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Georgian Court University

Across 2022–2024, Georgian Court University reported 9 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: Caldwell University.

2.48
Incidents / 1k students
#1,172
Rank of 2,072
#58
NJ rank
2,013
Enrolled students

2.48 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students

Georgian Court University reports 2.48 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 258% above Charter Oak State College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Charter Oak State College (0.00/1k); Rend Lake College (0.00/1k); Baker University (3.47/1k); Brunswick Community College (0.00/1k); Ohio University-Zanesville Campus (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Caldwell University (1.50/1k); Berkeley College-Woodland Park (0.00/1k); Drew University (1.34/1k); Felician University (4.12/1k); Centenary University (7.15/1k); Chamberlain University-New Jersey (0.82/1k); Eastwick College-Ramsey (0.00/1k); Eastwick College-Hackensack (0.00/1k). 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
2.48
of 2,072 ranked nationally
#1,172
report fewer incidents than this campus
57%
Criminal Offenses, 2024
4
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Data updated August 2026

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Sheet 184773 · Georgian Court University 2.48/1k score rate · #1,172/2,072

RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO

  • RATE-MID 2.48/1k
  • RANK-LOWER #1,172/2,072
  • ST-MID #58 in state
  • BELOW-PEER Baker University · 0.99 back
  • ZERO-NONE Scored
  • TREND-DOWN ↓ 20%
  • CAT-LEAD Burglary
  • ENR-SMALL 2,013
  • FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed

Nearest enrollment peer: Baker University (+0.99/1k)

Georgian Court University sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Baker 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 · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Baker University (+0.99/1k). National rank #1,172 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.

Georgian Court University reports 2.48 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 258% above Charter Oak State College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Charter Oak State College (0.00/1k); Rend Lake College (0.00/1k); Baker University (3.47/1k); Brunswick Community College (0.00/1k); Ohio University-Zanesville Campus (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Caldwell University (1.50/1k); Berkeley College-Woodland Park (0.00/1k); Drew University (1.34/1k); Felician University (4.12/1k); Centenary University (7.15/1k); Chamberlain University-New Jersey (0.82/1k); Eastwick College-Ramsey (0.00/1k); Eastwick College-Hackensack (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.

Peer-rate neighbourhood around Georgian Court University

Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Georgian on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Georgian Court University's 2.48/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.

Source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey (Clery Act) As of 2024

Reporting-period change

What changed in 2024

+4 reported incidents

Georgian Court University increased from 0 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 changes

Signature insight · size does not equal danger

Campus size vs reported safety rate

Among 37 NJ 4-year peers in this comparison, Georgian Court University is larger than 89% 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.

Smaller · Safer-reportingLarger · Safer-reportingSmaller · Higher-reportingLarger · Higher-reporting026.352.578.8105013.126.339.452.5Enrollment size, percentile in sampleSafer-reporting percentile (lower rate)Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 86 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 14Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 83 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 92 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 17Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 94 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 6Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 81 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 0Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 78 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 25Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 75 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 72 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 97 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 22Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 69 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 19Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 67 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 64 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 61 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 58 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 56 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 100 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 11Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 53 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 50 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 47 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 44 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 42 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 39 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 3Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 36 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 33 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 31 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 28 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 25 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 22 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 19 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 17 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 14 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 11 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 3 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 3 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 3 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 0 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Georgian Court University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 89 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 8
Enrollment vs Clery incidents per 1,000 (inverted to safety percentile), 2024 reporting year
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  • Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
  • Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
  • Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
  • Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
  • Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
  • Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
  • Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
  • Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
  • Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
  • Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Georgian Court University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
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CampusEnrollmentRate / 1kSize pctSafety pct
DeVry University-New Jersey670.00028
Talmudical Academy-New Jersey720.00328
Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah720.00328
Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov Yitzchok720.00328
Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah760.001128
Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes Boruch810.001428
Yeshiva Gedolah of Woodlake Village870.001728
Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok900.001928
Rabbinical Seminary Mkor Chaim960.002228
Yeshivas Emek Hatorah1010.002528
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School1150.002828
Georgian Court University (this campus)2,0132.48898

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 Georgian Court University rose from 0 to 4. The increase shows up in Rape (0 to 4).

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 Georgian Court University

Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 2 Clery Act categories here: Burglary and Rape. Burglary accounts for most of them.

The remaining 9 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Fondling and Incest. 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 only

Georgian Court University: Criminal Offenses by year

Declining 20% (5 → 4 incidents)

0246 202220232024 On-campus incidents, 2022: 5On-campus incidents, 2023: 0On-campus incidents, 2024: 4 5 4 ▼ -20.0%
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Period On-campus incidents
2022 5
2023 0
2024 4
Crime Type 202420232022
Burglary 005
Rape 400
Aggravated Assault 000
Arson 000
Fondling 000
Incest 000
Motor Vehicle Theft 000
Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter 000
Negligent Manslaughter 000
Robbery 000
Statutory Rape 000

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
Disposition26%47%27%ArrestsDisciplinary referralsNo action
9 reported records
Category Year Arrests Discipline
Drugs 2024 0 7
Liquor 2024 0 5
Weapons 2024 0 0
Drugs 2023 0 7
Liquor 2023 0 5
Weapons 2023 0 0
Drugs 2022 0 0
Liquor 2022 0 4
Weapons 2022 0 0

Georgian Court 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).

Selected

NJ

Georgian Court University

2.48 incidents / 1,000 students
National rank
#1,172
Enrollment
2,013
Data year
2024

IL

Rend Lake College

0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
National rank
Unranked
Enrollment
2,015
Data year
2024

Cost context

Where Georgian Court University sits on price and outcomes

See New Jersey's cost ranking

At $19,285, Georgian Court University's reported average net price is cheaper than 54% among 129 New Jersey colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $18,173.

$19,285
average net price
$18,173
New Jersey median
2.0×
six-year earnings to median debt
$14,025
reported income-bracket spread

Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $12,683, while those above $110,000 record $26,708 - roughly 2.1 times as much. A published average of $19,285 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.

Six-year median earnings of $44,627 run about 2.3 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
$37,260
Out-of-State Tuition
$37,260
Avg Net Price
$19,285
Median Debt
$21,816
Pell Grant Recipients
33%
How does this cost rank in NJ? →

Admissions

Acceptance Rate
79%
ACT Average
25

Outcomes

4-Year Graduation Rate
54%
Retention Rate
76%
Median Earnings (6yr)
$44,627
Median Earnings (10yr)
$53,096
Loan Repayment (3yr)
67%

Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.

Similar Institutions

Showing 5 of 1,308 similar institutions by enrollment size.

Closest by National Rank

Georgian Court University (national rank #1172) sits near Compton College (#1173) and Lamar University (#1171) 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 Georgian Court University, both outside NJ so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).

Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Georgian Court University safe?
Georgian Court University has a safety score of 2.48 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,172 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Charter Oak State College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Caldwell University (1.50/1k); Berkeley College-Woodland Park (0.00/1k); Drew University (1.34/1k); Felician University (4.12/1k); Centenary University (7.15/1k); Chamberlain University-New Jersey (0.82/1k); Eastwick College-Ramsey (0.00/1k); Eastwick College-Hackensack (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Georgian Court University?
For calendar year 2024, Georgian Court University reported Rape (4) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Georgian Court University compare to similar schools?
Georgian Court University reports 258% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Charter Oak State College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Charter Oak State College (0.00/1k); Rend Lake College (0.00/1k); Baker University (3.47/1k); Brunswick Community College (0.00/1k); Ohio University-Zanesville Campus (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Caldwell University (1.50/1k); Berkeley College-Woodland Park (0.00/1k); Drew University (1.34/1k); Felician University (4.12/1k); Centenary University (7.15/1k); Chamberlain University-New Jersey (0.82/1k); Eastwick College-Ramsey (0.00/1k); Eastwick College-Hackensack (0.00/1k).
Does Georgian Court University have fire safety data?
Yes. Georgian Court 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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