PA
Gettysburg College
12.80 incidents / 1,000 students
Gettysburg, PA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Gettysburg College
Across 2022–2024, Gettysburg College reported 65 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Alvernia University.
- 12.80
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,988
- Rank of 2,072
- #138
- PA rank
- 2,812
- Enrolled students
12.80 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Gettysburg College reports 12.80 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 958% above Blackhawk Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Blackhawk Technical College (0.36/1k); Lakeland University (0.36/1k); University of Hawaii-West Oahu (0.00/1k); Randolph Community College (0.00/1k); Wayland Baptist University (5.34/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Alvernia University (0.36/1k); Lafayette College (7.93/1k); Moravian University (4.74/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington (7.28/1k); Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.69/1k); Mount Aloysius College (0.00/1k); Saint Francis University (3.38/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 12.80
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,988
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 96%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 20
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 212674 · Gettysburg College 12.80/1k score rate · #1,988/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-HOT 12.80/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,988/2,072
- ST-MID #138 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Wayland Baptist University · +7.46
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 23%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 2,812
- FIRE-REPORT 1 fire
Nearest enrollment peer: Wayland Baptist University (-7.46/1k)
Gettysburg College sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer Wayland Baptist 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-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Wayland Baptist University (-7.46/1k). National rank #1,988 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Gettysburg College reports 12.80 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 958% above Blackhawk Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Blackhawk Technical College (0.36/1k); Lakeland University (0.36/1k); University of Hawaii-West Oahu (0.00/1k); Randolph Community College (0.00/1k); Wayland Baptist University (5.34/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Alvernia University (0.36/1k); Lafayette College (7.93/1k); Moravian University (4.74/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington (7.28/1k); Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.69/1k); Mount Aloysius College (0.00/1k); Saint Francis University (3.38/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Gettysburg College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Gettysburg on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- University of Hawaii-West Oahu · lowest peer 0
University of Hawaii-West Oahu — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Blackhawk Technical College · near 0.36
Blackhawk Technical College — near
0.36 per 1,000 students
- Lakeland University · near 0.36
Lakeland University — near
0.36 per 1,000 students
- Wayland Baptist University · near
Wayland Baptist University — near
5.34 per 1,000 students
- Gettysburg College · this campus · highest
Gettysburg College — this campus · highest
12.8 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Gettysburg College's 12.80/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Gettysburg College increased from 19 to 20 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 PA 4-year peers in this comparison, Gettysburg College is larger than 67% and safer-reporting than 3% - 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) 89
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 94
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Gettysburg College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 1,884 | 12.74 | 0 | 6 |
| Wilson College | 1,907 | 2.62 | 3 | 56 |
| Seton Hill University | 1,927 | 1.04 | 6 | 67 |
| King's College | 1,939 | 1.03 | 8 | 69 |
| Gwynedd Mercy University | 2,017 | 2.97 | 11 | 50 |
| Lebanon Valley College | 2,146 | 2.33 | 14 | 58 |
| La Roche University | 2,153 | 0.46 | 17 | 83 |
| Delaware Valley University | 2,199 | 6.37 | 19 | 28 |
| Misericordia University | 2,200 | 1.36 | 22 | 64 |
| Lackawanna College | 2,211 | 0.90 | 25 | 72 |
| Neumann University | 2,244 | 4.46 | 28 | 39 |
| Gettysburg College (this campus) | 2,812 | 12.80 | 67 | 3 |
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 Gettysburg College rose from 19 to 20 (+5%). The increase shows up in Burglary (1 to 4), Fondling (1 to 3) and Motor Vehicle Theft (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Arson (3 to 0), Aggravated Assault (4 to 3) and Rape (10 to 9).
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 Gettysburg College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 6 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Burglary, Aggravated Assault, Fondling, 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 onlyGettysburg College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 23% (26 → 20 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 26 |
| 2023 | 19 |
| 2024 | 20 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 9 | 10 | 5 |
| Burglary | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Aggravated Assault | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Fondling | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Arson | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 1 | 37 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 6 | 71 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 2 | 40 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 6 | 185 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 1 | 32 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 17 | 136 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Gettysburg 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).
WI
Blackhawk Technical College
0.36 incidents / 1,000 students
WI
Lakeland University
0.36 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Gettysburg College sits on price and outcomes
At $31,490, Gettysburg College's reported average net price is cheaper than 91% among 261 Pennsylvania colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $19,954.
- $31,490
- average net price
- $19,954
- Pennsylvania median
- 2.1×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $31,238
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $13,625, while those above $110,000 record $44,863 - roughly 3.3 times as much. A published average of $31,490 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $57,274 run about 1.8 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
- $66,640
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $66,640
- Avg Net Price
- $31,490
- Median Debt
- $26,999
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 21%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 39%
- SAT Average
- 1379
- SAT Math Range
- 630-740
- ACT Average
- 30
- ACT Range
- 29-32
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 83%
- Retention Rate
- 91%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $57,274
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $71,517
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 93%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,267 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Blackhawk Technical College
Janesville, WI · 2,811 enrolled
Safety Score 0.36
Lakeland University
Plymouth, WI · 2,813 enrolled
Safety Score 0.36
University of Hawaii-West Oahu
Kapolei, HI · 2,814 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Randolph Community College
Asheboro, NC · 2,814 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Wayland Baptist University
Plainview, TX · 2,809 enrolled
Safety Score 5.34
Closest by National Rank
Gettysburg College (national rank #1988) sits near Spring Hill College (#1989) and Salem College (#1987) 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 Gettysburg College, both outside PA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Lakeland University
Plymouth, WI · 2,813 enrolled
Safety score 0.36
University of Hawaii-West Oahu
Kapolei, HI · 2,814 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Wayland Baptist University
Plainview, TX · 2,809 enrolled
Safety score 5.34
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT · 2,803 enrolled
Safety score 10.70
Renton Technical College
Renton, WA · 2,824 enrolled
Safety score 0.71
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA · 2,797 enrolled
Safety score 23.24
SUNY College at Potsdam
Potsdam, NY · 2,832 enrolled
Safety score 2.12
University of Hawaii Maui College
Kahului, HI · 2,792 enrolled
Safety score 1.43
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Salem College
Winston-Salem, NC · 549 enrolled
Safety score 12.75
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA · 951 enrolled
Safety score 12.62
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR · 2,942 enrolled
Safety score 12.58
Spring Hill College
Mobile, AL · 919 enrolled
Safety score 13.06
Alma College
Alma, MI · 1,197 enrolled
Safety score 12.53
Northeastern University Oakland
Oakland, CA · 640 enrolled
Safety score 12.50
University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK · 10,493 enrolled
Safety score 12.48
Rollins College
Winter Park, FL · 3,046 enrolled
Safety score 13.13
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Gettysburg College safe?
Gettysburg College has a safety score of 12.80 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,988 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Blackhawk Technical College (0.36/1k). Same-state same-level set: Alvernia University (0.36/1k); Lafayette College (7.93/1k); Moravian University (4.74/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington (7.28/1k); Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.69/1k); Mount Aloysius College (0.00/1k); Saint Francis University (3.38/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k).
What crimes are reported at Gettysburg College?
For calendar year 2024, Gettysburg College reported Rape (9), Burglary (4), Aggravated Assault (3), Fondling (3) 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 Gettysburg College compare to similar schools?
Gettysburg College reports 958% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Blackhawk Technical College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Blackhawk Technical College (0.36/1k); Lakeland University (0.36/1k); University of Hawaii-West Oahu (0.00/1k); Randolph Community College (0.00/1k); Wayland Baptist University (5.34/1k). Same-state same-level set: Alvernia University (0.36/1k); Lafayette College (7.93/1k); Moravian University (4.74/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington (7.28/1k); Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.69/1k); Mount Aloysius College (0.00/1k); Saint Francis University (3.38/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k).
Does Gettysburg College have fire safety data?
Yes. Gettysburg College 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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