KS
Benedictine College
1.97 incidents / 1,000 students
Atchison, KS · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Benedictine College
Across 2022–2024, Benedictine College reported 12 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Burglary). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Newman University.
- 1.97
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,026
- Rank of 2,072
- #31
- KS rank
- 2,535
- Enrolled students
1.97 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Benedictine College reports 1.97 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 56% above Daemen University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Daemen University (3.54/1k); Marywood University (0.79/1k); Ohio State University-Newark Campus (1.18/1k); University of Northwestern Ohio (0.79/1k); Coconino Community College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Newman University (0.34/1k); Baker University (3.47/1k); Friends University (3.57/1k); MidAmerica Nazarene University (3.90/1k); University of Saint Mary (5.47/1k); Southwestern College (2.88/1k); Kansas Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); Ottawa University-Ottawa (1.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 1.97
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,026
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 50%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 4
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 154712 · Benedictine College 1.97/1k score rate · #1,026/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-LOW 1.97/1k
- RANK-MID #1,026/2,072
- ST-MID #31 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Ohio State University-Newark Campus · +0.79
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 33%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 2,535
- FIRE-REPORT 1 fire
Nearest enrollment peer: Ohio State University-Newark Campus (-0.79/1k)
Benedictine College sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer Ohio State University-Newark Campus. 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-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Ohio State University-Newark Campus (-0.79/1k). National rank #1,026 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Benedictine College reports 1.97 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 56% above Daemen University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Daemen University (3.54/1k); Marywood University (0.79/1k); Ohio State University-Newark Campus (1.18/1k); University of Northwestern Ohio (0.79/1k); Coconino Community College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Newman University (0.34/1k); Baker University (3.47/1k); Friends University (3.57/1k); MidAmerica Nazarene University (3.90/1k); University of Saint Mary (5.47/1k); Southwestern College (2.88/1k); Kansas Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); Ottawa University-Ottawa (1.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Benedictine College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Benedictine on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Coconino Community College · lowest peer 0
Coconino Community College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- University of Northwestern Ohio · near 0.79
University of Northwestern Ohio — near
0.79 per 1,000 students
- Marywood University · near 0.79
Marywood University — near
0.79 per 1,000 students
- Ohio State University-Newark Campus · near 1.18
Ohio State University-Newark Campus — near
1.18 per 1,000 students
- Benedictine College · this campus
Benedictine College — this campus
1.97 per 1,000 students
- Daemen University · highest peer
Daemen University — highest peer
3.54 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Benedictine College's 1.97/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Benedictine College increased from 2 to 4 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 33 KS 4-year peers in this comparison, Benedictine College is larger than 75% and safer-reporting than 66% - 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.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 66, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 34
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 59, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 9
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 41, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 34, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 16, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 9, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 84, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 91, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 59
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 16
- Benedictine College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 66
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Paul School of Theology | 91 | 241.76 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas Christian College | 145 | 13.79 | 3 | 6 |
| Manhattan Christian College | 160 | 0.00 | 6 | 84 |
| Barclay College | 219 | 0.00 | 9 | 84 |
| Rasmussen University-Kansas | 359 | 0.00 | 13 | 84 |
| Hesston College | 373 | 21.45 | 16 | 3 |
| Donnelly College | 395 | 0.00 | 19 | 84 |
| Kansas Health Science University | 401 | 2.49 | 22 | 63 |
| Central Christian College of Kansas | 469 | 4.26 | 25 | 31 |
| Bethel College-North Newton | 509 | 5.89 | 28 | 19 |
| Ottawa University-Kansas City | 528 | 0.00 | 31 | 84 |
| Benedictine College (this campus) | 2,535 | 1.97 | 75 | 66 |
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 Benedictine College rose from 2 to 4 (+100%). The increase shows up in Burglary (0 to 1), Fondling (0 to 1) and Motor Vehicle Theft (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Rape (2 to 1).
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 Benedictine College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Rape, Fondling and Motor Vehicle Theft.
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 onlyBenedictine College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 33% (6 → 4 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Rape | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Fondling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 74 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 1 | 10 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 117 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 8 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 112 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Benedictine College 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
Daemen University
3.54 incidents / 1,000 students
PA
Marywood University
0.79 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Benedictine College sits on price and outcomes
At $27,891, Benedictine College's reported average net price is cheaper than 89% among 72 Kansas colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $15,313.
- $27,891
- average net price
- $15,313
- Kansas median
- 1.8×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $8,800
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $22,032 for families reporting under $30,000 against $30,832 above $110,000, a difference of $8,800. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $27,891 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $45,000 run about 1.6 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
- $36,350
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $36,350
- Avg Net Price
- $27,891
- Median Debt
- $24,599
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 19%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 98%
- SAT Average
- 1252
- SAT Math Range
- 570-690
- ACT Average
- 26
- ACT Range
- 22-29
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 63%
- Retention Rate
- 83%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $45,000
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $53,175
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 89%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,271 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Daemen University
Amherst, NY · 2,540 enrolled
Safety Score 3.54
Marywood University
Scranton, PA · 2,530 enrolled
Safety Score 0.79
Ohio State University-Newark Campus
Newark, OH · 2,544 enrolled
Safety Score 1.18
University of Northwestern Ohio
Lima, OH · 2,525 enrolled
Safety Score 0.79
Coconino Community College
Flagstaff, AZ · 2,524 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Benedictine College (national rank #1026) sits near Northwest Missouri State University (#1025) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (#1027) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO
National Rank #1025
The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
National Rank #1027
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA
National Rank #1028
Saint Peter's University
Jersey City, NJ
National Rank #1024
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
National Rank #1029
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Benedictine College, both outside KS so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Daemen University
Amherst, NY · 2,540 enrolled
Safety score 3.54
Marywood University
Scranton, PA · 2,530 enrolled
Safety score 0.79
Ohio State University-Newark Campus
Newark, OH · 2,544 enrolled
Safety score 1.18
University of Northwestern Ohio
Lima, OH · 2,525 enrolled
Safety score 0.79
University of Pikeville
Pikeville, KY · 2,547 enrolled
Safety score 1.18
Taylor University
Upland, IN · 2,548 enrolled
Safety score 0.78
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX · 2,549 enrolled
Safety score 29.03
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI · 2,520 enrolled
Safety score 19.05
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO · 9,152 enrolled
Safety score 1.97
The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX · 35,770 enrolled
Safety score 1.98
Saint Peter's University
Jersey City, NJ · 3,572 enrolled
Safety score 1.96
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA · 1,006 enrolled
Safety score 1.99
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO · 8,044 enrolled
Safety score 1.99
Lesley University
Cambridge, MA · 2,557 enrolled
Safety score 1.96
University of Houston-Victoria
Victoria, TX · 3,586 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
The College of the Florida Keys
Key West, FL · 1,025 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Benedictine College safe?
Benedictine College has a safety score of 1.97 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,026 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Daemen University (3.54/1k). Same-state same-level set: Newman University (0.34/1k); Baker University (3.47/1k); Friends University (3.57/1k); MidAmerica Nazarene University (3.90/1k); University of Saint Mary (5.47/1k); Southwestern College (2.88/1k); Kansas Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); Ottawa University-Ottawa (1.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Benedictine College?
For calendar year 2024, Benedictine College reported Burglary (1), Fondling (1), Motor Vehicle Theft (1) and Rape (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Benedictine College compare to similar schools?
Benedictine College reports 56% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Daemen University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Daemen University (3.54/1k); Marywood University (0.79/1k); Ohio State University-Newark Campus (1.18/1k); University of Northwestern Ohio (0.79/1k); Coconino Community College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Newman University (0.34/1k); Baker University (3.47/1k); Friends University (3.57/1k); MidAmerica Nazarene University (3.90/1k); University of Saint Mary (5.47/1k); Southwestern College (2.88/1k); Kansas Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); Ottawa University-Ottawa (1.00/1k).
Does Benedictine College have fire safety data?
Yes. Benedictine College 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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