NY
Farmingdale State College
0.70 incidents / 1,000 students
Farmingdale, NY · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Farmingdale State College
Across 2022–2024, Farmingdale State College reported 16 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: Empire State University.
- 0.70
- Incidents / 1k students
- #448
- Rank of 2,072
- #82
- NY rank
- 10,039
- Enrolled students
0.70 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Farmingdale State College reports 0.70 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 66% below Villanova University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Villanova University (1.89/1k); University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2.89/1k); Murray State University (2.59/1k); Central Connecticut State University (2.70/1k); Odessa College (0.10/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Empire State University (0.00/1k); CUNY Graduate School and University Center (0.10/1k); Hofstra University (2.15/1k); The New School (0.99/1k); College of Staten Island CUNY (0.91/1k); Mercy University (1.22/1k); Fashion Institute of Technology (0.73/1k); Touro University (0.17/1k). 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
- 0.70
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #448
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 78%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 3
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 196042 · Farmingdale State College 0.70/1k score rate · #448/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-QUIET 0.70/1k
- RANK-UPPER #448/2,072
- ST-MID #82 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Odessa College · +0.60
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 67%
- CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
- ENR-MID 10,039
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Odessa College (-0.60/1k)
Farmingdale State College sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO · peer Odessa 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-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Odessa College (-0.60/1k). National rank #448 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Farmingdale State College reports 0.70 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 66% below Villanova University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Villanova University (1.89/1k); University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2.89/1k); Murray State University (2.59/1k); Central Connecticut State University (2.70/1k); Odessa College (0.10/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Empire State University (0.00/1k); CUNY Graduate School and University Center (0.10/1k); Hofstra University (2.15/1k); The New School (0.99/1k); College of Staten Island CUNY (0.91/1k); Mercy University (1.22/1k); Fashion Institute of Technology (0.73/1k); Touro University (0.17/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Farmingdale State College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Farmingdale on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Odessa College · lowest peer 0.1
Odessa College — lowest peer
0.1 per 1,000 students
- Farmingdale State College · this campus 0.7
Farmingdale State College — this campus
0.7 per 1,000 students
- Villanova University · near
Villanova University — near
1.89 per 1,000 students
- Murray State University · near
Murray State University — near
2.59 per 1,000 students
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire · highest peer
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire — highest peer
2.89 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Farmingdale State College's 0.70/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Farmingdale State College decreased from 4 to 3 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 NY 4-year peers in this comparison, Farmingdale State College is larger than 67% and safer-reporting than 72% - 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 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 94
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 94
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 94
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Farmingdale State College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teachers College at Columbia University | 4,401 | 2.04 | 0 | 42 |
| State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 4,540 | 4.85 | 3 | 22 |
| St. Francis College | 4,567 | 1.31 | 6 | 56 |
| SUNY Old Westbury | 4,709 | 4.88 | 8 | 19 |
| Ithaca College | 4,767 | 10.49 | 11 | 0 |
| Molloy University | 5,005 | 0.20 | 14 | 83 |
| SUNY Oneonta | 5,337 | 6.56 | 17 | 6 |
| Pratt Institute-Main | 5,356 | 2.80 | 19 | 33 |
| CUNY York College | 6,174 | 0.16 | 22 | 89 |
| SUNY Buffalo State University | 6,188 | 6.79 | 25 | 3 |
| Marist University | 6,356 | 4.41 | 28 | 28 |
| Farmingdale State College (this campus) | 10,039 | 0.70 | 67 | 72 |
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 Farmingdale State College fell from 4 to 3 (-25%). The increase shows up in Arson (0 to 1) and Burglary (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Aggravated Assault (3 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 Farmingdale State College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Aggravated Assault, Fondling, Arson and Burglary.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Incest, Motor Vehicle Theft, 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 onlyFarmingdale State College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 67% (9 → 3 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Fondling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Arson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 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
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 | 0 | 11 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 10 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 20 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 9 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 22 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
Farmingdale State 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).
PA
Villanova University
1.89 incidents / 1,000 students
WI
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2.89 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Farmingdale State College sits on price and outcomes
At $10,867, Farmingdale State College's reported average net price is cheaper than 25% among 326 New York colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $17,940.
- $10,867
- average net price
- $17,940
- New York median
- 3.8×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $12,986
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $4,933, while those above $110,000 record $17,919 - roughly 3.6 times as much. A published average of $10,867 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six years after enrolling, the median former student who received federal aid reports $55,901 - about 5.1 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
- $8,626
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $18,536
- Avg Net Price
- $10,867
- Median Debt
- $14,718
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 36%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- SAT Average
- 1147
- SAT Math Range
- 520-620
- ACT Average
- 24
- ACT Range
- 20-28
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 55%
- Retention Rate
- 82%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $55,901
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $69,781
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 77%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 795 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Villanova University
Villanova, PA · 10,041 enrolled
Safety Score 1.89
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI · 10,049 enrolled
Safety Score 2.89
Murray State University
Murray, KY · 10,020 enrolled
Safety Score 2.59
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT · 9,997 enrolled
Safety Score 2.70
Odessa College
Odessa, TX · 9,981 enrolled
Safety Score 0.10
Closest by National Rank
Farmingdale State College (national rank #448) sits near Park University (#449) and Eastern Oregon University (#447) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Farmingdale State College, both outside NY so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Villanova University
Villanova, PA · 10,041 enrolled
Safety score 1.89
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI · 10,049 enrolled
Safety score 2.89
Murray State University
Murray, KY · 10,020 enrolled
Safety score 2.59
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT · 9,997 enrolled
Safety score 2.70
Odessa College
Odessa, TX · 9,981 enrolled
Safety score 0.10
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR · 10,112 enrolled
Safety score 3.66
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI · 9,959 enrolled
Safety score 6.43
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL · 9,955 enrolled
Safety score 2.61
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Park University
Parkville, MO · 5,736 enrolled
Safety score 0.70
College for Creative Studies
Detroit, MI · 1,433 enrolled
Safety score 0.70
Guam Community College
Mangilao, GU · 1,430 enrolled
Safety score 0.70
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL · 4,281 enrolled
Safety score 0.70
Oklahoma Christian University
Edmond, OK · 2,851 enrolled
Safety score 0.70
University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon
Bayamon, PR · 2,851 enrolled
Safety score 0.70
Columbia College
Columbia, MO · 5,689 enrolled
Safety score 0.70
Eastern Oregon University
La Grande, OR · 2,894 enrolled
Safety score 0.69
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Farmingdale State College safe?
Farmingdale State College has a safety score of 0.70 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #448 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Villanova University (1.89/1k). Same-state same-level set: Empire State University (0.00/1k); CUNY Graduate School and University Center (0.10/1k); Hofstra University (2.15/1k); The New School (0.99/1k); College of Staten Island CUNY (0.91/1k); Mercy University (1.22/1k); Fashion Institute of Technology (0.73/1k); Touro University (0.17/1k).
What crimes are reported at Farmingdale State College?
For calendar year 2024, Farmingdale State College reported Arson (1), Burglary (1) and Fondling (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Farmingdale State College compare to similar schools?
Farmingdale State College reports 66% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Villanova University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Villanova University (1.89/1k); University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2.89/1k); Murray State University (2.59/1k); Central Connecticut State University (2.70/1k); Odessa College (0.10/1k). Same-state same-level set: Empire State University (0.00/1k); CUNY Graduate School and University Center (0.10/1k); Hofstra University (2.15/1k); The New School (0.99/1k); College of Staten Island CUNY (0.91/1k); Mercy University (1.22/1k); Fashion Institute of Technology (0.73/1k); Touro University (0.17/1k).
Does Farmingdale State College have fire safety data?
Yes. Farmingdale State College 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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