Howell, MI · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit

Cleary University

Across 2022–2024, Cleary University reported 2 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Aggravated Assault). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Grace Christian University.

0.00
Incidents / 1k students
#4
MI rank
1,004
Enrolled students

0.00 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students

Cleary University reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories (0.00 per 1,000). Zero in those categories is not a safety proof, other Clery tables and unreported harm can still exist, and zero-report campuses are left unranked against each other.

Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey

incidents / 1,000 students
0.00
Criminal Offenses, 2024
0
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Data updated August 2026

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Sheet 169327 · Cleary University 0.00/1k score rate

RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO

  • RATE-ZERO 0.00/1k
  • RANK-UNK Nat rank n/a
  • ST-UPPER #4 in state
  • PEER-FINISH Plaza College · ±0.00
  • ZERO-FILED Zero filed
  • TREND-DOWN ↓ 100%
  • CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
  • ENR-SMALL 1,004
  • FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed

Nearest enrollment peer: Plaza College (+0.00/1k)

Cleary University sheet RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Plaza 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-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Plaza College (+0.00/1k). Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.

Cleary University reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories (0.00 per 1,000). Zero in those categories is not a safety proof, other Clery tables and unreported harm can still exist, and zero-report campuses are left unranked against each other.

Peer-rate neighbourhood around Cleary University

Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Cleary on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Cleary University's 0.00/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.

Source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey (Clery Act) As of 2024

Reporting-period change

What changed in 2024

No change

Cleary University was unchanged from 0 to 0 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 changes

Signature insight · size does not equal danger

Campus size vs reported safety rate

Among 37 MI 4-year peers in this comparison, Cleary University is larger than 44% and safer-reporting than 53% - the smaller, 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.

Smaller · Safer-reportingLarger · Safer-reportingSmaller · Higher-reportingLarger · Higher-reporting026.352.578.8105013.927.841.755.6Enrollment size, percentile in sampleSafer-reporting percentile (lower rate)Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 47 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 44Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 42 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 11Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 39 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 50 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 39Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 53 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 19Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 56 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 22Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 58 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 42Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 61 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 3Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 64 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 6Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 36 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 33 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 31 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 67 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 50Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 69 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 72 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 17Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 75 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 28 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 25 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 36Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 22 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 0Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 19 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 17 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 78 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 81 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 25Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 83 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 14 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 11 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 8 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 6 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 8Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 3 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 0 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 86 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 33Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 89 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 92 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 47Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 94 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 14Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 97 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 100 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 31Cleary University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 44 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53
Enrollment vs Clery incidents per 1,000 (inverted to safety percentile), 2024 reporting year
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  • Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
  • Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
  • Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
  • Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
  • Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
  • Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
  • Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
  • Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
  • Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
  • Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
  • Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
  • Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
  • Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
  • Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
  • Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
  • Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
  • Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
  • Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
  • Cleary University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
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CampusEnrollmentRate / 1kSize pctSafety pct
Ecumenical Theological Seminary630.00053
Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit750.00353
Cranbrook Academy of Art1138.8568
Kuyper College1610.00853
Michigan School of Psychology1900.001153
Great Lakes Christian College2100.001453
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine3460.001753
Sacred Heart Major Seminary3510.001953
Calvin Theological Seminary36721.80220
Western Theological Seminary3972.522536
Thomas M Cooley Law School4200.002853
Cleary University (this campus)1,0040.004453

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 actually gets reported at Cleary University

Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 2 Clery Act categories here: Aggravated Assault and Rape.

The remaining 9 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Burglary, Fondling and Incest. 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 only

Cleary University: Criminal Offenses by year

Declining 100% (2 → 0 incidents)

0123 202220232024 On-campus incidents, 2022: 2On-campus incidents, 2023: 0On-campus incidents, 2024: 0 2 0 ▼ -100.0%
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Period On-campus incidents
2022 2
2023 0
2024 0
Crime Type 202420232022
Aggravated Assault 001
Rape 001
Arson 000
Burglary 000
Fondling 000
Incest 000
Motor Vehicle Theft 000
Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter 000
Negligent Manslaughter 000
Robbery 000
Statutory Rape 000

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
Disposition26%47%27%ArrestsDisciplinary referralsNo action
18 reported records
Category Year Arrests Discipline
Drugs 2024 0 0
Drugs 2024 0 0
Liquor 2024 0 0
Liquor 2024 0 0
Weapons 2024 0 0
Weapons 2024 0 0
Drugs 2023 0 0
Drugs 2023 0 0
Liquor 2023 0 0
Liquor 2023 0 0
Weapons 2023 0 0
Weapons 2023 0 0
Drugs 2022 0 0
Drugs 2022 0 0
Liquor 2022 0 0
Liquor 2022 0 0
Weapons 2022 0 0
Weapons 2022 0 0

Cleary 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).

Selected

MI

Cleary University

0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
National rank
Unranked
Enrollment
1,004
Data year
2024

WI

Beloit College

4.98 incidents / 1,000 students
National rank
#1,610
Enrollment
1,004
Data year
2024

Cost context

Where Cleary University sits on price and outcomes

See Michigan's cost ranking

At $22,143, Cleary University's reported average net price is cheaper than 80% among 138 Michigan colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $17,263.

$22,143
average net price
$17,263
Michigan median
2.8×
six-year earnings to median debt
$9,326
reported income-bracket spread

Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $18,046 for families reporting under $30,000 against $27,372 above $110,000, a difference of $9,326. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $22,143 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.

Six-year median earnings of $55,077 run about 2.5 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
$26,102
Out-of-State Tuition
$26,102
Avg Net Price
$22,143
Median Debt
$19,500
Pell Grant Recipients
30%
How does this cost rank in MI? →

Admissions

Acceptance Rate
68%
ACT Average
19

Outcomes

4-Year Graduation Rate
41%
Retention Rate
66%
Median Earnings (6yr)
$55,077
Median Earnings (10yr)
$54,186
Loan Repayment (3yr)
60%

Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.

Similar Institutions

Showing 5 of 1,241 similar institutions by enrollment size.

Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate

Two Clery-derived peer sets for Cleary University, both outside MI so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Cleary University safe?
Cleary University has a safety score of 0.00 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students). It filed zero 2024 score-category incidents, so it is left unranked against other zeros rather than ordered by invention; same-state same-level campuses on file include Grace Christian University (0.98/1k); The University of Olivet (7.15/1k); Walsh College (0.00/1k); Concordia University Ann Arbor (1.76/1k); Aquinas College (4.32/1k); Kalamazoo College (4.29/1k); Rochester University (1.68/1k); Alma College (12.53/1k).
What crimes are reported at Cleary University?
None in the Criminal Offenses section. Cleary University reported zero in every category in that section for calendar year 2024. VAWA, arrests, disciplinary referrals, and fire records are separate tables.
How does Cleary University compare to similar schools?
Cleary University reports 100% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Beloit College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Beloit College (4.98/1k); Southwestern Law School (1.99/1k); Transylvania University (2.98/1k); Harris-Stowe State University (9.98/1k); Plaza College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Grace Christian University (0.98/1k); The University of Olivet (7.15/1k); Walsh College (0.00/1k); Concordia University Ann Arbor (1.76/1k); Aquinas College (4.32/1k); Kalamazoo College (4.29/1k); Rochester University (1.68/1k); Alma College (12.53/1k).
Does Cleary University have fire safety data?
Yes. Cleary 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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