WV
Fairmont State University
3.03 incidents / 1,000 students
Fairmont, WV · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Fairmont State University
Across 2022–2024, Fairmont State University reported 16 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: Shepherd University.
- 3.03
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,290
- Rank of 2,072
- #20
- WV rank
- 3,305
- Enrolled students
3.03 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Fairmont State University reports 3.03 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 1150% above Baldwin Wallace University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Baldwin Wallace University (0.91/1k); Atlantic Technical College (0.00/1k); Southside Virginia Community College (0.30/1k); Columbus Technical College (0.00/1k); Lakeshore Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Shepherd University (1.50/1k); West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); University of Charleston (0.65/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k); Concord University (4.63/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k); Bluefield State University (7.62/1k). 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
- 3.03
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,290
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 62%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 4
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 237367 · Fairmont State University 3.03/1k score rate · #1,290/2,072
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-MID 3.03/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,290/2,072
- ST-MID #20 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Baldwin Wallace University · +2.12
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 50%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 3,305
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Baldwin Wallace University (-2.12/1k)
Fairmont State University sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Baldwin Wallace 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Baldwin Wallace University (-2.12/1k). National rank #1,290 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Fairmont State University reports 3.03 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 1150% above Baldwin Wallace University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Baldwin Wallace University (0.91/1k); Atlantic Technical College (0.00/1k); Southside Virginia Community College (0.30/1k); Columbus Technical College (0.00/1k); Lakeshore Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Shepherd University (1.50/1k); West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); University of Charleston (0.65/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k); Concord University (4.63/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k); Bluefield State University (7.62/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Fairmont State University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Fairmont on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Atlantic Technical College · lowest peer 0
Atlantic Technical College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Southside Virginia Community College · near 0.3
Southside Virginia Community College — near
0.3 per 1,000 students
- Baldwin Wallace University · near 0.91
Baldwin Wallace University — near
0.91 per 1,000 students
- Fairmont State University · this campus · highest
Fairmont State University — this campus · highest
3.03 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Fairmont State University's 3.03/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Fairmont State University was unchanged from 4 to 4 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 25 WV 4-year peers in this comparison, Fairmont State University is larger than 83% and safer-reporting than 42% - 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 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Fairmont State University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future Generations University | 48 | 0.00 | 0 | 75 |
| West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition | 64 | 328.13 | 4 | 0 |
| Appalachian Bible College | 223 | 0.00 | 8 | 75 |
| Bethany College | 640 | 21.88 | 13 | 4 |
| Davis & Elkins College | 661 | 7.56 | 17 | 17 |
| West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown | 673 | 0.00 | 21 | 75 |
| Valley College-Martinsburg | 765 | 0.00 | 25 | 75 |
| Wheeling University | 774 | 2.58 | 29 | 50 |
| West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine | 835 | 0.00 | 33 | 75 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | 1,055 | 13.27 | 38 | 8 |
| Potomac State College of West Virginia University | 1,077 | 5.57 | 42 | 25 |
| Fairmont State University (this campus) | 3,305 | 3.03 | 83 | 42 |
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 Fairmont State University held level. The total is unchanged, but the mix behind it is not. Rising: Fondling (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Burglary (3 to 2).
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 Fairmont State University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Rape, Fondling and Motor Vehicle Theft.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Incest and Murder / Non-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 onlyFairmont State University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 50% (8 → 4 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Rape | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fondling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 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| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 21 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 19 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 1 | 11 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 1 | 21 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Fairmont State 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).
OH
Baldwin Wallace University
0.91 incidents / 1,000 students
FL
Atlantic Technical College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Fairmont State University sits on price and outcomes
At $9,032, Fairmont State University's reported average net price is cheaper than 40% among 60 West Virginia colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $9,988.
- $9,032
- average net price
- $9,988
- West Virginia median
- 2.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $1,489
- reported income-bracket spread
This institution reports an unusual pattern: families under $30,000 record a HIGHER net price ($8,434) than those above $110,000 ($6,945). Fewer than 2% of institutions reporting both brackets show this shape. It can reflect small bracket samples or programme mix rather than aid policy, so treat it as a question to raise with the financial-aid office rather than a finding.
Six years after enrolling, the median former student who received federal aid reports $41,197 - about 4.6 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly.
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
- $8,708
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $18,924
- Avg Net Price
- $9,032
- Median Debt
- $21,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 34%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 99%
- SAT Average
- 996
- SAT Math Range
- 360-510
- ACT Average
- 20
- ACT Range
- 17-23
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 46%
- Retention Rate
- 67%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $41,197
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $46,857
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 59%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,235 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Baldwin Wallace University
Berea, OH · 3,305 enrolled
Safety Score 0.91
Atlantic Technical College
Coconut Creek, FL · 3,304 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Southside Virginia Community College
Alberta, VA · 3,306 enrolled
Safety Score 0.30
Columbus Technical College
Columbus, GA · 3,307 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Lakeshore Technical College
Cleveland, WI · 3,303 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Fairmont State University (national rank #1290) sits near University of Mississippi (#1289) and Chatham University (#1291) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
University of Mississippi
University, MS
National Rank #1289
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA
National Rank #1291
University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME
National Rank #1288
Walla Walla Community College
Walla Walla, WA
National Rank #1292
University of North Alabama
Florence, AL
National Rank #1293
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Fairmont State University, both outside WV so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Baldwin Wallace University
Berea, OH · 3,305 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
Great Basin College
Elko, NV · 3,320 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton, TX · 3,321 enrolled
Safety score 6.32
University of Portland
Portland, OR · 3,285 enrolled
Safety score 2.13
LeTourneau University
Longview, TX · 3,330 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
SUNY at Purchase College
Purchase, NY · 3,333 enrolled
Safety score 6.30
New England College
Henniker, NH · 3,275 enrolled
Safety score 0.61
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College
Erie, PA · 3,336 enrolled
Safety score 6.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
University of Mississippi
University, MS · 26,449 enrolled
Safety score 3.02
University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME · 7,604 enrolled
Safety score 3.02
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA · 2,309 enrolled
Safety score 3.03
Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, LA · 8,279 enrolled
Safety score 3.02
Walla Walla Community College
Walla Walla, WA · 2,967 enrolled
Safety score 3.03
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA · 1,989 enrolled
Safety score 3.02
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Manchester, NH · 663 enrolled
Safety score 3.02
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Norman, OK · 30,851 enrolled
Safety score 3.01
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Fairmont State University safe?
Fairmont State University has a safety score of 3.03 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,290 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Baldwin Wallace University (0.91/1k). Same-state same-level set: Shepherd University (1.50/1k); West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); University of Charleston (0.65/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k); Concord University (4.63/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k); Bluefield State University (7.62/1k).
What crimes are reported at Fairmont State University?
For calendar year 2024, Fairmont State University reported Burglary (2), Fondling (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 Fairmont State University compare to similar schools?
Fairmont State University reports 1150% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Baldwin Wallace University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Baldwin Wallace University (0.91/1k); Atlantic Technical College (0.00/1k); Southside Virginia Community College (0.30/1k); Columbus Technical College (0.00/1k); Lakeshore Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Shepherd University (1.50/1k); West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); University of Charleston (0.65/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k); Concord University (4.63/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k); Bluefield State University (7.62/1k).
Does Fairmont State University have fire safety data?
Yes. Fairmont State 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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