NC
Campbell University
3.63 incidents / 1,000 students
Buies Creek, NC · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Campbell University
Across 2022–2024, Campbell University reported 22 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Motor Vehicle Theft). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Winston-Salem State University.
- 3.63
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,418
- Rank of 2,072
- #79
- NC rank
- 4,963
- Enrolled students
3.63 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Campbell University reports 3.63 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 95% above University of Washington-Tacoma Campus. Similar-enrollment scored peers: University of Washington-Tacoma Campus (0.81/1k); Tompkins Cortland Community College (1.21/1k); Iowa Central Community College (1.41/1k); Central Lakes College-Brainerd (0.40/1k); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (5.47/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Winston-Salem State University (15.47/1k); High Point University (6.79/1k); Wingate University (3.76/1k); Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (0.31/1k); Gardner-Webb University (0.00/1k); University of North Carolina Asheville (8.84/1k); Strayer University-North Carolina (0.00/1k); Fayetteville State University (2.67/1k). 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
- 3.63
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,418
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 68%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 11
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 198136 · Campbell University 3.63/1k score rate · #1,418/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HIGH 3.63/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,418/2,072
- ST-MID #79 in state
- BELOW-PEER The University of Texas · 1.84 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 83%
- CAT-LEAD Motor Vehicle Th…
- ENR-SMALL 4,963
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (+1.84/1k)
Campbell University sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. 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-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (+1.84/1k). National rank #1,418 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Campbell University reports 3.63 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 95% above University of Washington-Tacoma Campus. Similar-enrollment scored peers: University of Washington-Tacoma Campus (0.81/1k); Tompkins Cortland Community College (1.21/1k); Iowa Central Community College (1.41/1k); Central Lakes College-Brainerd (0.40/1k); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (5.47/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Winston-Salem State University (15.47/1k); High Point University (6.79/1k); Wingate University (3.76/1k); Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (0.31/1k); Gardner-Webb University (0.00/1k); University of North Carolina Asheville (8.84/1k); Strayer University-North Carolina (0.00/1k); Fayetteville State University (2.67/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Campbell University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Campbell on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Central Lakes College-Brainerd · lowest peer 0.4
Central Lakes College-Brainerd — lowest peer
0.4 per 1,000 students
- Tompkins Cortland Community College · near 1.21
Tompkins Cortland Community College — near
1.21 per 1,000 students
- Iowa Central Community College · near 1.41
Iowa Central Community College — near
1.41 per 1,000 students
- Campbell University · this campus
Campbell University — this campus
3.63 per 1,000 students
- The University of Texas · highest peer
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — highest peer
5.47 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Campbell University's 3.63/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Campbell University increased from 5 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 NC 4-year peers in this comparison, Campbell University is larger than 86% and safer-reporting than 61% - 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 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Campbell University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brevard College | 875 | 2.29 | 0 | 75 |
| Carolina University | 880 | 0.00 | 3 | 83 |
| Pfeiffer University | 889 | 0.00 | 6 | 83 |
| Lees-McRae College | 910 | 7.69 | 8 | 22 |
| Cabarrus College of Health Sciences | 924 | 0.00 | 11 | 83 |
| Livingstone College | 936 | 5.34 | 14 | 42 |
| Montreat College | 962 | 1.04 | 17 | 78 |
| Shaw University | 964 | 31.12 | 19 | 0 |
| Greensboro College | 967 | 8.27 | 22 | 19 |
| Mars Hill University | 1,110 | 4.50 | 25 | 50 |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 1,111 | 5.40 | 28 | 39 |
| Campbell University (this campus) | 4,963 | 3.63 | 86 | 61 |
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 Campbell University rose from 5 to 11 (+120%). The increase shows up in Motor Vehicle Theft (1 to 7) and Rape (0 to 2). Falling over the same period: Fondling (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 Campbell University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Motor Vehicle Theft, Burglary, Fondling and Rape.
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 onlyCampbell University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 83% (6 → 11 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Fondling | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rape | 2 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 19 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 6 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 17 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 6 | 18 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
Campbell 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).
WA
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
0.81 incidents / 1,000 students
NY
Tompkins Cortland Community College
1.21 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Campbell University sits on price and outcomes
At $24,516, Campbell University's reported average net price is cheaper than 86% among 145 North Carolina colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $14,086.
- $24,516
- average net price
- $14,086
- North Carolina median
- 2.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $10,113
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $20,751 for families reporting under $30,000 against $30,864 above $110,000, a difference of $10,113. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $24,516 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $45,511 run about 1.9 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
- $41,600
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $41,600
- Avg Net Price
- $24,516
- Median Debt
- $22,500
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 38%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 87%
- ACT Average
- 22
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 58%
- Retention Rate
- 76%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $45,511
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $54,886
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 68%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,099 similar institutions by enrollment size.
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
Tacoma, WA · 4,965 enrolled
Safety Score 0.81
Tompkins Cortland Community College
Dryden, NY · 4,958 enrolled
Safety Score 1.21
Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge, IA · 4,949 enrolled
Safety Score 1.41
Central Lakes College-Brainerd
Brainerd, MN · 4,981 enrolled
Safety Score 0.40
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX · 4,938 enrolled
Safety Score 5.47
Closest by National Rank
Campbell University (national rank #1418) sits near Western Illinois University (#1419) and Tusculum University (#1417) 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 Campbell University, both outside NC so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
Tacoma, WA · 4,965 enrolled
Safety score 0.81
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX · 4,938 enrolled
Safety score 5.47
University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN · 5,000 enrolled
Safety score 5.00
Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, HI · 4,921 enrolled
Safety score 3.05
Molloy University
Rockville Centre, NY · 5,005 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
George Fox University
Newberg, OR · 4,916 enrolled
Safety score 0.61
Strayer University-Georgia
Chamblee, GA · 4,916 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
University of South Carolina-Upstate
Spartanburg, SC · 4,916 enrolled
Safety score 2.03
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Tusculum University
Greeneville, TN · 1,103 enrolled
Safety score 3.63
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL · 6,332 enrolled
Safety score 3.63
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN · 10,439 enrolled
Safety score 3.64
Simmons University
Boston, MA · 4,666 enrolled
Safety score 3.64
Virginia Union University
Richmond, VA · 1,646 enrolled
Safety score 3.65
Cairn University-Langhorne
Langhorne, PA · 1,097 enrolled
Safety score 3.65
Marietta College
Marietta, OH · 1,109 enrolled
Safety score 3.61
University of North Texas
Denton, TX · 46,864 enrolled
Safety score 3.61
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Campbell University safe?
Campbell University has a safety score of 3.63 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,418 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: University of Washington-Tacoma Campus (0.81/1k). Same-state same-level set: Winston-Salem State University (15.47/1k); High Point University (6.79/1k); Wingate University (3.76/1k); Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (0.31/1k); Gardner-Webb University (0.00/1k); University of North Carolina Asheville (8.84/1k); Strayer University-North Carolina (0.00/1k); Fayetteville State University (2.67/1k).
What crimes are reported at Campbell University?
For calendar year 2024, Campbell University reported Motor Vehicle Theft (7), Burglary (2) 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 Campbell University compare to similar schools?
Campbell University reports 95% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than University of Washington-Tacoma Campus. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: University of Washington-Tacoma Campus (0.81/1k); Tompkins Cortland Community College (1.21/1k); Iowa Central Community College (1.41/1k); Central Lakes College-Brainerd (0.40/1k); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (5.47/1k). Same-state same-level set: Winston-Salem State University (15.47/1k); High Point University (6.79/1k); Wingate University (3.76/1k); Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (0.31/1k); Gardner-Webb University (0.00/1k); University of North Carolina Asheville (8.84/1k); Strayer University-North Carolina (0.00/1k); Fayetteville State University (2.67/1k).
Does Campbell University have fire safety data?
Yes. Campbell 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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