PA
Cedar Crest College
2.33 incidents / 1,000 students
Allentown, PA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Cedar Crest College
Across 2022–2024, Cedar Crest College reported 4 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Fondling.
- 2.33
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,126
- Rank of 2,072
- #73
- PA rank
- 1,290
- Enrolled students
2.33 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Cedar Crest College reports 2.33 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 40% below Strayer University-Maryland. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Strayer University-Maryland (0.00/1k); Chestnut Hill College (0.78/1k); Wittenberg University (13.23/1k); Eastern Oklahoma State College (0.78/1k); Mount Marty University (4.67/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Chestnut Hill College (0.78/1k); Washington & Jefferson College (4.58/1k); Juniata College (9.08/1k); University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg (12.11/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine (7.28/1k); Waynesburg University (2.44/1k); Geneva College (2.20/1k); Albright College (2.90/1k). 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
- 2.33
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,126
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 54%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 2
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 211468 · Cedar Crest College 2.33/1k score rate · #1,126/2,072
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-MID 2.33/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,126/2,072
- ST-MID #73 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Eastern Oklahoma State College · +1.55
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-SMALL 1,290
- FIRE-REPORT 2 fires
Nearest enrollment peer: Eastern Oklahoma State College (-1.55/1k)
Cedar Crest College sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer Eastern Oklahoma State 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Eastern Oklahoma State College (-1.55/1k). National rank #1,126 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Cedar Crest College reports 2.33 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 40% below Strayer University-Maryland. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Strayer University-Maryland (0.00/1k); Chestnut Hill College (0.78/1k); Wittenberg University (13.23/1k); Eastern Oklahoma State College (0.78/1k); Mount Marty University (4.67/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Chestnut Hill College (0.78/1k); Washington & Jefferson College (4.58/1k); Juniata College (9.08/1k); University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg (12.11/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine (7.28/1k); Waynesburg University (2.44/1k); Geneva College (2.20/1k); Albright College (2.90/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Cedar Crest College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Cedar on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Strayer University-Maryland · lowest peer 0
Strayer University-Maryland — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Eastern Oklahoma State College · near 0.78
Eastern Oklahoma State College — near
0.78 per 1,000 students
- Chestnut Hill College · near 0.78
Chestnut Hill College — near
0.78 per 1,000 students
- Cedar Crest College · this campus 2.33
Cedar Crest College — this campus
2.33 per 1,000 students
- Wittenberg University · highest peer
Wittenberg University — highest peer
13.23 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Cedar Crest College's 2.33/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Cedar Crest College increased from 0 to 2 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, Cedar Crest College is larger than 53% 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 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Cedar Crest College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York | 677 | 4.43 | 0 | 39 |
| Central Penn College | 684 | 0.00 | 3 | 83 |
| Rosemont College | 781 | 0.00 | 6 | 83 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton | 800 | 2.50 | 8 | 61 |
| Pennsylvania Institute of Technology | 810 | 0.00 | 11 | 83 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley | 867 | 0.00 | 14 | 83 |
| Peirce College | 929 | 0.00 | 17 | 83 |
| Thiel College | 950 | 2.11 | 19 | 72 |
| Keystone College | 952 | 4.20 | 22 | 42 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 1,009 | 4.96 | 25 | 31 |
| Lycoming College | 1,012 | 33.60 | 28 | 0 |
| Cedar Crest College (this campus) | 1,290 | 2.33 | 53 | 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.
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at Cedar Crest College rose from 0 to 2. The increase shows up in Burglary (0 to 1) and Fondling (0 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 Cedar Crest College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Fondling, Burglary and Rape.
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 onlyCedar Crest College: Criminal Offenses by year
Stable 0% (2 → 2 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 11 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Cedar Crest 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).
MD
Strayer University-Maryland
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
PA
Chestnut Hill College
0.78 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Cedar Crest College sits on price and outcomes
At $18,659, Cedar Crest College's reported average net price is cheaper than 41% among 261 Pennsylvania colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $19,954.
- $18,659
- average net price
- $19,954
- Pennsylvania median
- 1.8×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $10,036
- reported income-bracket spread
This institution reports an unusual pattern: families under $30,000 record a HIGHER net price ($21,044) than those above $110,000 ($11,008). Fewer than 2% of institutions reporting both brackets show this shape. It can reflect small bracket samples or programme mix rather than aid policy, so treat it as a question to raise with the financial-aid office rather than a finding.
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $48,295, roughly 2.6 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
- $46,314
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $46,314
- Avg Net Price
- $18,659
- Median Debt
- $27,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 44%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 84%
- ACT Average
- 25
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 59%
- Retention Rate
- 71%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $48,295
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $59,460
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 65%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,272 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Strayer University-Maryland
Suitland, MD · 1,290 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Chestnut Hill College
Philadelphia, PA · 1,288 enrolled
Safety Score 0.78
Wittenberg University
Springfield, OH · 1,285 enrolled
Safety Score 13.23
Eastern Oklahoma State College
Wilburton, OK · 1,285 enrolled
Safety Score 0.78
Mount Marty University
Yankton, SD · 1,284 enrolled
Safety Score 4.67
Closest by National Rank
Cedar Crest College (national rank #1126) sits near University of Louisiana at Monroe (#1125) and Lebanon Valley College (#1127) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA
National Rank #1125
Lebanon Valley College
Annville, PA
National Rank #1127
Columbia College
Columbia, SC
National Rank #1124
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
National Rank #1128
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State, MS
National Rank #1129
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Cedar Crest College, 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)
Strayer University-Maryland
Suitland, MD · 1,290 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Wittenberg University
Springfield, OH · 1,285 enrolled
Safety score 13.23
Mount Marty University
Yankton, SD · 1,284 enrolled
Safety score 4.67
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus
Bend, OR · 1,296 enrolled
Safety score 8.49
Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, MS · 1,301 enrolled
Safety score 3.84
Johnson C Smith University
Charlotte, NC · 1,302 enrolled
Safety score 13.82
West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Beckley, WV · 1,278 enrolled
Safety score 5.48
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA · 1,277 enrolled
Safety score 4.70
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA · 8,601 enrolled
Safety score 2.33
Columbia College
Columbia, SC · 1,725 enrolled
Safety score 2.32
The University of Texas at Tyler
Tyler, TX · 10,362 enrolled
Safety score 2.32
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX · 44,956 enrolled
Safety score 2.34
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State, MS · 2,995 enrolled
Safety score 2.34
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Davenport, IA · 2,161 enrolled
Safety score 2.31
Southwest Minnesota State University
Marshall, MN · 8,214 enrolled
Safety score 2.31
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI · 23,803 enrolled
Safety score 2.31
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Cedar Crest College safe?
Cedar Crest College has a safety score of 2.33 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,126 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Strayer University-Maryland (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Chestnut Hill College (0.78/1k); Washington & Jefferson College (4.58/1k); Juniata College (9.08/1k); University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg (12.11/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine (7.28/1k); Waynesburg University (2.44/1k); Geneva College (2.20/1k); Albright College (2.90/1k).
What crimes are reported at Cedar Crest College?
For calendar year 2024, Cedar Crest College reported Burglary (1) and Fondling (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Cedar Crest College compare to similar schools?
Cedar Crest College reports 40% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Strayer University-Maryland. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Strayer University-Maryland (0.00/1k); Chestnut Hill College (0.78/1k); Wittenberg University (13.23/1k); Eastern Oklahoma State College (0.78/1k); Mount Marty University (4.67/1k). Same-state same-level set: Chestnut Hill College (0.78/1k); Washington & Jefferson College (4.58/1k); Juniata College (9.08/1k); University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg (12.11/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine (7.28/1k); Waynesburg University (2.44/1k); Geneva College (2.20/1k); Albright College (2.90/1k).
Does Cedar Crest College have fire safety data?
Yes. Cedar Crest College reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 2 fires were reported in the most recent year.
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