PA
Arcadia University
2.94 incidents / 1,000 students
Glenside, PA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Arcadia University
Across 2022–2024, Arcadia University reported 24 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Rape.
- 2.94
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,268
- Rank of 2,072
- #84
- PA rank
- 3,404
- Enrolled students
2.94 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Arcadia University reports 2.94 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 67% above Casper College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Casper College (1.76/1k); Clover Park Technical College (0.59/1k); Hope College (3.53/1k); School of the Art Institute of Chicago (0.29/1k); Spelman College (2.63/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Messiah University (10.97/1k); Point Park University (0.29/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (6.00/1k); Holy Family University (0.62/1k); Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (0.27/1k); La Salle University (12.05/1k); York College of Pennsylvania (4.44/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 2.94
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,268
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 61%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 9
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 211088 · Arcadia University 2.94/1k score rate · #1,268/2,072
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-MID 2.94/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,268/2,072
- ST-MID #84 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Spelman College · +0.30
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 3,404
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Spelman College (-0.30/1k)
Arcadia University sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Spelman College. 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Spelman College (-0.30/1k). National rank #1,268 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Arcadia University reports 2.94 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 67% above Casper College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Casper College (1.76/1k); Clover Park Technical College (0.59/1k); Hope College (3.53/1k); School of the Art Institute of Chicago (0.29/1k); Spelman College (2.63/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Messiah University (10.97/1k); Point Park University (0.29/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (6.00/1k); Holy Family University (0.62/1k); Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (0.27/1k); La Salle University (12.05/1k); York College of Pennsylvania (4.44/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Arcadia University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Arcadia on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- School of the Art · lowest peer 0.29
School of the Art Institute of Chicago — lowest peer
0.29 per 1,000 students
- Casper College · near
Casper College — near
1.76 per 1,000 students
- Spelman College · near
Spelman College — near
2.63 per 1,000 students
- Arcadia University · this campus
Arcadia University — this campus
2.94 per 1,000 students
- Hope College · highest peer
Hope College — highest peer
3.53 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Arcadia University's 2.94/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Arcadia University increased from 6 to 9 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 changesSignature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among 37 PA 4-year peers in this comparison, Arcadia University is larger than 78% and safer-reporting than 56% - 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 94
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Arcadia University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche University | 2,153 | 0.46 | 0 | 83 |
| Delaware Valley University | 2,199 | 6.37 | 3 | 28 |
| Misericordia University | 2,200 | 1.36 | 6 | 64 |
| Lackawanna College | 2,211 | 0.90 | 8 | 69 |
| Neumann University | 2,244 | 4.46 | 11 | 39 |
| Susquehanna University | 2,255 | 10.20 | 14 | 11 |
| Elizabethtown College | 2,283 | 7.45 | 17 | 22 |
| Chatham University | 2,309 | 3.03 | 19 | 53 |
| Dickinson College | 2,314 | 17.29 | 22 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 2,371 | 9.70 | 25 | 14 |
| Carlow University | 2,416 | 0.00 | 28 | 97 |
| Arcadia University (this campus) | 3,404 | 2.94 | 78 | 56 |
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.
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at Arcadia University rose from 6 to 9 (+50%). The increase shows up in Fondling (0 to 3) and Motor Vehicle Theft (1 to 3). Falling over the same period: Rape (5 to 3).
This describes reported incidents, not crime. Clery counts move with reporting policy, awareness campaigns and how a campus staffs its security authorities, so a rise can reflect better capture of reports and a fall can reflect worse capture. One year of movement at a single campus is not a trend.
What actually gets reported at Arcadia University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Fondling and Motor Vehicle Theft. Rape accounts for most of them.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Burglary and Incest. Under the Clery Act that zero is an affirmative report that nothing in the category occurred, not an absence of data, which is why the table below lists those rows rather than dropping them.
Counts describe incidents reported under the Clery Act for the on-campus geography. Reporting practice varies between institutions, so counts are not a direct measure of relative safety.
Crime Statistics by Year
11 categories 3 reporting years on-campus onlyArcadia University: Criminal Offenses by year
Stable 0% (9 → 9 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Fondling | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statutory Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Table figures show the Criminal Offenses section; other Clery tables are separate
Fire Safety
| Year | Fires | Inj. | Deaths | Cat I | Cat II |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
18 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 27 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 59 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 15 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 30 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 25 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 64 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Arcadia University 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).
WY
Casper College
1.76 incidents / 1,000 students
WA
Clover Park Technical College
0.59 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Arcadia University sits on price and outcomes
At $29,466, Arcadia University's reported average net price is cheaper than 87% among 261 Pennsylvania colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $19,954.
- $29,466
- average net price
- $19,954
- Pennsylvania median
- 1.6×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $11,212
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $23,127 for families reporting under $30,000 against $34,339 above $110,000, a difference of $11,212. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $29,466 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Median earnings six years after entry ($44,004) are less than 1.5 years of the reported net price. That is a thin margin, and it is the figure worth pressing the school on before enrolling.
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
- $49,610
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $49,610
- Avg Net Price
- $29,466
- Median Debt
- $27,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 28%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 80%
- SAT Average
- 1190
- SAT Math Range
- 515-615
- ACT Average
- 25
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 65%
- Retention Rate
- 79%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $44,004
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $58,336
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 75%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,224 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Casper College
Casper, WY · 3,403 enrolled
Safety Score 1.76
Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood, WA · 3,408 enrolled
Safety Score 0.59
Hope College
Holland, MI · 3,395 enrolled
Safety Score 3.53
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL · 3,394 enrolled
Safety Score 0.29
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA · 3,417 enrolled
Safety Score 2.63
Closest by National Rank
Arcadia University (national rank #1268) sits near Tufts University (#1269) and Corban University (#1267) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Arcadia University, both outside PA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood, WA · 3,408 enrolled
Safety score 0.59
Hope College
Holland, MI · 3,395 enrolled
Safety score 3.53
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL · 3,394 enrolled
Safety score 0.29
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA · 3,417 enrolled
Safety score 2.63
Pacific University
Forest Grove, OR · 3,427 enrolled
Safety score 3.50
East Central University
Ada, OK · 3,377 enrolled
Safety score 1.48
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts
San Jose, CA · 3,437 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Husson University
Bangor, ME · 3,367 enrolled
Safety score 2.08
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Tufts University
Medford, MA · 13,599 enrolled
Safety score 2.94
Corban University
Salem, OR · 1,029 enrolled
Safety score 2.92
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL · 40,846 enrolled
Safety score 2.91
Le Moyne College
Syracuse, NY · 3,091 enrolled
Safety score 2.91
St Bonaventure University
Saint Bonaventure, NY · 2,752 enrolled
Safety score 2.91
Chapman University
Orange, CA · 9,760 enrolled
Safety score 2.97
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Charleston, SC · 3,793 enrolled
Safety score 2.90
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT · 17,135 enrolled
Safety score 2.98
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Arcadia University safe?
Arcadia University has a safety score of 2.94 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,268 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Casper College (1.76/1k). Same-state same-level set: Messiah University (10.97/1k); Point Park University (0.29/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (6.00/1k); Holy Family University (0.62/1k); Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (0.27/1k); La Salle University (12.05/1k); York College of Pennsylvania (4.44/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k).
What crimes are reported at Arcadia University?
For calendar year 2024, Arcadia University reported Fondling (3), Motor Vehicle Theft (3) and Rape (3) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Arcadia University compare to similar schools?
Arcadia University reports 67% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Casper College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Casper College (1.76/1k); Clover Park Technical College (0.59/1k); Hope College (3.53/1k); School of the Art Institute of Chicago (0.29/1k); Spelman College (2.63/1k). Same-state same-level set: Messiah University (10.97/1k); Point Park University (0.29/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (6.00/1k); Holy Family University (0.62/1k); Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (0.27/1k); La Salle University (12.05/1k); York College of Pennsylvania (4.44/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k).
Does Arcadia University have fire safety data?
Yes. Arcadia University reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. No fires were reported in the most recent year.
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