OH
Heidelberg University
5.50 incidents / 1,000 students
Tiffin, OH · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Heidelberg University
Across 2022–2024, Heidelberg University reported 10 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Fondling.
- 5.50
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,670
- Rank of 2,072
- #109
- OH rank
- 1,091
- Enrolled students
5.50 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Heidelberg University reports 5.50 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 15% above The College of Idaho. Similar-enrollment scored peers: The College of Idaho (11.93/1k); Dean College (8.24/1k); South Texas College of Law Houston (0.00/1k); Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio (0.00/1k); Naropa University (3.66/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Mercy College of Ohio (0.00/1k); Lake Erie College (0.90/1k); Marietta College (3.61/1k); Hiram College (0.94/1k); Wilmington College (2.88/1k); Northeast Ohio Medical University (0.00/1k); Miami University-Middletown (0.00/1k); Kent State University at East Liverpool (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 5.50
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,670
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 81%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 4
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 203085 · Heidelberg University 5.50/1k score rate · #1,670/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HIGH 5.50/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,670/2,072
- ST-MID #109 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Naropa University · +1.84
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-SMALL 1,091
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Naropa University (-1.84/1k)
Heidelberg University sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Naropa 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-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Naropa University (-1.84/1k). National rank #1,670 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Heidelberg University reports 5.50 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 15% above The College of Idaho. Similar-enrollment scored peers: The College of Idaho (11.93/1k); Dean College (8.24/1k); South Texas College of Law Houston (0.00/1k); Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio (0.00/1k); Naropa University (3.66/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Mercy College of Ohio (0.00/1k); Lake Erie College (0.90/1k); Marietta College (3.61/1k); Hiram College (0.94/1k); Wilmington College (2.88/1k); Northeast Ohio Medical University (0.00/1k); Miami University-Middletown (0.00/1k); Kent State University at East Liverpool (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Heidelberg University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Heidelberg on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- South Texas College of · lowest peer 0
South Texas College of Law Houston — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Naropa University · near 3.66
Naropa University — near
3.66 per 1,000 students
- Heidelberg University · this campus
Heidelberg University — this campus
5.5 per 1,000 students
- Dean College · near
Dean College — near
8.24 per 1,000 students
- The College of Idaho · highest peer
The College of Idaho — highest peer
11.93 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Heidelberg University's 5.50/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Heidelberg University increased from 2 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 37 OH 4-year peers in this comparison, Heidelberg University is larger than 58% and safer-reporting than 14% - 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 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- 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) 33
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Heidelberg University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch University | 486 | 0.00 | 0 | 56 |
| United Theological Seminary | 510 | 0.00 | 3 | 56 |
| Cleveland Institute of Art | 545 | 16.51 | 6 | 0 |
| Defiance College | 568 | 1.76 | 8 | 39 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Parma | 624 | 0.00 | 11 | 56 |
| Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati | 645 | 0.00 | 14 | 56 |
| Bluffton University | 646 | 6.19 | 17 | 8 |
| Mount Carmel College of Nursing | 670 | 0.00 | 19 | 56 |
| Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science | 690 | 0.00 | 22 | 56 |
| The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences | 717 | 5.58 | 25 | 11 |
| Ohio State University-Lima Campus | 723 | 0.00 | 28 | 56 |
| Heidelberg University (this campus) | 1,091 | 5.50 | 58 | 14 |
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 Heidelberg University rose from 2 to 4 (+100%). The increase shows up in Fondling (1 to 3).
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 Heidelberg University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Fondling, Rape and Burglary.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Incest and Motor Vehicle Theft. 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 onlyHeidelberg University: Criminal Offenses by year
Stable 0% (4 → 4 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Rape | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 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 | 5 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 26 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 24 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Heidelberg 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).
ID
The College of Idaho
11.93 incidents / 1,000 students
MA
Dean College
8.24 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Heidelberg University sits on price and outcomes
At $20,556, Heidelberg University's reported average net price is cheaper than 58% among 228 Ohio colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $17,989.
- $20,556
- average net price
- $17,989
- Ohio median
- 1.5×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $8,069
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $18,217 for families reporting under $30,000 against $26,286 above $110,000, a difference of $8,069. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $20,556 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $41,440 run about 2.0 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
- $33,650
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $33,650
- Avg Net Price
- $20,556
- Median Debt
- $27,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 37%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 86%
- ACT Average
- 22
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 51%
- Retention Rate
- 74%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $41,440
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $48,466
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 75%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,249 similar institutions by enrollment size.
The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID · 1,090 enrolled
Safety Score 11.93
Dean College
Franklin, MA · 1,092 enrolled
Safety Score 8.24
South Texas College of Law Houston
Houston, TX · 1,089 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio
San Antonio, TX · 1,089 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Naropa University
Boulder, CO · 1,094 enrolled
Safety Score 3.66
Closest by National Rank
Heidelberg University (national rank #1670) sits near California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (#1671) and Young Harris College (#1669) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
National Rank #1671
Young Harris College
Young Harris, GA
National Rank #1669
Saint Mary's College of California
Moraga, CA
National Rank #1668
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
National Rank #1672
SUNY Brockport
Brockport, NY
National Rank #1667
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Heidelberg University, both outside OH so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Dean College
Franklin, MA · 1,092 enrolled
Safety score 8.24
The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID · 1,090 enrolled
Safety score 11.93
South Texas College of Law Houston
Houston, TX · 1,089 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Cornell College
Mount Vernon, IA · 1,094 enrolled
Safety score 4.57
Naropa University
Boulder, CO · 1,094 enrolled
Safety score 3.66
Presbyterian College
Clinton, SC · 1,095 enrolled
Safety score 6.39
Washington University of Science and Technology
Vienna, VA · 1,096 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Cairn University-Langhorne
Langhorne, PA · 1,097 enrolled
Safety score 3.65
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · 23,069 enrolled
Safety score 5.51
Young Harris College
Young Harris, GA · 1,457 enrolled
Safety score 5.49
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA · 56,997 enrolled
Safety score 5.51
Saint Mary's College of California
Moraga, CA · 2,734 enrolled
Safety score 5.49
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC · 4,894 enrolled
Safety score 5.52
SUNY Brockport
Brockport, NY · 7,482 enrolled
Safety score 5.48
West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Beckley, WV · 1,278 enrolled
Safety score 5.48
West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies
Los Angeles, CA · 548 enrolled
Safety score 5.47
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Heidelberg University safe?
Heidelberg University has a safety score of 5.50 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,670 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: The College of Idaho (11.93/1k). Same-state same-level set: Mercy College of Ohio (0.00/1k); Lake Erie College (0.90/1k); Marietta College (3.61/1k); Hiram College (0.94/1k); Wilmington College (2.88/1k); Northeast Ohio Medical University (0.00/1k); Miami University-Middletown (0.00/1k); Kent State University at East Liverpool (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Heidelberg University?
For calendar year 2024, Heidelberg University reported Fondling (3) 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 Heidelberg University compare to similar schools?
Heidelberg University reports 15% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than The College of Idaho. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: The College of Idaho (11.93/1k); Dean College (8.24/1k); South Texas College of Law Houston (0.00/1k); Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio (0.00/1k); Naropa University (3.66/1k). Same-state same-level set: Mercy College of Ohio (0.00/1k); Lake Erie College (0.90/1k); Marietta College (3.61/1k); Hiram College (0.94/1k); Wilmington College (2.88/1k); Northeast Ohio Medical University (0.00/1k); Miami University-Middletown (0.00/1k); Kent State University at East Liverpool (0.00/1k).
Does Heidelberg University have fire safety data?
Yes. Heidelberg 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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