1
Laramie County Community CollegeCheyenne · 4,193 students
- Enrollment
- 4,193
- Incidents /1k
- 0.48
State profile · WY · Clery Act
Safest Colleges in Wyoming
Federal Clery Act filings for all 10 tracked Wyoming campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Laramie County Community College currently has the lowest rate.
- 10
- Institutions tracked
- 2.32
- Avg campus rate / 1k (10 of 10 scored)
- 1.99
- Statewide rate / 1k
- #37
- Rank by avg campus rate
- 31,126
- Students enrolled
Among nonzero Clery reporters, Laramie County Community College has the lowest rate in Wyoming
According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 10 tracked campuses in Wyoming, 3 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Laramie County Community 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
- 10
- average campus, per 1,000 (10 of 10 scored)
- 2.32
- lowest nonzero rate - Laramie County Community
- 0.48
- campuses at zero in score categories
- 3
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet WY · Wyoming 2.32/1k campus avg · #37/59
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY
- RATE-MID 2.32/1k
- RANK-LOWER #37/59
- PHOTO-FINISH Tennessee · ±0.02
- ZERO-MIX 30% zero
- WT-SMALL-HOT Δ +0.33
- BOOK-FULL 10/10
- CONC-HEAVY top5 79%
Nearest campus-rate peer: Tennessee (-0.02/1k)
Wyoming sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY · peer Tennessee. 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-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Tennessee (-0.02/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Laramie County Community 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.
Wyoming's unweighted average campus rate is higher than most scored U.S. states (only 37% of states report a higher average). Even so, Laramie County Community College leads nonzero reporters here at 0.48/1k, with Northern Wyoming Community College District (1.70/1k); University of Wyoming (1.76/1k) next. The five largest campuses account for 79% of enrollment, weigh large-campus rates separately from small ones.
Campus-rate neighbourhood around Wyoming
Lowest/highest poles plus states nearest Wyoming on unweighted average campus Clery rate. Full ladder: /rankings/.
- Marshall Islands · lowest 0
Marshall Islands (MH) - lowest
0 per 1,000 students
- New Hampshire · near 2.27
New Hampshire (NH) - near
2.27 per 1,000 students
- Tennessee · near 2.31
Tennessee (TN) - near
2.31 per 1,000 students
- Wyoming · this state 2.32
Wyoming (WY) - this state
2.32 per 1,000 students
- American Samoa · near 2.37
American Samoa (AS) - near
2.37 per 1,000 students
- North Dakota · near 2.38
North Dakota (ND) - near
2.38 per 1,000 students
- Vermont · highest
Vermont (VT) - highest
9.77 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Wyoming's 2.32/1k unweighted campus average, not a full 50-state board reprint.
Safest colleges in Wyoming, ranked by reported rate
Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 7 Wyoming 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.
2
Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridan · 3,534 students
- Enrollment
- 3,534
- Incidents /1k
- 1.70
3
University of WyomingLaramie · 10,813 students
- Enrollment
- 10,813
- Incidents /1k
- 1.76
4
Casper CollegeCasper · 3,403 students
- Enrollment
- 3,403
- Incidents /1k
- 1.76
5
Western Wyoming Community CollegeRock Springs · 2,653 students
- Enrollment
- 2,653
- Incidents /1k
- 3.39
6
WyoTechLaramie · 1,335 students
- Enrollment
- 1,335
- Incidents /1k
- 6.74
7
Northwest CollegePowell · 1,486 students
- Enrollment
- 1,486
- Incidents /1k
- 7.40
| # | Campus | Enrollment | Incidents /1k |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laramie County Community CollegeCheyenne · 4,193 students | 4,193 | 0.486% of the leader · rank #1 |
| 2 | Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridan · 3,534 students | 3,534 | 1.7023% of the leader · rank #2 |
| 3 | University of WyomingLaramie · 10,813 students | 10,813 | 1.7624% of the leader · rank #3 |
| 4 | Casper CollegeCasper · 3,403 students | 3,403 | 1.7624% of the leader · rank #4 |
| 5 | Western Wyoming Community CollegeRock Springs · 2,653 students | 2,653 | 3.3946% of the leader · rank #5 |
| 6 | WyoTechLaramie · 1,335 students | 1,335 | 6.7491% of the leader · rank #6 |
| 7 | Northwest CollegePowell · 1,486 students | 1,486 | 7.40100% of the leader · rank #7 |
Unranked campuses (3): zero score or no normalized rate
3 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.
Central Wyoming CollegeRiverton · 2,205 students
- Enrollment
- 2,205
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
Cheeks Beauty AcademyCheyenne · 47 students
- Enrollment
- 47
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
Eastern Wyoming CollegeTorrington · 1,457 students
- Enrollment
- 1,457
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
| # | Campus | Enrollment | Incidents /1k |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Wyoming CollegeRiverton · 2,205 students | 2,205 | 0.00 | |
| Cheeks Beauty AcademyCheyenne · 47 students | 47 | 0.00 | |
| Eastern Wyoming CollegeTorrington · 1,457 students | 1,457 | 0.00 |
The largest universities in Wyoming by enrollment
Enrollment leaders: University of Wyoming (10,813); Laramie County Community College (4,193); Northern Wyoming Community College District (3,534), then 7 more. The 10 biggest Wyoming 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 79% of the 31,126 students enrolled across all 10 tracked Wyoming institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Central Wyoming College (2,205 students, 0.00/1k).
1
University of WyomingLaramie · 10,813 students
- Enrollment
- 10,813
- Incidents /1k
- 1.76
2
Laramie County Community CollegeCheyenne · 4,193 students
- Enrollment
- 4,193
- Incidents /1k
- 0.48
3
Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridan · 3,534 students
- Enrollment
- 3,534
- Incidents /1k
- 1.70
4
Casper CollegeCasper · 3,403 students
- Enrollment
- 3,403
- Incidents /1k
- 1.76
5
Western Wyoming Community CollegeRock Springs · 2,653 students
- Enrollment
- 2,653
- Incidents /1k
- 3.39
6
Central Wyoming CollegeRiverton · 2,205 students
- Enrollment
- 2,205
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
7
Northwest CollegePowell · 1,486 students
- Enrollment
- 1,486
- Incidents /1k
- 7.40
8
Eastern Wyoming CollegeTorrington · 1,457 students
- Enrollment
- 1,457
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
9
WyoTechLaramie · 1,335 students
- Enrollment
- 1,335
- Incidents /1k
- 6.74
10
Cheeks Beauty AcademyCheyenne · 47 students
- Enrollment
- 47
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
| # | Institution | Enrollment | Incidents /1k |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of WyomingLaramie · 10,813 students | 10,813100% of the leader · rank #1 | 1.76 |
| 2 | Laramie County Community CollegeCheyenne · 4,193 students | 4,19339% of the leader · rank #2 | 0.48 |
| 3 | Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridan · 3,534 students | 3,53433% of the leader · rank #3 | 1.70 |
| 4 | Casper CollegeCasper · 3,403 students | 3,40331% of the leader · rank #4 | 1.76 |
| 5 | Western Wyoming Community CollegeRock Springs · 2,653 students | 2,65325% of the leader · rank #5 | 3.39 |
| 6 | Central Wyoming CollegeRiverton · 2,205 students | 2,20520% of the leader · rank #6 | 0.00 |
| 7 | Northwest CollegePowell · 1,486 students | 1,48614% of the leader · rank #7 | 7.40 |
| 8 | Eastern Wyoming CollegeTorrington · 1,457 students | 1,45713% of the leader · rank #8 | 0.00 |
| 9 | WyoTechLaramie · 1,335 students | 1,33512% of the leader · rank #9 | 6.74 |
| 10 | Cheeks Beauty AcademyCheyenne · 47 students | 474% of the leader · rank #10 | 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 Wyoming: closest on tracked campus count (10 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (2.32/1k 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: Tennessee sits nearest on unweighted campus average (-0.02/1k). Inside Wyoming, open Laramie County Community College's campus sheet next.
Wyoming campus safety FAQ
What are the safest colleges in Wyoming?
Among Wyoming campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Laramie County Community College has the lowest rate (0.48 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Northern Wyoming Community College District (1.70/1k); University of Wyoming (1.76/1k). 3 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 Wyoming?
In Wyoming, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Laramie County Community 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 Wyoming are compared?
This page covers 10 tracked higher-education institutions in Wyoming, serving about 31,126 enrolled students combined across 8 cities. 7 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 3 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are University of Wyoming (10,813); Laramie County Community College (4,193); Northern Wyoming Community College District (3,534). Nearby state averages for context: Tennessee (2.31/1k); American Samoa (2.37/1k); New Hampshire (2.27/1k); North Dakota (2.38/1k); Indiana (2.24/1k); Alaska (2.41/1k).
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