MO
Cox College
46.96 incidents / 1,000 students
Springfield, MO · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Cox College
Across 2022–2024, Cox College reported 135 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: Ozark Christian College.
- 46.96
- Incidents / 1k students
- #2,068
- Rank of 2,072
- #62
- MO rank
- 724
- Enrolled students
46.96 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Cox College reports 46.96 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 3295% above Ohio State University-Lima Campus. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Ohio State University-Lima Campus (0.00/1k); Maria College of Albany (0.00/1k); William Peace University (5.54/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); First Coast Technical College (1.38/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Ozark Christian College (5.43/1k); University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis (13.89/1k); Westminster College (29.69/1k); Kansas City Art Institute (11.07/1k); Concordia Seminary (0.00/1k); Stephens College (0.00/1k); Covenant Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 46.96
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #2,068
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 100%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 29
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 176770 · Cox College 46.96/1k score rate · #2,068/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-HOT 46.96/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #2,068/2,072
- ST-MID #62 in state
- ABOVE-PEER William Peace University · +41.42
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 57%
- CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
- ENR-SMALL 724
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: William Peace University (-41.42/1k)
Cox College sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE · peer William Peace 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-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is William Peace University (-41.42/1k). National rank #2,068 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Cox College reports 46.96 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 3295% above Ohio State University-Lima Campus. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Ohio State University-Lima Campus (0.00/1k); Maria College of Albany (0.00/1k); William Peace University (5.54/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); First Coast Technical College (1.38/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Ozark Christian College (5.43/1k); University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis (13.89/1k); Westminster College (29.69/1k); Kansas City Art Institute (11.07/1k); Concordia Seminary (0.00/1k); Stephens College (0.00/1k); Covenant Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Cox College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Cox on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Ohio State University-Lima Campus · lowest peer 0
Ohio State University-Lima Campus — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- First Coast Technical College · near 1.38
First Coast Technical College — near
1.38 per 1,000 students
- William Peace University · near 5.54
William Peace University — near
5.54 per 1,000 students
- Cox College · this campus · highest
Cox College — this campus · highest
46.96 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Cox College's 46.96/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Cox College decreased from 38 to 29 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 MO 4-year peers in this comparison, Cox College is larger than 72% and safer-reporting than 3% - 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Cox College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conception Seminary College | 63 | 0.00 | 0 | 42 |
| Eden Theological Seminary | 72 | 0.00 | 3 | 42 |
| Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts | 89 | 0.00 | 6 | 42 |
| Aquinas Institute of Theology | 110 | 0.00 | 8 | 42 |
| Urshan Graduate School of Theology | 116 | 0.00 | 11 | 42 |
| Bolivar Technical College | 144 | 0.00 | 14 | 42 |
| Bryan University | 153 | 0.00 | 17 | 42 |
| Ponce Health Sciences University-St Louis | 164 | 0.00 | 19 | 42 |
| Nazarene Theological Seminary | 168 | 11.90 | 22 | 11 |
| Central Christian College of the Bible | 189 | 0.00 | 25 | 42 |
| Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences | 197 | 0.00 | 28 | 42 |
| Cox College (this campus) | 724 | 46.96 | 72 | 3 |
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 Cox College fell from 38 to 29 (-24%). The decrease shows up in Aggravated Assault (22 to 19), Arson (2 to 0) and Fondling (11 to 9).
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 Cox College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Aggravated Assault, Fondling, Motor Vehicle Theft, Arson and Burglary. Aggravated Assault accounts for most of them.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter, Negligent Manslaughter and Rape. 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 onlyCox College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 57% (68 → 29 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 68 |
| 2023 | 38 |
| 2024 | 29 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 19 | 22 | 48 |
| Fondling | 9 | 11 | 2 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Arson | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 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
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
27 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 11 | 0 |
Cox 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).
OH
Ohio State University-Lima Campus
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
NY
Maria College of Albany
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Academic & Financial Profile
Tuition & Costs
- In-State Tuition
- $14,822
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $14,822
- Median Debt
- $20,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 36%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 100%
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $58,703
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $56,867
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 75%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,166 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Ohio State University-Lima Campus
Lima, OH · 723 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Maria College of Albany
Albany, NY · 722 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
William Peace University
Raleigh, NC · 722 enrolled
Safety Score 5.54
Vermont Law and Graduate School
South Royalton, VT · 722 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
First Coast Technical College
Saint Augustine, FL · 727 enrolled
Safety Score 1.38
Closest by National Rank
Cox College (national rank #2068) sits near University of California-San Francisco (#2067) and Bennington College (#2069) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
University of California-San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
National Rank #2067
Bennington College
Bennington, VT
National Rank #2069
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC
National Rank #2070
Reed College
Portland, OR
National Rank #2066
Indiana University-Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
National Rank #2065
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Cox College, both outside MO so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Ohio State University-Lima Campus
Lima, OH · 723 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Maria College of Albany
Albany, NY · 722 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Vermont Law and Graduate School
South Royalton, VT · 722 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
William Peace University
Raleigh, NC · 722 enrolled
Safety score 5.54
Florida College
Temple Terrace, FL · 728 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Bank Street College of Education
New York, NY · 719 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Holy Apostles College and Seminary
Cromwell, CT · 719 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Union Adventist University
Lincoln, NE · 729 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
University of California-San Francisco
San Francisco, CA · 3,007 enrolled
Safety score 43.56
Reed College
Portland, OR · 1,358 enrolled
Safety score 38.29
Indiana University-Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN · 22,534 enrolled
Safety score 36.92
Langston University
Langston, OK · 1,937 enrolled
Safety score 36.14
United Tribes Technical College
Bismarck, ND · 576 enrolled
Safety score 34.72
Pomona College
Claremont, CA · 1,700 enrolled
Safety score 34.71
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY · 1,841 enrolled
Safety score 34.22
Lycoming College
Williamsport, PA · 1,012 enrolled
Safety score 33.60
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Cox College safe?
Cox College has a safety score of 46.96 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #2,068 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Ohio State University-Lima Campus (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Ozark Christian College (5.43/1k); University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis (13.89/1k); Westminster College (29.69/1k); Kansas City Art Institute (11.07/1k); Concordia Seminary (0.00/1k); Stephens College (0.00/1k); Covenant Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Cox College?
For calendar year 2024, Cox College reported Aggravated Assault (19), Fondling (9) and Motor Vehicle Theft (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Cox College compare to similar schools?
Cox College reports 3295% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Ohio State University-Lima Campus. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Ohio State University-Lima Campus (0.00/1k); Maria College of Albany (0.00/1k); William Peace University (5.54/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); First Coast Technical College (1.38/1k). Same-state same-level set: Ozark Christian College (5.43/1k); University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis (13.89/1k); Westminster College (29.69/1k); Kansas City Art Institute (11.07/1k); Concordia Seminary (0.00/1k); Stephens College (0.00/1k); Covenant Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing (0.00/1k).
Does Cox College have fire safety data?
Cox College has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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