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Washington Campus Safety

According to the U.S. Department of Education's Clery Act filings, this covers on-campus safety for all 92 tracked colleges and universities in Washington, ranked by reported incident rate per 1,000 enrolled students.

92
Institutions tracked
2.80
Avg incidents / 1k
#41
State safety rank
321,653
Students enrolled

Data updated June 2026

The state in one line

Across Washington's 92 campuses, City University of Seattle reports the lowest rate (0.00 per 1,000), the median campus reports 1.08, and 40 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents.

92
campuses tracked
2.80
statewide avg, per 1,000
0.00
safest - City University of
40
campuses reporting zero

Per-1,000-student rates let small and large campuses be compared fairly, but a handful of reports at a small school can still produce a high rate. Read alongside enrollment.

Washington reports Clery Act campus safety data across 92 higher education institutions distributed across 41 cities , serving approximately 321,653 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 2.80 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Washington at national rank #41 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Washington reports 1.08 incidents per 1,000 students, while 40 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

The largest institution by enrollment is University of Washington-Seattle Campus with 55,620 students and a safety score of 6.13. Raw incident counts across institutions in this state must be interpreted alongside enrollment size, a large urban research university and a small rural liberal arts college produce very different absolute numbers for identical underlying risk.

Every institution listed below participates in federal financial aid programs and is therefore legally required under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to publish annual on-campus crime statistics. The data is collected by the US Department of Education via the OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey. Rankings shown on this page reflect incident rates per 1,000 enrolled students, so smaller schools with a handful of reports can score worse than large universities with dozens of reports. Use the table below to compare campuses with similar enrollment profiles before drawing conclusions about relative safety.

Washington campuses, ranked by safety

# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 City University of Seattle Tacoma · 1,970 students 1,970 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #1
2 Cornish College of the Arts Seattle · 502 students 502 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #2
3 Grays Harbor College Aberdeen · 1,663 students 1,663 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #3
4 Heritage University Toppenish · 835 students 835 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #4
5 Bastyr University Kenmore · 760 students 760 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #5
6 Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland · 3,357 students 3,357 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #6
7 Lower Columbia College Longview · 2,412 students 2,412 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #7
8 Perry Technical Institute Yakima · 973 students 973 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #8
9 Spokane Community College Spokane · 6,286 students 6,286 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #9
10 Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee · 2,819 students 2,819 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #10
11 Antioch University-Seattle Seattle · 800 students 800 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #11
12 Northwest Indian College Bellingham · 696 students 696 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #12
13 DigiPen Institute of Technology Redmond · 1,100 students 1,100 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #13
14 Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences Yakima · 649 students 649 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #14
15 Whatcom Community College Bellingham · 3,490 students 3,490 0.29 4% of the leader · rank #15
16 Columbia Basin College Pasco · 6,729 students 6,729 0.30 4% of the leader · rank #16
17 Walla Walla Community College Walla Walla · 2,982 students 2,982 0.67 4% of the leader · rank #17
18 South Puget Sound Community College Olympia · 4,252 students 4,252 0.71 4% of the leader · rank #18
19 Renton Technical College Renton · 3,060 students 3,060 0.98 4% of the leader · rank #19
20 Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett Everett · 1,019 students 1,019 0.98 4% of the leader · rank #20
21 Bellingham Technical College Bellingham · 1,850 students 1,850 1.08 4% of the leader · rank #21
22 Peninsula College Port Angeles · 1,837 students 1,837 1.09 4% of the leader · rank #22
23 Shoreline Community College Shoreline · 4,460 students 4,460 1.12 4% of the leader · rank #23
24 Clark College Vancouver · 7,149 students 7,149 1.40 5% of the leader · rank #24
25 Yakima Valley College Yakima · 3,523 students 3,523 1.42 5% of the leader · rank #25
26 Skagit Valley College Mount Vernon · 4,098 students 4,098 1.46 5% of the leader · rank #26
27 Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education Kirkland · 1,343 students 1,343 1.49 5% of the leader · rank #27
28 South Seattle College Seattle · 5,295 students 5,295 1.51 5% of the leader · rank #28
29 Olympic College Bremerton · 5,413 students 5,413 1.66 5% of the leader · rank #29
30 Whitworth University Spokane · 2,345 students 2,345 1.71 6% of the leader · rank #30
31 University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell · 5,809 students 5,809 1.72 6% of the leader · rank #31
32 Bellevue College Bellevue · 11,472 students 11,472 1.92 6% of the leader · rank #32
33 Northwest University Kirkland · 999 students 999 2.00 7% of the leader · rank #33
34 University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma · 4,777 students 4,777 2.09 7% of the leader · rank #34
35 Big Bend Community College Moses Lake · 1,786 students 1,786 2.24 7% of the leader · rank #35
36 Edmonds College Lynnwood · 6,028 students 6,028 2.32 8% of the leader · rank #36
37 North Seattle College Seattle · 5,017 students 5,017 2.39 8% of the leader · rank #37
38 Green River College Auburn · 7,361 students 7,361 2.45 8% of the leader · rank #38
39 Clover Park Technical College Lakewood · 3,040 students 3,040 2.63 9% of the leader · rank #39
40 Saint Martin's University Lacey · 1,505 students 1,505 2.66 9% of the leader · rank #40
41 Eastern Washington University Cheney · 10,741 students 10,741 2.70 9% of the leader · rank #41
42 Highline College Des Moines · 5,126 students 5,126 2.73 9% of the leader · rank #42
43 Washington State University Pullman · 26,490 students 26,490 3.02 10% of the leader · rank #43
44 Everett Community College Everett · 6,211 students 6,211 3.22 10% of the leader · rank #44
45 Bates Technical College Tacoma · 3,817 students 3,817 3.41 11% of the leader · rank #45
46 The Evergreen State College Olympia · 2,320 students 2,320 3.45 11% of the leader · rank #46
47 Western Washington University Bellingham · 14,651 students 14,651 3.89 13% of the leader · rank #47
48 Central Washington University Ellensburg · 8,796 students 8,796 4.21 14% of the leader · rank #48
49 Seattle Central College Seattle · 5,210 students 5,210 4.41 14% of the leader · rank #49
50 Seattle University Seattle · 7,182 students 7,182 4.87 16% of the leader · rank #50
51 Cascadia College Bothell · 2,013 students 2,013 4.97 16% of the leader · rank #51
52 Tacoma Community College Tacoma · 5,771 students 5,771 5.03 16% of the leader · rank #52
53 Gonzaga University Spokane · 7,306 students 7,306 5.20 17% of the leader · rank #53
54 Pierce College District Lakewood · 7,427 students 7,427 5.66 18% of the leader · rank #54
55 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · 55,620 students 55,620 6.13 20% of the leader · rank #55
56 Centralia College Centralia · 2,335 students 2,335 8.14 27% of the leader · rank #56
57 Whitman College Walla Walla · 1,544 students 1,544 10.36 34% of the leader · rank #57
58 Walla Walla University College Place · 1,397 students 1,397 10.74 35% of the leader · rank #58
59 UEI College-Tacoma Tacoma · 557 students 557 12.57 41% of the leader · rank #59
60 University of Puget Sound Tacoma · 1,914 students 1,914 18.81 61% of the leader · rank #60
61 Spokane Falls Community College Spokane · 3,903 students 3,903 19.47 63% of the leader · rank #61
62 Seattle Pacific University Seattle · 2,659 students 2,659 21.06 69% of the leader · rank #62
63 Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma · 2,737 students 2,737 30.69 100% of the leader · rank #63
64 Academy of Interactive Entertainment Seattle · 76 students 76 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #64
65 Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle Seattle · 157 students 157 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #65
66 Aveda Institute Portland-Vancouver Campus Vancouver · 130 students 130 7.69 25% of the leader · rank #66
67 BJ's Beauty & Barber College Tacoma · 26 students 26 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #67
68 Carrington College-Spokane Spokane · 296 students 296 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #68
69 Centralia Beauty College Centralia · 88 students 88 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #69
70 Divers Institute of Technology Seattle · 279 students 279 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #70
71 Elite Cosmetology, Barber & Spa Academy Yakima · 55 students 55 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #71
72 Faith International University Tacoma · 370 students 370 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #72
73 Great Northern University Spokane · 36 students 36 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #73
74 International Air and Hospitality Academy Vancouver · 132 students 132 7.58 25% of the leader · rank #74
75 International Beauty Education Center Airway Heights · 111 students 111 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #75
76 KaiStar Federal Way · 151 students 151 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #76
77 Northwest College of Art & Design Tacoma · 150 students 150 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #77
78 Northwest HVAC/R Training Center Spokane · 49 students 49 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #78
79 Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building Port Hadlock · 43 students 43 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #79
80 Pacific Northwest Christian College Kennewick · 129 students 129 7.75 25% of the leader · rank #80
81 Paul Mitchell the School-Richland Richland · 288 students 288 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #81
82 Paul Mitchell the School-Spokane Spokane Valley · 195 students 195 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #82
83 Pima Medical Institute-Renton Renton · 400 students 400 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #83
84 Pima Medical Institute-Seattle Seattle · 450 students 450 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #84
85 Seattle Film Institute Seattle · 81 students 81 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #85
86 Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine Seattle · 43 students 43 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #86
87 Studio Beauty School Spokane Valley · 106 students 106 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #87
88 Stylemaster College of Hair Design Longview · 64 students 64 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #88
89 Summit Salon Academy Tacoma · 148 students 148 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #89
90 The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology Seattle · 257 students 257 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #90
91 Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Shoreline Shoreline · 127 students 127 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #91
92 Victoria's Academy of Cosmetology Kennewick · 28 students 28 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #92

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What this means for you

Use Washington's list as a starting point for comparison, not a final judgment on any one campus.

  • Weigh a Washington campus against similarly-sized institutions, scale changes what a raw count means. Compare campuses
  • See City University of Seattle's full profile and how its rate breaks down by incident category. View City University of
  • National rankings put this state in context against every other state. National rankings

Figures reflect the June 2026 Clery Act reporting release as filed with the U.S. Department of Education.

Data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety & Security Survey (Clery Act). See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCampus Editorial.

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