AR
Henderson State University
1.95 incidents / 1,000 students
Arkadelphia, AR · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Henderson State University
Across 2022–2024, Henderson State University reported 5 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: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
- 1.95
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,018
- Rank of 2,072
- #35
- AR rank
- 2,055
- Enrolled students
1.95 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Henderson State University reports 1.95 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 37% below Feather River Community College District. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Feather River Community College District (0.49/1k); Colorado College (9.24/1k); Morningside University (2.43/1k); Lincoln University (3.41/1k); Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (21.45/1k); Ouachita Baptist University (2.15/1k); John Brown University (1.70/1k); University of Arkansas at Monticello (2.10/1k); Hendrix College (3.60/1k); Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (0.00/1k); Philander Smith University (0.00/1k); University of the Ozarks (6.43/1k). 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
- 1.95
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,018
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 51%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 2
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 107071 · Henderson State University 1.95/1k score rate · #1,018/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-LOW 1.95/1k
- RANK-MID #1,018/2,072
- ST-MID #35 in state
- BELOW-PEER Morningside University · 0.49 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 33%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 2,055
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Morningside University (+0.49/1k)
Henderson State University sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Morningside 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-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Morningside University (+0.49/1k). National rank #1,018 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Henderson State University reports 1.95 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 37% below Feather River Community College District. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Feather River Community College District (0.49/1k); Colorado College (9.24/1k); Morningside University (2.43/1k); Lincoln University (3.41/1k); Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (21.45/1k); Ouachita Baptist University (2.15/1k); John Brown University (1.70/1k); University of Arkansas at Monticello (2.10/1k); Hendrix College (3.60/1k); Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (0.00/1k); Philander Smith University (0.00/1k); University of the Ozarks (6.43/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Henderson State University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Henderson on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Rocky Mountain College of · lowest peer 0
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Feather River Community College · near 0.49
Feather River Community College District — near
0.49 per 1,000 students
- Henderson State University · this campus 1.95
Henderson State University — this campus
1.95 per 1,000 students
- Morningside University · near 2.43
Morningside University — near
2.43 per 1,000 students
- Lincoln University · near 3.41
Lincoln University — near
3.41 per 1,000 students
- Colorado College · highest peer
Colorado College — highest peer
9.24 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Henderson State University's 1.95/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Henderson State University increased from 0 to 2 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 27 AR 4-year peers in this comparison, Henderson State University is larger than 58% and safer-reporting than 42% - 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 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 27
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 62, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 65, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 35
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 23
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 35, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 27, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 15
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 23, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 15, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 12
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 12, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 73, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 62
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 77, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 85, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 65
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
- Henderson State University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Theological Seminary | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | 69 |
| Ecclesia College | 111 | 0.00 | 4 | 69 |
| Champion Christian College | 146 | 0.00 | 8 | 69 |
| Crowley's Ridge College | 241 | 0.00 | 12 | 69 |
| Arkansas Baptist College | 342 | 5.85 | 15 | 12 |
| Williams Baptist University | 517 | 0.00 | 19 | 69 |
| Central Baptist College | 547 | 0.00 | 23 | 69 |
| Lyon College | 659 | 15.17 | 27 | 4 |
| Strayer University-Arkansas | 741 | 0.00 | 31 | 69 |
| University of the Ozarks | 778 | 6.43 | 35 | 8 |
| Philander Smith University | 780 | 0.00 | 38 | 69 |
| Henderson State University (this campus) | 2,055 | 1.95 | 58 | 42 |
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 Henderson State University rose from 0 to 2. The increase shows up in Rape (0 to 2).
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 Henderson State 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 onlyHenderson State University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 33% (3 → 2 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rape | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 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 | 61 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 3 | 37 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 28 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 2 | 21 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 40 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 19 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
Henderson State 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).
CA
Feather River Community College District
0.49 incidents / 1,000 students
CO
Colorado College
9.24 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Henderson State University sits on price and outcomes
At $23,405, Henderson State University's reported average net price is cheaper than 94% among 69 Arkansas colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $14,060.
- $23,405
- average net price
- $14,060
- Arkansas median
- 1.8×
- six-year earnings to median debt
Six-year median earnings of $35,194 run about 1.5 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
- $8,244
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $10,620
- Avg Net Price
- $23,405
- Median Debt
- $19,500
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 46%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 38%
- Retention Rate
- 62%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $35,194
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $43,459
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 76%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,306 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Feather River Community College District
Quincy, CA · 2,055 enrolled
Safety Score 0.49
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO · 2,056 enrolled
Safety Score 9.24
Morningside University
Sioux City, IA · 2,056 enrolled
Safety Score 2.43
Lincoln University
Jefferson City, MO · 2,054 enrolled
Safety Score 3.41
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
Lakewood, CO · 2,061 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Henderson State University (national rank #1018) sits near University of Illinois Springfield (#1017) and Atlantic University (#1019) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, IL
National Rank #1017
Atlantic University
Guaynabo, PR
National Rank #1019
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
National Rank #1016
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
National Rank #1020
The College of the Florida Keys
Key West, FL
National Rank #1021
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Henderson State University, both outside AR so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Feather River Community College District
Quincy, CA · 2,055 enrolled
Safety score 0.49
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO · 2,056 enrolled
Safety score 9.24
Lincoln University
Jefferson City, MO · 2,054 enrolled
Safety score 3.41
Morningside University
Sioux City, IA · 2,056 enrolled
Safety score 2.43
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
Lakewood, CO · 2,061 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Bellingham Technical College
Bellingham, WA · 2,047 enrolled
Safety score 1.47
William Woods University
Fulton, MO · 2,046 enrolled
Safety score 1.47
Union College
Schenectady, NY · 2,065 enrolled
Safety score 7.75
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Atlantic University
Guaynabo, PR · 1,540 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, IL · 4,628 enrolled
Safety score 1.94
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA · 15,432 enrolled
Safety score 1.94
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX · 53,864 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
The College of the Florida Keys
Key West, FL · 1,025 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
New England College of Optometry
Boston, MA · 515 enrolled
Safety score 1.94
University of Houston-Victoria
Victoria, TX · 3,586 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
Everett Community College
Everett, WA · 6,698 enrolled
Safety score 1.94
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Henderson State University safe?
Henderson State University has a safety score of 1.95 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,018 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Feather River Community College District (0.49/1k). Same-state same-level set: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (21.45/1k); Ouachita Baptist University (2.15/1k); John Brown University (1.70/1k); University of Arkansas at Monticello (2.10/1k); Hendrix College (3.60/1k); Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (0.00/1k); Philander Smith University (0.00/1k); University of the Ozarks (6.43/1k).
What crimes are reported at Henderson State University?
For calendar year 2024, Henderson State University reported Rape (2) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Henderson State University compare to similar schools?
Henderson State University reports 37% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Feather River Community College District. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Feather River Community College District (0.49/1k); Colorado College (9.24/1k); Morningside University (2.43/1k); Lincoln University (3.41/1k); Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (21.45/1k); Ouachita Baptist University (2.15/1k); John Brown University (1.70/1k); University of Arkansas at Monticello (2.10/1k); Hendrix College (3.60/1k); Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (0.00/1k); Philander Smith University (0.00/1k); University of the Ozarks (6.43/1k).
Does Henderson State University have fire safety data?
Yes. Henderson State 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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