Safest Colleges in Colorado
25 schools ranked by lowest violent crime rate from federal Clery Act filings. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Violent (4yr avg) | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aims Community College Greeley · community | 0 | $11,463 | 33.1% | $41,887 |
| 2 | Arapahoe Community College Littleton · community | 0 | $11,571 | 26.1% | $48,341 |
| 3 | Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology Denver · private | 0 | $22,905 | 53.6% | $39,506 |
| 4 | Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology Broomfield · private | 0 | $30,065 | 73.5% | $59,093 |
| 5 | Colorado Christian University Lakewood · private | 0 | $29,500 | 31.1% | $50,416 |
| 6 | Colorado Mountain College Glenwood Springs · community | 0 | $7,813 | 33.8% | $44,127 |
| 7 | Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs · private | 0 | $16,745 | 23.9% | $37,180 |
| 8 | Lincoln College of Technology-Denver Denver · private | 0 | $32,423 | 64.4% | $46,396 |
| 9 | Lamar Community College Lamar · community | 0 | $9,161 | 37.4% | $38,719 |
| 10 | Morgan Community College Fort Morgan · community | 0 | $9,266 | 45.1% | $39,429 |
| 11 | Naropa University Boulder · private | 0 | $29,179 | 54.1% | $28,720 |
| 12 | Northeastern Junior College Sterling · community | 0 | $13,801 | 35.3% | $39,893 |
| 13 | Pueblo Community College Pueblo · public | 0 | $12,045 | 30.6% | $37,434 |
| 14 | Intellitec College-Grand Junction Grand Junction · private | 0 | $19,216 | 71.0% | $31,541 |
| 15 | Western Colorado University Gunnison · public | 0 | $16,425 | 47.8% | $46,833 |
| 16 | Pima Medical Institute-Denver Denver · private | 0 | $22,034 | 75.7% | $38,673 |
| 17 | Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder Boulder · private | 0 | $13,367 | 55.6% | $32,001 |
| 18 | Colorado Northwestern Community College Rangely · community | 0.333 | $12,131 | 42.2% | $43,526 |
| 19 | Colorado School of Mines Golden · public | 0.333 | $28,690 | 83.4% | $97,335 |
| 20 | Front Range Community College Westminster · community | 0.333 | $13,031 | 26.0% | $45,910 |
| 21 | University of Northern Colorado Greeley · public | 0.333 | $17,760 | 58.1% | $52,231 |
| 22 | Red Rocks Community College Lakewood · public | 0.333 | $9,044 | 31.6% | $46,288 |
| 23 | Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo · public | 0.333 | $10,051 | 41.4% | $55,563 |
| 24 | Intellitec College-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs · private | 0.333 | $30,716 | 66.1% | $42,169 |
| 25 | Community College of Aurora Aurora · community | 0.667 | $8,656 | 18.7% | $44,592 |
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