SC
Furman University
9.79 incidents / 1,000 students
Greenville, SC · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Furman University
Across 2022–2024, Furman University reported 61 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Motor Vehicle Theft). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Bob Jones University.
- 9.79
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,926
- Rank of 2,072
- #56
- SC rank
- 2,554
- Enrolled students
9.79 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Furman University reports 9.79 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 1151% above North Central State College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: North Central State College (0.39/1k); Ashland Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); D'Youville University (0.78/1k); North Park University (0.78/1k); Lesley University (1.96/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Bob Jones University (1.10/1k); North Greenville University (3.04/1k); University of South Carolina Beaufort (3.17/1k); Columbia International University (0.00/1k); Strayer University-South Carolina (1.42/1k); South Carolina State University (8.95/1k); Medical University of South Carolina (8.01/1k); Claflin University (6.48/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 9.79
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,926
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 93%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 16
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 218070 · Furman University 9.79/1k score rate · #1,926/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HOT 9.79/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,926/2,072
- ST-MID #56 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Lesley University · +7.83
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 6%
- CAT-LEAD Motor Vehicle Th…
- ENR-SMALL 2,554
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Lesley University (-7.83/1k)
Furman University sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Lesley 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-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Lesley University (-7.83/1k). National rank #1,926 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Furman University reports 9.79 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 1151% above North Central State College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: North Central State College (0.39/1k); Ashland Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); D'Youville University (0.78/1k); North Park University (0.78/1k); Lesley University (1.96/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Bob Jones University (1.10/1k); North Greenville University (3.04/1k); University of South Carolina Beaufort (3.17/1k); Columbia International University (0.00/1k); Strayer University-South Carolina (1.42/1k); South Carolina State University (8.95/1k); Medical University of South Carolina (8.01/1k); Claflin University (6.48/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Furman University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Furman on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Ashland Community and Technical · lowest peer 0
Ashland Community and Technical College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- D'Youville University · near 0.78
D'Youville University — near
0.78 per 1,000 students
- North Park University · near 0.78
North Park University — near
0.78 per 1,000 students
- Lesley University · near 1.96
Lesley University — near
1.96 per 1,000 students
- Furman University · this campus · highest
Furman University — this campus · highest
9.79 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Furman University's 9.79/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Furman University decreased from 28 to 16 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 SC 4-year peers in this comparison, Furman University is larger than 61% and safer-reporting than 8% - 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 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Furman University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton College | 126 | 0.00 | 0 | 72 |
| American College of the Building Arts | 155 | 0.00 | 3 | 72 |
| Morris College | 383 | 13.05 | 6 | 3 |
| Sherman College of Chiropractic | 387 | 0.00 | 8 | 72 |
| South University-Columbia | 504 | 0.00 | 11 | 72 |
| Voorhees University | 578 | 0.00 | 14 | 72 |
| Allen University | 610 | 0.00 | 17 | 72 |
| Charleston School of Law | 692 | 0.00 | 19 | 72 |
| Erskine College | 912 | 0.00 | 22 | 72 |
| Southern Wesleyan University | 980 | 0.00 | 25 | 72 |
| Presbyterian College | 1,095 | 6.39 | 28 | 22 |
| Furman University (this campus) | 2,554 | 9.79 | 61 | 8 |
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 Furman University fell from 28 to 16 (-43%). The increase shows up in Fondling (0 to 5). Falling over the same period: Motor Vehicle Theft (16 to 1) and Rape (8 to 6).
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 Furman University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Motor Vehicle Theft, Rape, Fondling, Burglary and Arson.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, 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 onlyFurman University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 6% (17 → 16 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 17 |
| 2023 | 28 |
| 2024 | 16 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 16 | 7 |
| Rape | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Fondling | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Burglary | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Arson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 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 | 0 | 17 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 104 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 1 | 29 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 116 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 19 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 150 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Furman 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
North Central State College
0.39 incidents / 1,000 students
KY
Ashland Community and Technical College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Furman University sits on price and outcomes
At $30,308, Furman University's reported average net price is cheaper than 94% among 81 South Carolina colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $16,525.
- $30,308
- average net price
- $16,525
- South Carolina median
- 2.2×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $22,909
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $16,401, while those above $110,000 record $39,310 - roughly 2.4 times as much. A published average of $30,308 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $50,796 run about 1.7 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
- $59,770
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $59,770
- Avg Net Price
- $30,308
- Median Debt
- $23,250
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 13%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 43%
- SAT Average
- 1371
- SAT Math Range
- 610-710
- ACT Average
- 31
- ACT Range
- 28-32
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 80%
- Retention Rate
- 91%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $50,796
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $68,635
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 87%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,274 similar institutions by enrollment size.
North Central State College
Mansfield, OH · 2,553 enrolled
Safety Score 0.39
Ashland Community and Technical College
Ashland, KY · 2,552 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
D'Youville University
Buffalo, NY · 2,556 enrolled
Safety Score 0.78
North Park University
Chicago, IL · 2,557 enrolled
Safety Score 0.78
Lesley University
Cambridge, MA · 2,557 enrolled
Safety Score 1.96
Closest by National Rank
Furman University (national rank #1926) sits near Ohio Wesleyan University (#1927) and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona (#1925) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH
National Rank #1927
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona
Altoona, PA
National Rank #1925
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
National Rank #1924
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
National Rank #1928
Christopher Newport University
Newport News, VA
National Rank #1923
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Furman University, both outside SC so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
North Central State College
Mansfield, OH · 2,553 enrolled
Safety score 0.39
D'Youville University
Buffalo, NY · 2,556 enrolled
Safety score 0.78
Lesley University
Cambridge, MA · 2,557 enrolled
Safety score 1.96
North Park University
Chicago, IL · 2,557 enrolled
Safety score 0.78
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX · 2,549 enrolled
Safety score 29.03
Taylor University
Upland, IN · 2,548 enrolled
Safety score 0.78
University of Pikeville
Pikeville, KY · 2,547 enrolled
Safety score 1.18
Ohio State University-Newark Campus
Newark, OH · 2,544 enrolled
Safety score 1.18
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH · 1,525 enrolled
Safety score 9.84
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA · 1,623 enrolled
Safety score 9.86
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona
Altoona, PA · 2,371 enrolled
Safety score 9.70
Cornish College of the Arts
Seattle, WA · 505 enrolled
Safety score 9.90
Indiana University-Southeast
New Albany, IN · 3,736 enrolled
Safety score 9.90
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL · 20,905 enrolled
Safety score 9.66
Bowie State University
Bowie, MD · 6,353 enrolled
Safety score 9.92
Christopher Newport University
Newport News, VA · 4,454 enrolled
Safety score 9.65
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Furman University safe?
Furman University has a safety score of 9.79 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,926 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: North Central State College (0.39/1k). Same-state same-level set: Bob Jones University (1.10/1k); North Greenville University (3.04/1k); University of South Carolina Beaufort (3.17/1k); Columbia International University (0.00/1k); Strayer University-South Carolina (1.42/1k); South Carolina State University (8.95/1k); Medical University of South Carolina (8.01/1k); Claflin University (6.48/1k).
What crimes are reported at Furman University?
For calendar year 2024, Furman University reported Rape (6), Fondling (5), Burglary (3), Arson (1) 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 Furman University compare to similar schools?
Furman University reports 1151% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than North Central State College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: North Central State College (0.39/1k); Ashland Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); D'Youville University (0.78/1k); North Park University (0.78/1k); Lesley University (1.96/1k). Same-state same-level set: Bob Jones University (1.10/1k); North Greenville University (3.04/1k); University of South Carolina Beaufort (3.17/1k); Columbia International University (0.00/1k); Strayer University-South Carolina (1.42/1k); South Carolina State University (8.95/1k); Medical University of South Carolina (8.01/1k); Claflin University (6.48/1k).
Does Furman University have fire safety data?
Yes. Furman 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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