VT
Champlain College
2.45 incidents / 1,000 students
Burlington, VT · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Champlain College
Across 2022–2024, Champlain College reported 19 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: Norwich University.
- 2.45
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,166
- Rank of 2,072
- #4
- VT rank
- 3,259
- Enrolled students
2.45 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Champlain College reports 2.45 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 25% above Cape Cod Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Cape Cod Community College (0.31/1k); Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott (0.61/1k); Northwestern Michigan College (0.00/1k); Augsburg University (5.23/1k); Rogers State University (3.67/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Norwich University (4.76/1k); Middlebury College (10.70/1k); Vermont State University (4.71/1k); Saint Michael's College (10.58/1k); Bennington College (63.65/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Landmark College (11.90/1k); SIT Graduate Institute (0.00/1k). 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
- 2.45
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,166
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 56%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 6
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 230852 · Champlain College 2.45/1k score rate · #1,166/2,072
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-MID 2.45/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,166/2,072
- ST-UPPER #4 in state
- BELOW-PEER Rogers State University · 1.21 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 14%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 3,259
- FIRE-REPORT 1 fire
Nearest enrollment peer: Rogers State University (+1.21/1k)
Champlain College sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer Rogers State University. 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-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Rogers State University (+1.21/1k). National rank #1,166 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Champlain College reports 2.45 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 25% above Cape Cod Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Cape Cod Community College (0.31/1k); Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott (0.61/1k); Northwestern Michigan College (0.00/1k); Augsburg University (5.23/1k); Rogers State University (3.67/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Norwich University (4.76/1k); Middlebury College (10.70/1k); Vermont State University (4.71/1k); Saint Michael's College (10.58/1k); Bennington College (63.65/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Landmark College (11.90/1k); SIT Graduate Institute (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Champlain College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Champlain on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Northwestern Michigan College · lowest peer 0
Northwestern Michigan College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Cape Cod Community College · near 0.31
Cape Cod Community College — near
0.31 per 1,000 students
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott · near 0.61
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott — near
0.61 per 1,000 students
- Champlain College · this campus
Champlain College — this campus
2.45 per 1,000 students
- Rogers State University · near
Rogers State University — near
3.67 per 1,000 students
- Augsburg University · highest peer
Augsburg University — highest peer
5.23 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Champlain College's 2.45/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Champlain College was unchanged from 6 to 6 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 12 VT 4-year peers in this comparison, Champlain College is larger than 82% and safer-reporting than 73% - 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 73, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 45
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 27
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 91, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 55
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 55, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 45, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 82
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 27, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 18
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 18, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 82
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 9, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 82
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 9
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Champlain College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 82, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 73
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling College | 57 | 35.09 | 0 | 9 |
| Vermont College of Fine Arts | 190 | 0.00 | 9 | 82 |
| SIT Graduate Institute | 644 | 0.00 | 18 | 82 |
| Landmark College | 672 | 11.90 | 27 | 18 |
| Vermont Law and Graduate School | 722 | 0.00 | 36 | 82 |
| Bennington College | 927 | 63.65 | 45 | 0 |
| Saint Michael's College | 1,323 | 10.58 | 55 | 36 |
| Middlebury College | 2,803 | 10.70 | 64 | 27 |
| Norwich University | 3,149 | 4.76 | 73 | 45 |
| Champlain College (this campus) | 3,259 | 2.45 | 82 | 73 |
| Vermont State University | 5,093 | 4.71 | 91 | 55 |
| University of Vermont | 14,476 | 2.63 | 100 | 64 |
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 Champlain College held level. The total is unchanged, but the mix behind it is not. Rising: Rape (1 to 4). Falling over the same period: Fondling (3 to 1) and Motor Vehicle Theft (1 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 Champlain College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 6 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Fondling, Burglary, Arson, Motor Vehicle Theft and Robbery.
The remaining 5 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter and 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 onlyChamplain College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 14% (7 → 6 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Fondling | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
27 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 34 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Champlain 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).
MA
Cape Cod Community College
0.31 incidents / 1,000 students
AZ
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
0.61 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Champlain College sits on price and outcomes
At $35,860, Champlain College's reported average net price is cheaper than 82% among 11 Vermont colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $25,239.
- $35,860
- average net price
- $25,239
- Vermont median
- 1.8×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $12,553
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $28,885 for families reporting under $30,000 against $41,438 above $110,000, a difference of $12,553. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $35,860 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Median earnings six years after entry ($48,844) are less than 1.4 years of the reported net price. That is a thin margin, and it is the figure worth pressing the school on before enrolling.
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
- $47,850
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $47,850
- Avg Net Price
- $35,860
- Median Debt
- $26,814
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 25%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
- SAT Average
- 1312
- SAT Math Range
- 600-680
- ACT Range
- 26-29
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 64%
- Retention Rate
- 82%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $48,844
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $58,386
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 83%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,235 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable, MA · 3,260 enrolled
Safety Score 0.31
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
Prescott, AZ · 3,264 enrolled
Safety Score 0.61
Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City, MI · 3,253 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Augsburg University
Minneapolis, MN · 3,249 enrolled
Safety Score 5.23
Rogers State University
Claremore, OK · 3,272 enrolled
Safety Score 3.67
Closest by National Rank
Champlain College (national rank #1166) sits near Anderson University (#1165) and Austin College (#1167) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Anderson University
Anderson, IN
National Rank #1165
Austin College
Sherman, TX
National Rank #1167
Bentley University
Waltham, MA
National Rank #1164
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, WI
National Rank #1168
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Tallahassee, FL
National Rank #1169
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Champlain College, both outside VT so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
Prescott, AZ · 3,264 enrolled
Safety score 0.61
Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City, MI · 3,253 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Augsburg University
Minneapolis, MN · 3,249 enrolled
Safety score 5.23
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC · 3,246 enrolled
Safety score 8.01
Rogers State University
Claremore, OK · 3,272 enrolled
Safety score 3.67
West Virginia State University
Institute, WV · 3,246 enrolled
Safety score 4.00
New England College
Henniker, NH · 3,275 enrolled
Safety score 0.61
Everglades University
Boca Raton, FL · 3,242 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Austin College
Sherman, TX · 1,217 enrolled
Safety score 2.47
Anderson University
Anderson, IN · 1,228 enrolled
Safety score 2.44
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Tallahassee, FL · 9,313 enrolled
Safety score 2.47
Bentley University
Waltham, MA · 5,333 enrolled
Safety score 2.44
Waynesburg University
Waynesburg, PA · 1,231 enrolled
Safety score 2.44
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
North Chicago, IL · 2,021 enrolled
Safety score 2.47
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA · 35,724 enrolled
Safety score 2.44
Lamar University
Beaumont, TX · 17,772 enrolled
Safety score 2.48
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Champlain College safe?
Champlain College has a safety score of 2.45 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,166 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Cape Cod Community College (0.31/1k). Same-state same-level set: Norwich University (4.76/1k); Middlebury College (10.70/1k); Vermont State University (4.71/1k); Saint Michael's College (10.58/1k); Bennington College (63.65/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Landmark College (11.90/1k); SIT Graduate Institute (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Champlain College?
For calendar year 2024, Champlain College reported Rape (4), 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 Champlain College compare to similar schools?
Champlain College reports 25% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Cape Cod Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Cape Cod Community College (0.31/1k); Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott (0.61/1k); Northwestern Michigan College (0.00/1k); Augsburg University (5.23/1k); Rogers State University (3.67/1k). Same-state same-level set: Norwich University (4.76/1k); Middlebury College (10.70/1k); Vermont State University (4.71/1k); Saint Michael's College (10.58/1k); Bennington College (63.65/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Landmark College (11.90/1k); SIT Graduate Institute (0.00/1k).
Does Champlain College have fire safety data?
Yes. Champlain 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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