents /1k
1.19
11
Snow CollegeEphraim · 5,577 students
Enrollment
5,577
Incidents /1k
3.23
#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City · 210,208 students210,208100% of the leader · rank #10.00
2Utah Valley UniversityOrem · 46,807 students46,80722% of the leader · rank #20.77
3University of UtahSalt Lake City · 36,894 students36,89418% of the leader · rank #315.02
4Brigham Young UniversityProvo · 35,873 students35,87317% of the leader · rank #41.76
5Weber State UniversityOgden · 32,701 students32,70116% of the leader · rank #51.28
6Utah State UniversityLogan · 28,904 students28,90414% of the leader · rank #61.00
7Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City · 27,437 students27,43713% of the leader · rank #70.73
8Southern Utah UniversityCedar City · 15,444 students15,4447% of the leader · rank #81.10
9Utah Tech UniversitySaint George · 13,167 students13,1676% of the leader · rank #91.75
10Ensign CollegeSalt Lake City · 7,594 students7,5944% of the leader · rank #101.19
11Snow CollegeEphraim · 5,577 students5,5774% of the leader · rank #113.23
12Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden · 4,207 students4,2074% of the leader · rank #120.48
13Davis Technical CollegeKaysville · 4,188 students4,1884% of the leader · rank #130.48
14Mountainland Technical CollegeLehi · 3,967 students3,9674% of the leader · rank #140.00
15Joyce University of Nursing and Health SciencesDraper · 2,073 students2,0734% 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 Utah: closest on tracked campus count (57 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (0.91/1k 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: Nevada sits nearest on unweighted campus average (-0.09/1k). Inside Utah, open Ogden-Weber Technical College's campus sheet next.

Ogden-Weber Technical College profile → | All states → | Utah net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Utah campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Utah?

Among Utah campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Ogden-Weber Technical College has the lowest rate (0.48 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Davis Technical College (0.48/1k); Uintah Basin Technical College (0.50/1k). 39 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 Utah?

In Utah, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Ogden-Weber Technical College currently leads that nonzero list at 0.48/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Utah are compared?

This page covers 57 tracked higher-education institutions in Utah, serving about 490,539 enrolled students combined across 26 cities. 18 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 39 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are Western Governors University (210,208); Utah Valley University (46,807); University of Utah (36,894). Nearby state averages for context: Nevada (0.82/1k); Florida (0.78/1k); Idaho (0.77/1k); Arkansas (1.11/1k); New Jersey (0.69/1k); Federated States of Micronesia (1.16/1k).

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.