MS
Belhaven University
0.24 incidents / 1,000 students
Jackson, MS · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Belhaven University
Across 2022–2024, Belhaven University reported 5 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Motor Vehicle Theft). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Mississippi College.
- 0.24
- Incidents / 1k students
- #145
- Rank of 2,072
- #9
- MS rank
- 4,213
- Enrolled students
0.24 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Belhaven University reports 0.24 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 84% below Loma Linda University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Loma Linda University (5.94/1k); Ogden-Weber Technical College (0.48/1k); Bismarck State College (0.95/1k); Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico (0.00/1k); Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (0.24/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Mississippi College (1.92/1k); William Carey University (0.19/1k); Alcorn State University (2.34/1k); Delta State University (0.38/1k); Mississippi Valley State University (4.08/1k); Mississippi University for Women (0.46/1k); Jackson State University (3.95/1k); Tougaloo College (3.84/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.24
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #145
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 93%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 0
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 175421 · Belhaven University 0.24/1k score rate · #145/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-QUIET 0.24/1k
- RANK-TOP #145/2,072
- ST-UPPER #9 in state
- PEER-FINISH Blue Ridge Community and · ±0.00
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 100%
- CAT-LEAD Motor Vehicle Th…
- ENR-SMALL 4,213
- FIRE-REPORT 1 fire
Nearest enrollment peer: Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (+0.00/1k)
Belhaven University sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer Blue Ridge Community and Technical 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-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (+0.00/1k). National rank #145 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Belhaven University reports 0.24 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 84% below Loma Linda University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Loma Linda University (5.94/1k); Ogden-Weber Technical College (0.48/1k); Bismarck State College (0.95/1k); Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico (0.00/1k); Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (0.24/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Mississippi College (1.92/1k); William Carey University (0.19/1k); Alcorn State University (2.34/1k); Delta State University (0.38/1k); Mississippi Valley State University (4.08/1k); Mississippi University for Women (0.46/1k); Jackson State University (3.95/1k); Tougaloo College (3.84/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Belhaven University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Belhaven on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Universidad Politecnica de Puerto · lowest peer 0
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Belhaven University · this campus 0.24
Belhaven University — this campus
0.24 per 1,000 students
- Blue Ridge Community and · near 0.24
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College — near
0.24 per 1,000 students
- Ogden-Weber Technical College · near 0.48
Ogden-Weber Technical College — near
0.48 per 1,000 students
- Loma Linda University · highest peer
Loma Linda University — highest peer
5.94 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Belhaven University's 0.24/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Belhaven University decreased from 2 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 changesSignature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among 17 MS 4-year peers in this comparison, Belhaven University is larger than 69% 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 88
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 88
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 88
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Belhaven University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Baptist College | 93 | 0.00 | 0 | 88 |
| Wesley Biblical Seminary | 170 | 0.00 | 6 | 88 |
| Rust College | 467 | 27.84 | 13 | 0 |
| Millsaps College | 593 | 15.18 | 19 | 6 |
| Blue Mountain Christian University | 968 | 0.00 | 25 | 88 |
| Tougaloo College | 1,301 | 3.84 | 31 | 25 |
| Mississippi University for Women | 2,193 | 0.46 | 38 | 63 |
| Mississippi Valley State University | 2,205 | 4.08 | 44 | 13 |
| Delta State University | 2,654 | 0.38 | 50 | 69 |
| Alcorn State University | 2,995 | 2.34 | 56 | 38 |
| Mississippi College | 4,164 | 1.92 | 63 | 44 |
| Belhaven University (this campus) | 4,213 | 0.24 | 69 | 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.
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at Belhaven University fell from 2 to 0 (-100%). The decrease shows up in Motor Vehicle Theft (2 to 0).
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 Belhaven University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 2 Clery Act categories here: Motor Vehicle Theft and Rape. Motor Vehicle Theft accounts for most of them.
The remaining 9 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Burglary and Fondling. 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 onlyBelhaven University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 100% (3 → 0 incidents)
Read the chart as text
| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rape | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 1 | 7 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 3 | 12 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 12 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 11 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Belhaven 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).
CA
Loma Linda University
5.94 incidents / 1,000 students
UT
Ogden-Weber Technical College
0.48 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Belhaven University sits on price and outcomes
At $15,676, Belhaven University's reported average net price is cheaper than 57% among 49 Mississippi colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $13,265.
- $15,676
- average net price
- $13,265
- Mississippi median
- 1.5×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $10,377
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $10,551, while those above $110,000 record $20,928 - roughly 2.0 times as much. A published average of $15,676 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $38,987 run about 2.5 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
- $30,250
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $30,250
- Avg Net Price
- $15,676
- Median Debt
- $26,333
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 49%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- SAT Average
- 1124
- SAT Math Range
- 520-630
- ACT Average
- 22
- ACT Range
- 19-24
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 50%
- Retention Rate
- 68%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $38,987
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $46,440
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 57%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,141 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA · 4,210 enrolled
Safety Score 5.94
Ogden-Weber Technical College
Ogden, UT · 4,207 enrolled
Safety Score 0.48
Bismarck State College
Bismarck, ND · 4,206 enrolled
Safety Score 0.95
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico
Hato Rey, PR · 4,223 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
Martinsburg, WV · 4,203 enrolled
Safety Score 0.24
Closest by National Rank
Belhaven University (national rank #145) sits near State Fair Community College (#144) and Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (#146) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
State Fair Community College
Sedalia, MO
National Rank #144
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
Martinsburg, WV
National Rank #146
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, MA
National Rank #147
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Coon Rapids, MN
National Rank #143
Delta College
University Center, MI
National Rank #148
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Belhaven University, both outside MS so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA · 4,210 enrolled
Safety score 5.94
Bismarck State College
Bismarck, ND · 4,206 enrolled
Safety score 0.95
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico
Hato Rey, PR · 4,223 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC · 4,202 enrolled
Safety score 3.57
Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne, WY · 4,193 enrolled
Safety score 0.48
Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, KY · 4,193 enrolled
Safety score 1.43
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA · 4,191 enrolled
Safety score 9.31
Gannon University
Erie, PA · 4,189 enrolled
Safety score 1.19
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills, CA · 12,949 enrolled
Safety score 0.23
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI · 8,104 enrolled
Safety score 0.25
Governors State University
University Park, IL · 4,397 enrolled
Safety score 0.23
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus
Teaneck, NJ · 8,045 enrolled
Safety score 0.25
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kansas City, MO · 3,945 enrolled
Safety score 0.25
South Texas College
Mcallen, TX · 27,431 enrolled
Safety score 0.22
West Los Angeles College
Culver City, CA · 9,255 enrolled
Safety score 0.22
Solano Community College
Fairfield, CA · 9,282 enrolled
Safety score 0.22
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Belhaven University safe?
Belhaven University has a safety score of 0.24 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #145 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Loma Linda University (5.94/1k). Same-state same-level set: Mississippi College (1.92/1k); William Carey University (0.19/1k); Alcorn State University (2.34/1k); Delta State University (0.38/1k); Mississippi Valley State University (4.08/1k); Mississippi University for Women (0.46/1k); Jackson State University (3.95/1k); Tougaloo College (3.84/1k).
What crimes are reported at Belhaven University?
None in the Criminal Offenses section. Belhaven University reported zero in every category in that section for calendar year 2024. VAWA, arrests, disciplinary referrals, and fire records are separate tables.
How does Belhaven University compare to similar schools?
Belhaven University reports 84% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Loma Linda University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Loma Linda University (5.94/1k); Ogden-Weber Technical College (0.48/1k); Bismarck State College (0.95/1k); Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico (0.00/1k); Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (0.24/1k). Same-state same-level set: Mississippi College (1.92/1k); William Carey University (0.19/1k); Alcorn State University (2.34/1k); Delta State University (0.38/1k); Mississippi Valley State University (4.08/1k); Mississippi University for Women (0.46/1k); Jackson State University (3.95/1k); Tougaloo College (3.84/1k).
Does Belhaven University have fire safety data?
Yes. Belhaven University reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 1 fire was reported in the most recent year.
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