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 | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Technical College of the Rockies Delta · public | 0 | $3,796 | 95.7% | $45,516 | — |
| 9 | Lincoln College of Technology-Denver Denver · private | 0 | $32,423 | 64.4% | $46,396 | — |
| 10 | Emily Griffith Technical College Denver · public | 0 | $7,197 | 92.2% | $35,487 | — |
| 11 | International Salon and Spa Academy Colorado Springs · private | 0 | $20,725 | 79.0% | $22,332 | — |
| 12 | Lamar Community College Lamar · community | 0 | $9,161 | 37.4% | $38,719 | — |
| 13 | Morgan Community College Fort Morgan · community | 0 | $9,266 | 45.1% | $39,429 | — |
| 14 | Naropa University Boulder · private | 0 | $29,179 | 54.1% | $28,720 | 100.0% |
| 15 | Northeastern Junior College Sterling · community | 0 | $13,801 | 35.3% | $39,893 | — |
| 16 | Pueblo Community College Pueblo · public | 0 | $12,045 | 30.6% | $37,434 | — |
| 17 | Pickens Technical College Aurora · public | 0 | $6,600 | 67.9% | $39,210 | — |
| 18 | Intellitec College-Grand Junction Grand Junction · private | 0 | $19,216 | 71.0% | $31,541 | — |
| 19 | Empire Beauty School-Thornton Thornton · private | 0 | $16,752 | 65.1% | $24,397 | — |
| 20 | Western Colorado University Gunnison · public | 0 | $16,425 | 47.8% | $46,833 | 99.7% |
| 21 | Avalon Institute-Aurora Aurora · private | 0 | $15,856 | 81.1% | $24,367 | — |
| 22 | Pima Medical Institute-Denver Denver · private | 0 | $22,034 | 75.7% | $38,673 | — |
| 23 | Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder Boulder · private | 0 | $13,367 | 55.6% | $32,001 | — |
| 24 | Denver College of Nursing Denver · private | 0 | — | 85.8% | $81,809 | — |
| 25 | Aveda Institute-Denver Denver · private | 0 | $20,167 | 83.2% | $38,020 | — |
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