NC
Chowan University
13.33 incidents / 1,000 students
Murfreesboro, NC · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Chowan University
Across 2022–2024, Chowan University reported 42 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Burglary). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Carolinas College of Health Sciences.
- 13.33
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,997
- Rank of 2,072
- #109
- NC rank
- 675
- Enrolled students
13.33 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Chowan University reports 13.33 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 651% above Denmark Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Denmark Technical College (4.44/1k); John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences (0.00/1k); River Valley Community College (0.00/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York (4.43/1k); West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Carolinas College of Health Sciences (0.00/1k); William Peace University (5.54/1k); Warren Wilson College (2.53/1k); Salem College (12.75/1k); Brevard College (2.29/1k); Carolina University (0.00/1k); Pfeiffer University (0.00/1k); Lees-McRae College (7.69/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 13.33
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,997
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 96%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 5
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 198303 · Chowan University 13.33/1k score rate · #1,997/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HOT 13.33/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,997/2,072
- ST-MID #109 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Denmark Technical College · +8.89
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 72%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 675
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Denmark Technical College (-8.89/1k)
Chowan University sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Denmark Technical 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-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Denmark Technical College (-8.89/1k). National rank #1,997 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Chowan University reports 13.33 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 651% above Denmark Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Denmark Technical College (4.44/1k); John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences (0.00/1k); River Valley Community College (0.00/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York (4.43/1k); West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Carolinas College of Health Sciences (0.00/1k); William Peace University (5.54/1k); Warren Wilson College (2.53/1k); Salem College (12.75/1k); Brevard College (2.29/1k); Carolina University (0.00/1k); Pfeiffer University (0.00/1k); Lees-McRae College (7.69/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Chowan University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Chowan on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- John Patrick University of · lowest peer 0
John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State · near 4.43
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York — near
4.43 per 1,000 students
- Denmark Technical College · near 4.44
Denmark Technical College — near
4.44 per 1,000 students
- Chowan University · this campus · highest
Chowan University — this campus · highest
13.33 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Chowan University's 13.33/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Chowan University decreased from 19 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 NC 4-year peers in this comparison, Chowan University is larger than 50% and safer-reporting than 6% - 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 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Chowan University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary | 58 | 0.00 | 0 | 47 |
| Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College | 64 | 0.00 | 3 | 47 |
| South University-High Point | 67 | 0.00 | 6 | 47 |
| Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine | 69 | 0.00 | 8 | 47 |
| Carolina Christian College | 71 | 0.00 | 11 | 47 |
| Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts | 102 | 0.00 | 14 | 47 |
| Hood Theological Seminary | 115 | 0.00 | 17 | 47 |
| Watts College of Nursing | 124 | 0.00 | 19 | 47 |
| Mid-Atlantic Christian University | 140 | 0.00 | 22 | 47 |
| Saint Augustine's University | 175 | 0.00 | 25 | 47 |
| Bennett College | 180 | 11.11 | 28 | 11 |
| Chowan University (this campus) | 675 | 13.33 | 50 | 6 |
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 Chowan University fell from 19 to 5 (-74%). The increase shows up in Rape (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Burglary (8 to 1), Aggravated Assault (5 to 1) and Fondling (4 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 Chowan University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 6 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Aggravated Assault, Fondling, Rape, Robbery and Motor Vehicle Theft.
The remaining 5 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, 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 onlyChowan University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 72% (18 → 5 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 18 |
| 2023 | 19 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Fondling | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Rape | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Robbery | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Arson | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 1 | 82 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 66 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 2 | 115 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 32 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 1 | 5 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 7 | 100 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 28 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 1 | 6 |
Chowan 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).
SC
Denmark Technical College
4.44 incidents / 1,000 students
IN
John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Chowan University sits on price and outcomes
At $14,086, Chowan University's reported average net price is cheaper than 50% among 145 North Carolina colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $14,086.
- $14,086
- average net price
- $14,086
- North Carolina median
- 1.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $5,987
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $13,726 for families reporting under $30,000 against $19,713 above $110,000, a difference of $5,987. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $14,086 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $30,096 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
- $27,910
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $27,910
- Avg Net Price
- $14,086
- Median Debt
- $29,491
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 57%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 69%
- ACT Average
- 18
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 29%
- Retention Rate
- 71%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $30,096
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $38,412
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 55%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,155 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Denmark Technical College
Denmark, SC · 675 enrolled
Safety Score 4.44
John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences
South Bend, IN · 674 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
River Valley Community College
Claremont, NH · 677 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York
York, PA · 677 enrolled
Safety Score 4.43
West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown
Morgantown, WV · 673 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Chowan University (national rank #1997) sits near University of California-San Diego (#1998) and Haskell Indian Nations University (#1996) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
National Rank #1998
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, KS
National Rank #1996
Saint Edward's University
Austin, TX
National Rank #1999
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon, WV
National Rank #1995
Miles College
Fairfield, AL
National Rank #2000
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Chowan 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)
John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences
South Bend, IN · 674 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York
York, PA · 677 enrolled
Safety score 4.43
West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown
Morgantown, WV · 673 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Landmark College
Putney, VT · 672 enrolled
Safety score 11.90
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Mayaguez, PR · 679 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Salish Kootenai College
Pablo, MT · 671 enrolled
Safety score 5.96
Albany Law School
Albany, NY · 670 enrolled
Safety score 5.97
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Columbus, OH · 670 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, KS · 978 enrolled
Safety score 13.29
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon, WV · 1,055 enrolled
Safety score 13.27
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA · 2,261 enrolled
Safety score 13.27
Wittenberg University
Springfield, OH · 1,285 enrolled
Safety score 13.23
Spokane Falls Community College
Spokane, WA · 4,319 enrolled
Safety score 13.20
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA · 44,256 enrolled
Safety score 13.49
Carleton College
Northfield, MN · 2,128 enrolled
Safety score 13.16
Saint Edward's University
Austin, TX · 3,033 enrolled
Safety score 13.52
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Chowan University safe?
Chowan University has a safety score of 13.33 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,997 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Denmark Technical College (4.44/1k). Same-state same-level set: Carolinas College of Health Sciences (0.00/1k); William Peace University (5.54/1k); Warren Wilson College (2.53/1k); Salem College (12.75/1k); Brevard College (2.29/1k); Carolina University (0.00/1k); Pfeiffer University (0.00/1k); Lees-McRae College (7.69/1k).
What crimes are reported at Chowan University?
For calendar year 2024, Chowan University reported Aggravated Assault (1), Burglary (1), Fondling (1), Motor Vehicle Theft (1) and Rape (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Chowan University compare to similar schools?
Chowan University reports 651% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Denmark Technical College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Denmark Technical College (4.44/1k); John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences (0.00/1k); River Valley Community College (0.00/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York (4.43/1k); West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Carolinas College of Health Sciences (0.00/1k); William Peace University (5.54/1k); Warren Wilson College (2.53/1k); Salem College (12.75/1k); Brevard College (2.29/1k); Carolina University (0.00/1k); Pfeiffer University (0.00/1k); Lees-McRae College (7.69/1k).
Does Chowan University have fire safety data?
Yes. Chowan 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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