How does the Clery Act affect American Public University System?

The Clery Act (Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act) requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to disclose crime statistics and security information annually. The data reported here comes directly from the US Department of Education's OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey.

What is a campus safety score?

The safety score divides 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents by enrollment, per 1,000 students. It does not include arrests, disciplinary referrals, fire records, unreported harm, or nearby crime. Lower scores mean fewer included incidents relative to enrollment. Only nonzero scores at campuses with 500 or more students are ranked; a 0.00 score is left unranked.

Charles Town, WV · Clery Act 2024 · Private For-Profit

American Public University System

American Public University System reported zero incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section for 2022–2024. Other Clery tables can still contain reports, and zero here does not mean no risk.

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0.00
Incidents / 1k students: #10
WV rank: 50,715
Enrolled students

0.00 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students

American Public University System reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories (0.00 per 1,000). Zero in those categories is not a safety proof, other Clery tables and unreported harm can still exist, and zero-report campuses are left unranked against each other.

Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey

incidents / 1,000 students: 0.00
Criminal Offenses, 2024: 0

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Data updated August 2026

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Sheet 449339 · American Public University System 0.00/1k score rate

RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-FLAT · CAT-NONE · ENR-LARGE · FIRE-NONE

RATE-ZERO 0.00/1k
RANK-UNK Nat rank n/a
ST-UPPER #10 in state
PEER-FINISH Walden University · ±0.00
ZERO-FILED Zero filed
TREND-FLAT Flat
CAT-NONE No incidents
ENR-LARGE 50,715
FIRE-NONE No res filing

Nearest enrollment peer: Walden University (+0.00/1k)

American Public University System sheet RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-FLAT · CAT-NONE · ENR-LARGE · FIRE-NONE · peer Walden University. Codes from this campus OPE filing: score-category rate, national/state rank, named enrollment peer, zero posture, Criminal Offenses trend, lead category, enrollment band, fire filing. Not a moving recommendation.

Clery plate RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-FLAT · CAT-NONE · ENR-LARGE · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Walden University (+0.00/1k). Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.

American Public University System · this campus · lowest

0
Walden University · near

0
University of Wisconsin-Madison · near

3.8
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus · near

4.22
Michigan State University · highest peer

5.32

What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around American Public University System's 0.00/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.

Reporting-period change

What changed in 2024

No change

American Public University System was unchanged from 0 to 0 reported on-campus incidents between the 2023 and 2024 reporting years in the U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey.

This is a change in reported incidents, not a measure of individual safety. Enrollment, reporting practice, and category coverage can affect the count.

See national reporting-year changes

Signature insight · size does not equal danger

Campus size vs reported safety rate

Among 25 WV 4-year peers in this comparison, American Public University System is larger than 100% and safer-reporting than 75% - the larger, safer-reporting quadrant. Axes are within-sample percentiles so outliers share the same frame; a higher safety percentile means a lower Clery incidents-per-1,000 rate.

Enrollment vs Clery incidents per 1,000 (inverted to safety percentile), 2024 reporting year

Read the chart as text

Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
American Public University…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75

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Campus	Enrollment	Rate / 1k	Size pct	Safety pct
Future Generations University	48	0.00	0	75
West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition	64	328.13	4	0
Appalachian Bible College	223	0.00	8	75
Bethany College	640	21.88	13	4
Davis & Elkins College	661	7.56	17	17
West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown	673	0.00	21	75
Valley College-Martinsburg	765	0.00	25	75
Wheeling University	774	2.58	29	50
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine	835	0.00	33	75
West Virginia Wesleyan College	1,055	13.27	38	8
Potomac State College of West Virginia University	1,077	5.57	42	25
American Public University System (this campus)	50,715	0.00	100	75

Sample of 12 campuses from the plot (sorted by enrollment). Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey + IPEDS enrollment. Rate = on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students; lower is safer-reporting, not a personal-risk forecast.

Enrollment scale

How campus size shapes the safety figures

With 50,715 enrolled students, American Public University System is the 32nd largest of the 5,585 institutions in this dataset with a reported enrollment, ahead of 5,553 of them. Closest same-state same-level scored peers by enrollment: West Virginia University (6.43/1k); Marshall University (1.34/1k); Shepherd University (1.50/1k); Fairmont State University (3.03/1k); West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); University of Charleston (0.65/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k). The score above normalizes 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students, so compare it with similarly sized campuses instead of treating a higher raw count as evidence that a campus is less safe (Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus is the nearest similar-enrollment comparison on this profile).

Crime Statistics by Year

Across 3 reporting years (2022–2024), American Public University System has no non-zero Criminal Offenses cell in the 11 Clery categories this profile tracks. Enrollment peer in this dataset: Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus.

Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Zero-filled category grids are omitted when every cell is zero (progressive surface); other Clery tables remain below when present

Arrests & Disciplinary Actions

9 category-year records

9 reported records

Category	Year	Discipline
Drugs	2024	2
Liquor	2024	0
Weapons	2024	0
Drugs	2023	0
Liquor	2023	0
Weapons	2023	0
Drugs	2022	0
Liquor	2022	0
Weapons	2022	0

American Public University System vs peer institutions

Side-by-side safety scores for 3 peers of similar enrollment

Scores are $2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students (lower is fewer in those categories).

Selected

American Public University System

0.00 incidents / 1,000 students

National rank: Unranked
Enrollment: 50,715
Data year: 2024

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

4.22 incidents / 1,000 students

National rank: #1,520
Enrollment: 50,737
Data year: 2024

University of Wisconsin-Madison

3.80 incidents / 1,000 students

National rank: #1,449
Enrollment: 51,044
Data year: 2024

Cost context

Where American Public University System sits on price and outcomes

See West Virginia's cost ranking

At $9,597, American Public University System's reported average net price is cheaper than 47% among 60 West Virginia colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $9,988.

$9,597
average net price: $9,988
West Virginia median: 1.5×
six-year earnings to median debt

Median reported earnings six years after entry are $32,917, roughly 3.4 times a year of net price. That is a workable ratio, though it says nothing about how long the programme takes to finish.

Average net price reflects grant and scholarship aid for aided students, not a personal offer. Earnings cover former students who received federal aid; neither measure predicts an individual's outcome.

Academic & Financial Profile

Tuition & Costs

In-State Tuition: $8,400
Out-of-State Tuition: $8,400
Avg Net Price: $9,597
Median Debt: $21,743
Pell Grant Recipients: 25%

How does this cost rank in WV? →

Outcomes

4-Year Graduation Rate: 55%
Retention Rate: 97%
Median Earnings (6yr): $32,917
Median Earnings (10yr): $44,409
Loan Repayment (3yr): 60%

Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.

Similar Institutions

Showing 5 of 138 similar institutions by enrollment size.

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

University Park, PA · 50,737 enrolled

Safety Score 4.22

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI · 51,044 enrolled

Safety Score 3.80

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL · 49,622 enrolled

Safety Score 4.63

Walden University

Minneapolis, MN · 49,441 enrolled

Safety Score 0.00

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI · 52,089 enrolled

Safety Score 5.32

Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate

Two Clery-derived peer sets for American Public University System, both outside WV so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).

Similar enrollment (nationwide)

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

University Park, PA · 50,737 enrolled

Safety score 4.22

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI · 51,044 enrolled

Safety score 3.80

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL · 49,622 enrolled

Safety score 4.63

Walden University

Minneapolis, MN · 49,441 enrolled

Safety score 0.00

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI · 52,089 enrolled

Safety score 5.32

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ · 52,269 enrolled

Safety score 2.24

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · 52,855 enrolled

Safety score 3.75

Indiana University-Bloomington

Bloomington, IN · 48,424 enrolled

Safety score 6.53

Frequently Asked Questions

Is American Public University System safe?

American Public University System has a safety score of 0.00 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students). It filed zero 2024 score-category incidents, so it is left unranked against other zeros rather than ordered by invention; same-state same-level campuses on file include West Virginia University (6.43/1k); Marshall University (1.34/1k); Shepherd University (1.50/1k); Fairmont State University (3.03/1k); West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); University of Charleston (0.65/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k).

What crimes are reported at American Public University System?

None in the Criminal Offenses section. American Public University System reported zero in every category in that section for calendar year 2024. VAWA, arrests, disciplinary referrals, and fire records are separate tables.

How does American Public University System compare to similar schools?

American Public University System reports 100% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (4.22/1k); University of Wisconsin-Madison (3.80/1k); University of South Florida (4.63/1k); Walden University (0.00/1k); Michigan State University (5.32/1k). Same-state same-level set: West Virginia University (6.43/1k); Marshall University (1.34/1k); Shepherd University (1.50/1k); Fairmont State University (3.03/1k); West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); University of Charleston (0.65/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k).

Does American Public University System have fire safety data?

American Public University System has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.

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