VA
Averett University
7.45 incidents / 1,000 students
Danville, VA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Averett University
Across 2022–2024, Averett University reported 24 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Fondling). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Bridgewater College.
- 7.45
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,826
- Rank of 2,072
- #68
- VA rank
- 1,476
- Enrolled students
7.45 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Averett University reports 7.45 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 5377% above Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Weill Medical College of Cornell University (0.00/1k); Thomas University (0.00/1k); New York Medical College (0.00/1k); Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology (0.68/1k); Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Bridgewater College (12.43/1k); Virginia Military Institute (7.20/1k); Emory & Henry University (5.34/1k); Virginia Union University (3.65/1k); Randolph-Macon College (9.48/1k); Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach (0.00/1k); Eastern Virginia Medical School (4.93/1k); Mary Baldwin University (3.95/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 7.45
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,826
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 88%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 11
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 231420 · Averett University 7.45/1k score rate · #1,826/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HOT 7.45/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,826/2,072
- ST-MID #68 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Thaddeus Stevens College of · +6.77
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 10%
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-SMALL 1,476
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology (-6.77/1k)
Averett University sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. 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-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology (-6.77/1k). National rank #1,826 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Averett University reports 7.45 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 5377% above Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Weill Medical College of Cornell University (0.00/1k); Thomas University (0.00/1k); New York Medical College (0.00/1k); Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology (0.68/1k); Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Bridgewater College (12.43/1k); Virginia Military Institute (7.20/1k); Emory & Henry University (5.34/1k); Virginia Union University (3.65/1k); Randolph-Macon College (9.48/1k); Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach (0.00/1k); Eastern Virginia Medical School (4.93/1k); Mary Baldwin University (3.95/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Averett University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Averett on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Weill Medical College of · lowest peer 0
Weill Medical College of Cornell University — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Thomas University · near 0
Thomas University — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Thaddeus Stevens College of · near 0.68
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology — near
0.68 per 1,000 students
- Averett University · this campus · highest
Averett University — this campus · highest
7.45 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Averett University's 7.45/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Averett University increased from 3 to 11 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 VA 4-year peers in this comparison, Averett University is larger than 67% and safer-reporting than 11% - the larger, higher-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.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Averett University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South University-Virginia Beach | 258 | 0.00 | 0 | 56 |
| Sentara College of Health Sciences | 312 | 0.00 | 3 | 56 |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Falls Church | 348 | 0.00 | 6 | 56 |
| Riverside College of Health Careers | 350 | 0.00 | 8 | 56 |
| South University-Richmond | 395 | 0.00 | 11 | 56 |
| Sweet Briar College | 444 | 0.00 | 14 | 56 |
| Virginia University of Integrative Medicine | 457 | 0.00 | 17 | 56 |
| Divine Mercy University | 463 | 0.00 | 19 | 56 |
| University of the Potomac-VA Campus | 551 | 0.00 | 22 | 56 |
| Chamberlain University-Virginia | 557 | 1.80 | 25 | 53 |
| Virginia University of Lynchburg | 581 | 0.00 | 28 | 56 |
| Averett University (this campus) | 1,476 | 7.45 | 67 | 11 |
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 Averett University rose from 3 to 11 (+267%). The increase shows up in Burglary (1 to 6), Fondling (1 to 3) and Rape (1 to 2).
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 Averett University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Fondling, Burglary, Rape and Motor Vehicle Theft. Fondling accounts for most of them.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Incest and Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter. 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 onlyAverett University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 10% (10 → 11 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Burglary | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Rape | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 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
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 6 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 7 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 24 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 6 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 18 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Averett 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).
NY
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
GA
Thomas University
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Averett University sits on price and outcomes
At $22,925, Averett University's reported average net price is cheaper than 64% among 107 Virginia colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $19,096.
- $22,925
- average net price
- $19,096
- Virginia median
- 1.9×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $5,746
- reported income-bracket spread
Price barely responds to income at this institution. Families under $30,000 report $23,064 and those above $110,000 report $28,810, a difference of just $5,746. Where the curve is this flat, need-based aid is doing little of the work and the sticker figure is close to what most families actually pay.
Six-year median earnings of $46,273 run about 2.0 times the annual net price. The margin is real but narrow, so how many years of price a student actually pays matters a great deal here.
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
- $38,550
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $38,550
- Avg Net Price
- $22,925
- Median Debt
- $25,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 41%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- SAT Average
- 1135
- SAT Math Range
- 478-560
- ACT Average
- 20
- ACT Range
- 15-28
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 46%
- Retention Rate
- 65%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $46,273
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $51,516
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 62%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,306 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY · 1,474 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Thomas University
Thomasville, GA · 1,471 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY · 1,471 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Lancaster, PA · 1,470 enrolled
Safety Score 0.68
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College
Logan, WV · 1,482 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Averett University (national rank #1826) sits near Nazareth University (#1827) and Elizabethtown College (#1825) 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 Averett University, both outside VA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY · 1,474 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY · 1,471 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Thomas University
Thomasville, GA · 1,471 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Wartburg College
Waverly, IA · 1,483 enrolled
Safety score 1.35
LIM College
New York, NY · 1,467 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Kettering University
Flint, MI · 1,466 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Northwest College
Powell, WY · 1,486 enrolled
Safety score 7.40
Galen College of Nursing-Tampa Bay
Saint Petersburg, FL · 1,465 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA · 2,283 enrolled
Safety score 7.45
Trinidad State College
Trinidad, CO · 1,613 enrolled
Safety score 7.44
Illinois College
Jacksonville, IL · 942 enrolled
Safety score 7.43
Nazareth University
Rochester, NY · 2,401 enrolled
Safety score 7.50
Baylor University
Waco, TX · 20,626 enrolled
Safety score 7.51
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA · 41,705 enrolled
Safety score 7.39
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD · 30,210 enrolled
Safety score 7.38
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Averett University safe?
Averett University has a safety score of 7.45 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,826 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Weill Medical College of Cornell University (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Bridgewater College (12.43/1k); Virginia Military Institute (7.20/1k); Emory & Henry University (5.34/1k); Virginia Union University (3.65/1k); Randolph-Macon College (9.48/1k); Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach (0.00/1k); Eastern Virginia Medical School (4.93/1k); Mary Baldwin University (3.95/1k).
What crimes are reported at Averett University?
For calendar year 2024, Averett University reported Burglary (6), Fondling (3) and Rape (2) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Averett University compare to similar schools?
Averett University reports 5377% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Weill Medical College of Cornell University (0.00/1k); Thomas University (0.00/1k); New York Medical College (0.00/1k); Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology (0.68/1k); Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Bridgewater College (12.43/1k); Virginia Military Institute (7.20/1k); Emory & Henry University (5.34/1k); Virginia Union University (3.65/1k); Randolph-Macon College (9.48/1k); Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach (0.00/1k); Eastern Virginia Medical School (4.93/1k); Mary Baldwin University (3.95/1k).
Does Averett University have fire safety data?
Yes. Averett 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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