PA
Carnegie Mellon University
1.45 incidents / 1,000 students
Pittsburgh, PA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Carnegie Mellon University
Across 2022–2024, Carnegie Mellon University reported 32 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
- 1.45
- Incidents / 1k students
- #812
- Rank of 2,072
- #58
- PA rank
- 15,888
- Enrolled students
1.45 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Carnegie Mellon University reports 1.45 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 8% above Cypress College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Cypress College (1.57/1k); CUNY Queens College (1.00/1k); Los Angeles Valley College (1.06/1k); Oakland University (2.35/1k); Cosumnes River College (0.70/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes West Chester University of Pennsylvania (2.50/1k); Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania (2.70/1k); Pennsylvania Western University (1.29/1k); Drexel University (2.22/1k); Villanova University (1.89/1k); Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus (3.20/1k); Eastern University (1.26/1k); Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (0.96/1k). 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
- 1.45
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #812
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 61%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 5
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 211440 · Carnegie Mellon University 1.45/1k score rate · #812/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-LOW 1.45/1k
- RANK-MID #812/2,072
- ST-MID #58 in state
- PEER-FINISH Cypress College · ±0.12
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 75%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-MID 15,888
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Cypress College (+0.12/1k)
Carnegie Mellon University sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO · peer Cypress 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-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Cypress College (+0.12/1k). National rank #812 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Carnegie Mellon University reports 1.45 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 8% above Cypress College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Cypress College (1.57/1k); CUNY Queens College (1.00/1k); Los Angeles Valley College (1.06/1k); Oakland University (2.35/1k); Cosumnes River College (0.70/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes West Chester University of Pennsylvania (2.50/1k); Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania (2.70/1k); Pennsylvania Western University (1.29/1k); Drexel University (2.22/1k); Villanova University (1.89/1k); Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus (3.20/1k); Eastern University (1.26/1k); Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (0.96/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Carnegie Mellon University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Carnegie on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Cosumnes River College · lowest peer 0.7
Cosumnes River College — lowest peer
0.7 per 1,000 students
- CUNY Queens College · near
CUNY Queens College — near
1 per 1,000 students
- Los Angeles Valley College · near
Los Angeles Valley College — near
1.06 per 1,000 students
- Carnegie Mellon University · this campus
Carnegie Mellon University — this campus
1.45 per 1,000 students
- Cypress College · near
Cypress College — near
1.57 per 1,000 students
- Oakland University · highest peer
Oakland University — highest peer
2.35 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Carnegie Mellon University's 1.45/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Carnegie Mellon University decreased from 7 to 5 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, Carnegie Mellon University is larger than 94% and safer-reporting than 67% - 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 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- 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) 6
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 94
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 100
- Carnegie Mellon University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Aloysius College | 2,955 | 0.00 | 0 | 100 |
| Saint Francis University | 2,963 | 3.38 | 3 | 25 |
| DeSales University | 2,972 | 3.36 | 6 | 28 |
| La Salle University | 3,153 | 12.05 | 8 | 0 |
| Holy Family University | 3,225 | 0.62 | 11 | 92 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 3,336 | 6.00 | 14 | 11 |
| Messiah University | 3,373 | 10.97 | 17 | 3 |
| Arcadia University | 3,404 | 2.94 | 19 | 39 |
| Point Park University | 3,448 | 0.29 | 22 | 94 |
| Harrisburg University of Science and Technology | 3,650 | 0.27 | 25 | 97 |
| York College of Pennsylvania | 3,825 | 4.44 | 28 | 17 |
| Carnegie Mellon University (this campus) | 15,888 | 1.45 | 94 | 67 |
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.
Enrollment scale
How campus size shapes the safety figures
With 15,888 enrolled students, Carnegie Mellon University is the 285th largest of the 5,585 institutions in this dataset with a reported enrollment, ahead of 5,300 of them. Closest same-state same-level scored peers by enrollment: West Chester University of Pennsylvania (2.50/1k); Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania (2.70/1k); Pennsylvania Western University (1.29/1k); Drexel University (2.22/1k); Villanova University (1.89/1k); Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus (3.20/1k); Eastern University (1.26/1k); Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (0.96/1k). The score above normalizes 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students, so compare it with similarly sized campuses instead of treating a higher raw count as evidence that a campus is less safe (Cypress College is the nearest similar-enrollment comparison on this profile).
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at Carnegie Mellon University fell from 7 to 5 (-29%). The decrease shows up in Fondling (4 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 Carnegie Mellon University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Fondling and Burglary.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Incest and Motor Vehicle Theft. 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 onlyCarnegie Mellon University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 75% (20 → 5 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 20 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Fondling | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 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
54 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 9 | 50 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
Carnegie Mellon 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
Cypress College
1.57 incidents / 1,000 students
NY
CUNY Queens College
1.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Carnegie Mellon University sits on price and outcomes
At $31,944, Carnegie Mellon University's reported average net price is cheaper than 92% among 261 Pennsylvania colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $19,954.
- $31,944
- average net price
- $19,954
- Pennsylvania median
- 4.8×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $42,383
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $9,097, while those above $110,000 record $51,480 - roughly 5.7 times as much. A published average of $31,944 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $105,360, roughly 3.3 times a year of net price. That is a workable ratio, though it says nothing about how long the programme takes to finish.
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
- $66,246
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $66,246
- Avg Net Price
- $31,944
- Median Debt
- $21,750
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 16%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- SAT Average
- 1546
- SAT Math Range
- 770-800
- ACT Average
- 34
- ACT Range
- 34-35
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 93%
- Retention Rate
- 98%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $105,360
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $114,862
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 95%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 587 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Cypress College
Cypress, CA · 15,924 enrolled
Safety Score 1.57
CUNY Queens College
Queens, NY · 15,965 enrolled
Safety Score 1.00
Los Angeles Valley College
Valley Glen, CA · 15,999 enrolled
Safety Score 1.06
Oakland University
Rochester Hills, MI · 15,768 enrolled
Safety Score 2.35
Cosumnes River College
Sacramento, CA · 15,744 enrolled
Safety Score 0.70
Closest by National Rank
Carnegie Mellon University (national rank #812) sits near Avila University (#811) and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (#813) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Avila University
Kansas City, MO
National Rank #811
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY
National Rank #813
Saint Martin's University
Lacey, WA
National Rank #810
Institute of Technology
Clovis, CA
National Rank #814
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR
National Rank #815
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Carnegie Mellon 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)
Cypress College
Cypress, CA · 15,924 enrolled
Safety score 1.57
CUNY Queens College
Queens, NY · 15,965 enrolled
Safety score 1.00
Oakland University
Rochester Hills, MI · 15,768 enrolled
Safety score 2.35
Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, AR · 15,726 enrolled
Safety score 1.53
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY · 15,673 enrolled
Safety score 2.17
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA · 15,665 enrolled
Safety score 2.30
Saint Louis Community College
Bridgeton, MO · 15,649 enrolled
Safety score 0.45
Fordham University
Bronx, NY · 16,150 enrolled
Safety score 2.11
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Avila University
Kansas City, MO · 2,768 enrolled
Safety score 1.45
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY · 2,757 enrolled
Safety score 1.45
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR · 5,496 enrolled
Safety score 1.46
Saint Martin's University
Lacey, WA · 1,390 enrolled
Safety score 1.44
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT · 6,864 enrolled
Safety score 1.46
Colorado State University Pueblo
Pueblo, CO · 6,851 enrolled
Safety score 1.46
Universidad Central de Bayamon
Bayamã³N, PR · 698 enrolled
Safety score 1.43
University of Hawaii Maui College
Kahului, HI · 2,792 enrolled
Safety score 1.43
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Carnegie Mellon University safe?
Carnegie Mellon University has a safety score of 1.45 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #812 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Cypress College (1.57/1k). Same-state same-level set: West Chester University of Pennsylvania (2.50/1k); Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania (2.70/1k); Pennsylvania Western University (1.29/1k); Drexel University (2.22/1k); Villanova University (1.89/1k); Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus (3.20/1k); Eastern University (1.26/1k); Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (0.96/1k).
What crimes are reported at Carnegie Mellon University?
For calendar year 2024, Carnegie Mellon University reported Rape (3) and Fondling (2) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Carnegie Mellon University compare to similar schools?
Carnegie Mellon University reports 8% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Cypress College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Cypress College (1.57/1k); CUNY Queens College (1.00/1k); Los Angeles Valley College (1.06/1k); Oakland University (2.35/1k); Cosumnes River College (0.70/1k). Same-state same-level set: West Chester University of Pennsylvania (2.50/1k); Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania (2.70/1k); Pennsylvania Western University (1.29/1k); Drexel University (2.22/1k); Villanova University (1.89/1k); Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus (3.20/1k); Eastern University (1.26/1k); Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (0.96/1k).
Does Carnegie Mellon University have fire safety data?
Yes. Carnegie Mellon 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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