How does the Clery Act affect College of Saint Benedict?

The Clery Act (Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act) requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to disclose crime statistics and security information annually. The data reported here comes directly from the US Department of Education's OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey.

What is a campus safety score?

The safety score divides 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents by enrollment, per 1,000 students. It does not include arrests, disciplinary referrals, fire records, unreported harm, or nearby crime. Lower scores mean fewer included incidents relative to enrollment. Only nonzero scores at campuses with 500 or more students are ranked; a 0.00 score is left unranked.

Saint Joseph, MN · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit

College of Saint Benedict

Across 2022–2024, College of Saint Benedict reported 13 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Rape.

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4.20
Incidents / 1k students: #1,514
Rank of 2,072: #55
MN rank: 1,429
Enrolled students

4.20 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students

College of Saint Benedict reports 4.20 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 2902% above Northeastern Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Northeastern Technical College (0.00/1k); Guam Community College (0.70/1k); Universal Technical Institute-Bloomfield (0.00/1k); Southeast New Mexico College (0.00/1k); Ohio Christian University (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (148.02/1k); Dunwoody College of Technology (3.25/1k); Saint Johns University (3.82/1k); Mitchell Hamline School of Law (0.00/1k); Northwestern Health Sciences University (0.00/1k); Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (0.56/1k); Crown College (0.00/1k); University of Minnesota-Morris (2.04/1k). 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: 4.20
of 2,072 ranked nationally: #1,514
report fewer incidents than this campus: 73%
Criminal Offenses, 2024: 2

What makes up the 2024 headline rate 4.20 per 1,000

Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey

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Data updated August 2026

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Sheet 174747 · College of Saint Benedict 4.20/1k score rate · #1,514/2,072

RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO

RATE-HIGH 4.20/1k
RANK-LOWER #1,514/2,072
ST-MID #55 in state
ABOVE-PEER Guam Community College · +3.50
ZERO-NONE Scored
TREND-FLAT Flat
CAT-LEAD Rape
ENR-SMALL 1,429
FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed

Nearest enrollment peer: Guam Community College (-3.50/1k)

College of Saint Benedict sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Guam Community 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-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Guam Community College (-3.50/1k). National rank #1,514 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.

Northeastern Technical College · lowest peer

0
Universal Technical Institute-Bloomfield · near

0
Guam Community College · near

0.7
College of Saint Benedict · this campus · highest

4.2

What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around College of Saint Benedict's 4.20/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.

Reporting-period change

What changed in 2024

-7 reported incidents

College of Saint Benedict decreased from 9 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 changes

Signature insight · size does not equal danger

Campus size vs reported safety rate

Among 37 MN 4-year peers in this comparison, College of Saint Benedict is larger than 44% and safer-reporting than 33% - the smaller, 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.

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) 0
Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
College of Saint Benedict: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33

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Campus	Enrollment	Rate / 1k	Size pct	Safety pct
American Academy of Health and Wellness	29	0.00	0	69
Academy College	56	0.00	3	69
Oak Hills Christian College	95	0.00	6	69
Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School	192	0.00	8	69
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities	226	0.00	11	69
Adler Graduate School	275	0.00	14	69
Luther Seminary	371	0.00	17	69
University of Minnesota-Rochester	578	6.92	19	19
Herzing University-Minneapolis	748	0.00	22	69
Minneapolis College of Art and Design	831	7.22	25	14
North Central University	852	28.17	28	3
College of Saint Benedict (this campus)	1,429	4.20	44	33

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 College of Saint Benedict fell from 9 to 2 (-78%). The decrease shows up in Rape (6 to 1), Fondling (1 to 0) 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 College of Saint Benedict

Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Fondling and Motor Vehicle Theft. Rape accounts for most of them.

The remaining 6 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 only

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Period	On-campus incidents
2022	2
2023	9
2024	2

Crime Type	2024	2023	2022
Rape	1	6	1
Aggravated Assault	1	1	0
Burglary	0	0	1
Fondling	0	1	0
Motor Vehicle Theft	0	1	0
Arson	0	0	0
Incest	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	0	0	0	0	0

Arrests & Disciplinary Actions

9 category-year records

9 reported records

Category	Year	Arrests	Discipline
Drugs	2024	0	6
Liquor	2024	0	31
Weapons	2024	0	0
Drugs	2023	0	10
Liquor	2023	1	46
Weapons	2023	0	0
Drugs	2022	0	28
Liquor	2022	0	64
Weapons	2022	0	0

College of Saint Benedict 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).

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College of Saint Benedict

4.20 incidents / 1,000 students

National rank: #1,514
Enrollment: 1,429
Data year: 2024

Northeastern Technical College

0.00 incidents / 1,000 students

National rank: Unranked
Enrollment: 1,428
Data year: 2024

Guam Community College

0.70 incidents / 1,000 students

National rank: #452
Enrollment: 1,430
Data year: 2024

Cost context

Where College of Saint Benedict sits on price and outcomes

See Minnesota's cost ranking

At $26,640, College of Saint Benedict's reported average net price is cheaper than 85% among 80 Minnesota colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $16,863.

$26,640
average net price: $16,863
Minnesota median: 2.0×
six-year earnings to median debt: $20,679
reported income-bracket spread

Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $12,981, while those above $110,000 record $33,660 - roughly 2.6 times as much. A published average of $26,640 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.

Six-year median earnings of $54,567 run about 2.0 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: $55,756
Out-of-State Tuition: $55,756
Avg Net Price: $26,640
Median Debt: $26,944
Pell Grant Recipients: 20%

How does this cost rank in MN? →

Admissions

Acceptance Rate: 92%
SAT Average: 1151
SAT Math Range: 483-590
ACT Average: 24
ACT Range: 20-27

Outcomes

4-Year Graduation Rate: 80%
Retention Rate: 86%
Median Earnings (6yr): $54,567
Median Earnings (10yr): $63,260
Loan Repayment (3yr): 93%

Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.

Similar Institutions

Showing 5 of 1,291 similar institutions by enrollment size.

Northeastern Technical College

Cheraw, SC · 1,428 enrolled

Safety Score 0.00

Guam Community College

Mangilao, GU · 1,430 enrolled

Safety Score 0.70

Universal Technical Institute-Bloomfield

Bloomfield, NJ · 1,428 enrolled

Safety Score 0.00

Southeast New Mexico College

Carlsbad, NM · 1,431 enrolled

Safety Score 0.00

Ohio Christian University

Circleville, OH · 1,431 enrolled

Safety Score 0.00

Closest by National Rank

College of Saint Benedict (national rank #1514) sits near University of North Carolina Wilmington (#1513) and Keystone College (#1515) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.

University of North Carolina Wilmington

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

National Rank #1512

Hardin-Simmons University

Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate

Two Clery-derived peer sets for College of Saint Benedict, both outside MN so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).

Similar enrollment (nationwide)

Guam Community College

Mangilao, GU · 1,430 enrolled

Safety score 0.70

Haverford College

Haverford, PA · 1,431 enrolled

Safety score 11.88

Ohio Christian University

Circleville, OH · 1,431 enrolled

Safety score 0.00

Walla Walla University

College Place, WA · 1,426 enrolled

Safety score 6.31

College for Creative Studies

Detroit, MI · 1,433 enrolled

Safety score 0.70

Northern New Mexico College

Espanola, NM · 1,425 enrolled

Safety score 3.51

Oglethorpe University

Atlanta, GA · 1,425 enrolled

Safety score 7.72

William Penn University

Oskaloosa, IA · 1,425 enrolled

Safety score 7.72

Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)

Keystone College

La Plume, PA · 952 enrolled

Safety score 4.20

Hardin-Simmons University

Abilene, TX · 1,665 enrolled

Safety score 4.20

University of North Carolina Wilmington

Wilmington, NC · 18,848 enrolled

Safety score 4.19

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL · 59,238 enrolled

Safety score 4.19

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID · 13,061 enrolled

Safety score 4.21

Dine College

Tsaile, AZ · 1,434 enrolled

Safety score 4.18

California State University-Dominguez Hills

Carson, CA · 15,182 enrolled

Safety score 4.22

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · 26,793 enrolled

Safety score 4.22

Frequently Asked Questions

Is College of Saint Benedict safe?

College of Saint Benedict has a safety score of 4.20 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,514 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Northeastern Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (148.02/1k); Dunwoody College of Technology (3.25/1k); Saint Johns University (3.82/1k); Mitchell Hamline School of Law (0.00/1k); Northwestern Health Sciences University (0.00/1k); Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (0.56/1k); Crown College (0.00/1k); University of Minnesota-Morris (2.04/1k).

What crimes are reported at College of Saint Benedict?

For calendar year 2024, College of Saint Benedict reported Aggravated Assault (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 College of Saint Benedict compare to similar schools?

College of Saint Benedict reports 2902% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Northeastern Technical College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Northeastern Technical College (0.00/1k); Guam Community College (0.70/1k); Universal Technical Institute-Bloomfield (0.00/1k); Southeast New Mexico College (0.00/1k); Ohio Christian University (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (148.02/1k); Dunwoody College of Technology (3.25/1k); Saint Johns University (3.82/1k); Mitchell Hamline School of Law (0.00/1k); Northwestern Health Sciences University (0.00/1k); Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (0.56/1k); Crown College (0.00/1k); University of Minnesota-Morris (2.04/1k).

Does College of Saint Benedict have fire safety data?

Yes. College of Saint Benedict 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.

Every figure on PlainCampus is rendered directly from federal Clery Act source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal Clery Act source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

PlainCampus is for informational purposes only and does not constitute safety, security, legal, or enrollment advice; the data describes reported on-campus activity, it is not a complete picture of safety at any campus and cannot predict any individual student's experience. See our appropriate use guidance.

College of Saint Benedict

Peer-rate neighbourhood around College of Saint

What changed in 2024

Campus size vs reported safety rate

What changed between 2023 and 2024

What actually gets reported at College of Saint Benedict

Crime Statistics by Year

College of Saint Benedict: Criminal Offenses by year

Fire Safety

Arrests & Disciplinary Actions

College of Saint Benedict vs peer institutions

College of Saint Benedict

Northeastern Technical College

Guam Community College

Where College of Saint Benedict sits on price and outcomes

Academic & Financial Profile

Tuition & Costs

Admissions

Outcomes

Similar Institutions

Closest by National Rank

Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate

Similar enrollment (nationwide)

Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)

Frequently Asked Questions