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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 College Salt Lake City · 7,594 students
Enrollment
7,594
Incidents /1k
1.19
14
Snow College Ephraim · 5,577 students
Enrollment
5,577
Incidents /1k
3.23
18
University of Utah Salt Lake City · 36,894 students
Enrollment
36,894
Incidents /1k
15.02
# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Ogden-Weber Technical College Ogden · 4,207 students 4,207 0.48 4% of the leader · rank #1
2 Davis Technical College Kaysville · 4,188 students 4,188 0.48 4% of the leader · rank #2
3 Uintah Basin Technical College Roosevelt · 2,002 students 2,002 0.50 4% of the leader · rank #3
4 Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions Provo · 1,686 students 1,686 0.59 4% of the leader · rank #4
5 Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City · 27,437 students 27,437 0.73 5% of the leader · rank #5
6 Utah Valley University Orem · 46,807 students 46,807 0.77 5% of the leader · rank #6
7 Utah State University Logan · 28,904 students 28,904 1.00 7% of the leader · rank #7
8 Southern Utah University Cedar City · 15,444 students 15,444 1.10 7% of the leader · rank #8
9 Ensign College Salt Lake City · 7,594 students 7,594 1.19 8% of the leader · rank #9
10 Weber State University Ogden · 32,701 students 32,701 1.28 9% of the leader · rank #10
11 Utah Tech University Saint George · 13,167 students 13,167 1.75 12% of the leader · rank #11
12 Brigham Young University Provo · 35,873 students 35,873 1.76 12% of the leader · rank #12
13 Southwest Technical College Cedar City · 864 students 864 2.31 15% of the leader · rank #13
14 Snow College Ephraim · 5,577 students 5,577 3.23 21% of the leader · rank #14
15 Neumont College of Computer Science Salt Lake City · 476 students 476 4.20 28% of the leader · rank #15
16 Westminster University Salt Lake City · 1,155 students 1,155 6.93 46% of the leader · rank #16
17 Skinworks School of Advanced Skincare Salt Lake City · 117 students 117 8.55 57% of the leader · rank #17
18 University of Utah Salt Lake City · 36,894 students 36,894 15.02 100% 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.

# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
Acaydia School of Aesthetics Provo · 113 students 113 0.00
American Beauty Academy Payson · 20 students 20 0.00
American Beauty Academy-West Valley Campus West Valley City · 18 students 18 0.00
Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake City Murray · 306 students 306 0.00
Avalon Institute-Layton Layton · 186 students 186 0.00
Aveda Institute-Provo Provo · 164 students 164 0.00
Bonnie Joseph Academy of Cosmetology & Barbering Heber City · 20 students 20 0.00
Bridgerland Technical College Logan · 1,682 students 1,682 0.00
Cameo College of Essential Beauty Murray · 257 students 257 0.00
Careers Unlimited Orem · 118 students 118 0.00
Collectiv Academy Sandy · 70 students 70 0.00
Dixie Technical College Saint George · 1,347 students 1,347 0.00
Eagle Gate College-Layton Layton · 226 students 226 0.00
Eagle Gate College-Murray Murray · 410 students 410 0.00
Evans Hairstyling College-Cedar City Cedar City · 51 students 51 0.00

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).

3
University of Utah Salt Lake City · 36,894 students
Enrollment
36,894
Incidents /1k
15.02
10
Ensign College Salt Lake City · 7,594 students
Enrollment
7,594
Incidents /1k
1.19
11
Snow College Ephraim · 5,577 students
Enrollment
5,577
Incidents /1k
3.23
# Institution EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Western Governors University Salt Lake City · 210,208 students 210,208 100% of the leader · rank #1 0.00
2 Utah Valley University Orem · 46,807 students 46,807 22% of the leader · rank #2 0.77
3 University of Utah Salt Lake City · 36,894 students 36,894 18% of the leader · rank #3 15.02
4 Brigham Young University Provo · 35,873 students 35,873 17% of the leader · rank #4 1.76
5 Weber State University Ogden · 32,701 students 32,701 16% of the leader · rank #5 1.28
6 Utah State University Logan · 28,904 students 28,904 14% of the leader · rank #6 1.00
7 Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City · 27,437 students 27,437 13% of the leader · rank #7 0.73
8 Southern Utah University Cedar City · 15,444 students 15,444 7% of the leader · rank #8 1.10
9 Utah Tech University Saint George · 13,167 students 13,167 6% of the leader · rank #9 1.75
10 Ensign College Salt Lake City · 7,594 students 7,594 4% of the leader · rank #10 1.19
11 Snow College Ephraim · 5,577 students 5,577 4% of the leader · rank #11 3.23
12 Ogden-Weber Technical College Ogden · 4,207 students 4,207 4% of the leader · rank #12 0.48
13 Davis Technical College Kaysville · 4,188 students 4,188 4% of the leader · rank #13 0.48
14 Mountainland Technical College Lehi · 3,967 students 3,967 4% of the leader · rank #14 0.00
15 Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences Draper · 2,073 students 2,073 4% of the leader · rank #15 0.00

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.