OH
Central State University
1.11 incidents / 1,000 students
Wilberforce, OH · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Central State University
Across 2022–2024, Central State University reported 8 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Fondling). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: North Central State College.
- 1.11
- Incidents / 1k students
- #692
- Rank of 2,072
- #75
- OH rank
- 2,708
- Enrolled students
1.11 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Central State University reports 1.11 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 32% below Chaminade University of Honolulu. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Chaminade University of Honolulu (1.11/1k); New Mexico Highlands University (1.11/1k); Skidmore College (3.33/1k); University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo (0.00/1k); Union University (2.58/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes North Central State College (0.39/1k); John Carroll University (1.05/1k); Ohio State University-Newark Campus (1.18/1k); University of Northwestern Ohio (0.79/1k); Oberlin College (3.78/1k); Miami University-Hamilton (0.81/1k); University of Mount Union (0.41/1k); Denison University (11.28/1k). 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
- 1.11
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #692
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 67%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 3
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 201690 · Central State University 1.11/1k score rate · #692/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-LOW 1.11/1k
- RANK-MID #692/2,072
- ST-MID #75 in state
- PEER-FINISH Chaminade University of Honolulu · ±0.00
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 200%
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-SMALL 2,708
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Chaminade University of Honolulu (-0.00/1k)
Central State University sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Chaminade University of Honolulu. 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-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Chaminade University of Honolulu (-0.00/1k). National rank #692 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Central State University reports 1.11 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 32% below Chaminade University of Honolulu. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Chaminade University of Honolulu (1.11/1k); New Mexico Highlands University (1.11/1k); Skidmore College (3.33/1k); University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo (0.00/1k); Union University (2.58/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes North Central State College (0.39/1k); John Carroll University (1.05/1k); Ohio State University-Newark Campus (1.18/1k); University of Northwestern Ohio (0.79/1k); Oberlin College (3.78/1k); Miami University-Hamilton (0.81/1k); University of Mount Union (0.41/1k); Denison University (11.28/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Central State University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Central on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo · lowest peer 0
University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Central State University · this campus 1.11
Central State University — this campus
1.11 per 1,000 students
- Chaminade University of Honolulu · near 1.11
Chaminade University of Honolulu — near
1.11 per 1,000 students
- New Mexico Highlands University · near 1.11
New Mexico Highlands University — near
1.11 per 1,000 students
- Skidmore College · highest peer
Skidmore College — highest peer
3.33 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Central State University's 1.11/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Central State University decreased from 4 to 3 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 OH 4-year peers in this comparison, Central State University is larger than 75% and safer-reporting than 36% - the larger, higher-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 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Central State University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent State University at Salem | 1,633 | 0.00 | 0 | 67 |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | 1,671 | 2.99 | 3 | 22 |
| Ohio University-Southern Campus | 1,716 | 0.00 | 6 | 67 |
| The College of Wooster | 1,738 | 9.21 | 8 | 3 |
| Kent State University at Ashtabula | 1,739 | 0.00 | 11 | 67 |
| Muskingum University | 1,751 | 8.57 | 14 | 8 |
| Zane State College | 1,769 | 0.00 | 17 | 67 |
| Ohio University-Zanesville Campus | 2,009 | 0.00 | 19 | 67 |
| Washington State College of Ohio | 2,025 | 0.00 | 22 | 67 |
| Bowling Green State University-Firelands | 2,097 | 0.00 | 25 | 67 |
| Kent State University at Tuscarawas | 2,099 | 0.00 | 28 | 67 |
| Central State University (this campus) | 2,708 | 1.11 | 75 | 36 |
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 Central State University fell from 4 to 3 (-25%). The increase shows up in Burglary (0 to 1) and Robbery (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Fondling (3 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 Central State University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Fondling, Rape, Robbery and Burglary.
The remaining 7 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 onlyCentral State University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 200% (1 → 3 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rape | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 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
18 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 13 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 5 | 7 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 3 | 8 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Central State 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).
HI
Chaminade University of Honolulu
1.11 incidents / 1,000 students
NM
New Mexico Highlands University
1.11 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Central State University sits on price and outcomes
At $13,096, Central State University's reported average net price is cheaper than 31% among 228 Ohio colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $17,989.
- $13,096
- average net price
- $17,989
- Ohio median
- 0.9×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $9,394
- reported income-bracket spread
This institution reports an unusual pattern: families under $30,000 record a HIGHER net price ($19,581) than those above $110,000 ($10,187). 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.
Six-year median earnings of $27,173 run about 2.1 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
- $8,058
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $10,058
- Avg Net Price
- $13,096
- Median Debt
- $30,739
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 53%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 99%
- ACT Average
- 16
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 24%
- Retention Rate
- 56%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $27,173
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $33,267
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 32%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,272 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Honolulu, HI · 2,709 enrolled
Safety Score 1.11
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM · 2,704 enrolled
Safety Score 1.11
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY · 2,704 enrolled
Safety Score 3.33
University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
Arecibo, PR · 2,704 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Union University
Jackson, TN · 2,713 enrolled
Safety Score 2.58
Closest by National Rank
Central State University (national rank #692) sits near Chaminade University of Honolulu (#691) and New Mexico Highlands University (#693) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Honolulu, HI
National Rank #691
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM
National Rank #693
South Mountain Community College
Phoenix, AZ
National Rank #690
University of New Mexico-Taos Campus
Ranchos De Taos, NM
National Rank #694
Fresno City College
Fresno, CA
National Rank #689
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Central State University, both outside OH so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Honolulu, HI · 2,709 enrolled
Safety score 1.11
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM · 2,704 enrolled
Safety score 1.11
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY · 2,704 enrolled
Safety score 3.33
University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
Arecibo, PR · 2,704 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Union University
Jackson, TN · 2,713 enrolled
Safety score 2.58
Life University
Marietta, GA · 2,714 enrolled
Safety score 3.32
Lower Columbia College
Longview, WA · 2,724 enrolled
Safety score 0.73
West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Parkersburg, WV · 2,728 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Johnstown, PA · 1,813 enrolled
Safety score 1.10
Utica University
Utica, NY · 3,627 enrolled
Safety score 1.10
Shasta College
Redding, CA · 9,073 enrolled
Safety score 1.10
Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UT · 15,444 enrolled
Safety score 1.10
Pace University
New York, NY · 13,634 enrolled
Safety score 1.10
Bob Jones University
Greenville, SC · 2,734 enrolled
Safety score 1.10
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Central State University safe?
Central State University has a safety score of 1.11 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #692 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Chaminade University of Honolulu (1.11/1k). Same-state same-level set: North Central State College (0.39/1k); John Carroll University (1.05/1k); Ohio State University-Newark Campus (1.18/1k); University of Northwestern Ohio (0.79/1k); Oberlin College (3.78/1k); Miami University-Hamilton (0.81/1k); University of Mount Union (0.41/1k); Denison University (11.28/1k).
What crimes are reported at Central State University?
For calendar year 2024, Central State University reported Burglary (1), Rape (1) and Robbery (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Central State University compare to similar schools?
Central State University reports 32% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Chaminade University of Honolulu. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Chaminade University of Honolulu (1.11/1k); New Mexico Highlands University (1.11/1k); Skidmore College (3.33/1k); University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo (0.00/1k); Union University (2.58/1k). Same-state same-level set: North Central State College (0.39/1k); John Carroll University (1.05/1k); Ohio State University-Newark Campus (1.18/1k); University of Northwestern Ohio (0.79/1k); Oberlin College (3.78/1k); Miami University-Hamilton (0.81/1k); University of Mount Union (0.41/1k); Denison University (11.28/1k).
Does Central State University have fire safety data?
Yes. Central State 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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