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Fairfield University
1.46 incidents / 1,000 students
Fairfield, CT · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Fairfield University
Across 2022–2024, Fairfield University reported 21 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Fondling). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: University of Hartford.
- 1.46
- Incidents / 1k students
- #816
- Rank of 2,072
- #14
- CT rank
- 6,864
- Enrolled students
1.46 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Fairfield University reports 1.46 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 52% below Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Texas A&M University-Kingsville (9.18/1k); Colorado State University Pueblo (1.46/1k); New York Institute of Technology (3.34/1k); Butler Community College (0.73/1k); City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College (0.58/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes University of Hartford (3.16/1k); University of New Haven (1.73/1k); Eastern Connecticut State University (2.07/1k); Southern Connecticut State University (0.85/1k); Quinnipiac University (0.21/1k); Western Connecticut State University (2.16/1k); Wesleyan University (3.24/1k); University of Bridgeport (2.61/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 1.46
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #816
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 61%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 6
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 129242 · Fairfield University 1.46/1k score rate · #816/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-LOW 1.46/1k
- RANK-MID #816/2,072
- ST-MID #14 in state
- PEER-FINISH Colorado State University Pueblo · ±0.00
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 20%
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-MID 6,864
- FIRE-REPORT 1 fire
Nearest enrollment peer: Colorado State University Pueblo (+0.00/1k)
Fairfield University sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-REPORT · peer Colorado State University Pueblo. 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-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Colorado State University Pueblo (+0.00/1k). National rank #816 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Fairfield University reports 1.46 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 52% below Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Texas A&M University-Kingsville (9.18/1k); Colorado State University Pueblo (1.46/1k); New York Institute of Technology (3.34/1k); Butler Community College (0.73/1k); City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College (0.58/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes University of Hartford (3.16/1k); University of New Haven (1.73/1k); Eastern Connecticut State University (2.07/1k); Southern Connecticut State University (0.85/1k); Quinnipiac University (0.21/1k); Western Connecticut State University (2.16/1k); Wesleyan University (3.24/1k); University of Bridgeport (2.61/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Fairfield University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Fairfield on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- City Colleges of Chicago-Harry · lowest peer 0.58
City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College — lowest peer
0.58 per 1,000 students
- Butler Community College · near 0.73
Butler Community College — near
0.73 per 1,000 students
- Fairfield University · this campus 1.46
Fairfield University — this campus
1.46 per 1,000 students
- Colorado State University Pueblo · near 1.46
Colorado State University Pueblo — near
1.46 per 1,000 students
- Texas A&M University-Kingsville · highest peer
Texas A&M University-Kingsville — highest peer
9.18 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Fairfield University's 1.46/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Fairfield University decreased from 10 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 27 CT 4-year peers in this comparison, Fairfield University is larger than 69% and safer-reporting than 62% - 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.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 65, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 23
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 73, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 62, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 77, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 65
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 77
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 85, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 35, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 27, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 27
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 23, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 15
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 15, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 35
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 12, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 12
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 73
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Fairfield University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 62
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford International University for Religion and Peace | 109 | 0.00 | 0 | 81 |
| Mitchell College | 442 | 6.79 | 4 | 12 |
| University of Connecticut-Avery Point | 477 | 0.00 | 8 | 81 |
| Holy Apostles College and Seminary | 719 | 0.00 | 12 | 81 |
| University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus | 745 | 2.68 | 15 | 35 |
| Albertus Magnus College | 1,239 | 4.04 | 19 | 15 |
| University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus | 1,544 | 0.00 | 23 | 81 |
| University of Saint Joseph | 1,952 | 3.07 | 27 | 27 |
| Connecticut College | 1,990 | 10.05 | 31 | 8 |
| Charter Oak State College | 2,012 | 0.00 | 35 | 81 |
| Trinity College | 2,238 | 10.28 | 38 | 4 |
| Fairfield University (this campus) | 6,864 | 1.46 | 69 | 62 |
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 Fairfield University fell from 10 to 6 (-40%). The decrease shows up in Arson (1 to 0), Burglary (2 to 1) and Fondling (4 to 3).
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 Fairfield University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 6 Clery Act categories here: Fondling, Rape, Burglary, Aggravated Assault, Arson and Motor Vehicle Theft.
The remaining 5 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter, Negligent Manslaughter and Robbery. 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 onlyFairfield University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 20% (5 → 6 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Rape | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arson | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 1 | 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 | 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 | 13 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 116 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 19 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 147 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Fairfield 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).
TX
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
9.18 incidents / 1,000 students
CO
Colorado State University Pueblo
1.46 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Fairfield University sits on price and outcomes
At $48,095, Fairfield University's reported average net price is cheaper than 98% among 49 Connecticut colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $21,634.
- $48,095
- average net price
- $21,634
- Connecticut median
- 2.8×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $17,471
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $33,302 for families reporting under $30,000 against $50,773 above $110,000, a difference of $17,471. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $48,095 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $73,693 run about 1.5 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
- $58,350
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $58,350
- Avg Net Price
- $48,095
- Median Debt
- $26,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 7%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 33%
- SAT Average
- 1335
- SAT Math Range
- 630-690
- ACT Average
- 29
- ACT Range
- 29-32
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 84%
- Retention Rate
- 91%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $73,693
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $88,794
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 86%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 960 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, TX · 6,864 enrolled
Safety Score 9.18
Colorado State University Pueblo
Pueblo, CO · 6,851 enrolled
Safety Score 1.46
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY · 6,877 enrolled
Safety Score 3.34
Butler Community College
El Dorado, KS · 6,841 enrolled
Safety Score 0.73
City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College
Chicago, IL · 6,839 enrolled
Safety Score 0.58
Closest by National Rank
Fairfield University (national rank #816) sits near University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (#815) and Colorado State University Pueblo (#817) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR
National Rank #815
Colorado State University Pueblo
Pueblo, CO
National Rank #817
Institute of Technology
Clovis, CA
National Rank #814
Roseman University of Health Sciences
Henderson, NV
National Rank #818
Porterville College
Porterville, CA
National Rank #819
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Fairfield University, both outside CT so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, TX · 6,864 enrolled
Safety score 9.18
Colorado State University Pueblo
Pueblo, CO · 6,851 enrolled
Safety score 1.46
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY · 6,877 enrolled
Safety score 3.34
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK · 6,893 enrolled
Safety score 9.14
Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, MO · 6,826 enrolled
Safety score 2.20
Barry University
Miami, FL · 6,825 enrolled
Safety score 0.88
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI · 6,822 enrolled
Safety score 4.98
University of West Alabama
Livingston, AL · 6,820 enrolled
Safety score 1.17
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR · 5,496 enrolled
Safety score 1.46
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY · 2,757 enrolled
Safety score 1.45
Roseman University of Health Sciences
Henderson, NV · 1,367 enrolled
Safety score 1.46
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Utica, NY · 2,733 enrolled
Safety score 1.46
Bellingham Technical College
Bellingham, WA · 2,047 enrolled
Safety score 1.47
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA · 15,888 enrolled
Safety score 1.45
William Woods University
Fulton, MO · 2,046 enrolled
Safety score 1.47
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Fairfield University safe?
Fairfield University has a safety score of 1.46 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #816 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Texas A&M University-Kingsville (9.18/1k). Same-state same-level set: University of Hartford (3.16/1k); University of New Haven (1.73/1k); Eastern Connecticut State University (2.07/1k); Southern Connecticut State University (0.85/1k); Quinnipiac University (0.21/1k); Western Connecticut State University (2.16/1k); Wesleyan University (3.24/1k); University of Bridgeport (2.61/1k).
What crimes are reported at Fairfield University?
For calendar year 2024, Fairfield University reported Fondling (3), Rape (2) and Burglary (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Fairfield University compare to similar schools?
Fairfield University reports 52% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Texas A&M University-Kingsville (9.18/1k); Colorado State University Pueblo (1.46/1k); New York Institute of Technology (3.34/1k); Butler Community College (0.73/1k); City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College (0.58/1k). Same-state same-level set: University of Hartford (3.16/1k); University of New Haven (1.73/1k); Eastern Connecticut State University (2.07/1k); Southern Connecticut State University (0.85/1k); Quinnipiac University (0.21/1k); Western Connecticut State University (2.16/1k); Wesleyan University (3.24/1k); University of Bridgeport (2.61/1k).
Does Fairfield University have fire safety data?
Yes. Fairfield University 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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