KS
Hesston College
21.45 incidents / 1,000 students
Hesston, KS · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Hesston College
Across 2022–2024, Hesston College reported 12 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Fondling). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Rasmussen University-Kansas.
- 21.45
- Incidents / 1k students
- 373
- Enrolled students
21.45 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Hesston College's 2024 score-category rate is 21.45 per 1,000. From 2023 to 2024, Fondling rose by 5 reported incidents, the largest category move on this profile. Same-state same-level scored peers: Rasmussen University-Kansas (0.00/1k); Donnelly College (0.00/1k); Kansas Health Science University (2.49/1k); Central Christian College of Kansas (4.26/1k); Bethel College-North Newton (5.89/1k); Barclay College (0.00/1k); Ottawa University-Kansas City (0.00/1k); Manhattan Christian College (0.00/1k).
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 21.45
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 5
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 155177 · Hesston College 21.45/1k score rate
RATE-HOT · RANK-UNK · ST-UNK · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-SMALL · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HOT 21.45/1k
- RANK-UNK Nat rank n/a
- ST-UNK State rank n/a
- ABOVE-PEER ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez · +21.45
- ZERO-SMALL <500 enrolled
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 29%
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-SMALL 373
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez (-21.45/1k)
Hesston College sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-UNK · ST-UNK · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-SMALL · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez. 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-UNK · ST-UNK · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-SMALL · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez (-21.45/1k). Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Hesston College's 2024 score-category rate is 21.45 per 1,000. From 2023 to 2024, Fondling rose by 5 reported incidents, the largest category move on this profile. Same-state same-level scored peers: Rasmussen University-Kansas (0.00/1k); Donnelly College (0.00/1k); Kansas Health Science University (2.49/1k); Central Christian College of Kansas (4.26/1k); Bethel College-North Newton (5.89/1k); Barclay College (0.00/1k); Ottawa University-Kansas City (0.00/1k); Manhattan Christian College (0.00/1k).
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Hesston College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Hesston on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez · lowest peer 0
ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Fortis Institute-Lawrenceville · near 0
Fortis Institute-Lawrenceville — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Wesley Theological Seminary · near 0
Wesley Theological Seminary — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Hesston College · this campus · highest
Hesston College — this campus · highest
21.45 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Hesston College's 21.45/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Hesston College increased from 0 to 5 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 33 KS 4-year peers in this comparison, Hesston College is larger than 16% and safer-reporting than 3% - the smaller, 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 9, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 34, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 41, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 9
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 59, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 66, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 34
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 66
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 84, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 91, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 59
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 16
- Hesston College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 16, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Paul School of Theology | 91 | 241.76 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas Christian College | 145 | 13.79 | 3 | 6 |
| Manhattan Christian College | 160 | 0.00 | 6 | 84 |
| Barclay College | 219 | 0.00 | 9 | 84 |
| Rasmussen University-Kansas | 359 | 0.00 | 13 | 84 |
| Hesston College (this campus) | 373 | 21.45 | 16 | 3 |
| Donnelly College | 395 | 0.00 | 19 | 84 |
| Kansas Health Science University | 401 | 2.49 | 22 | 63 |
| Central Christian College of Kansas | 469 | 4.26 | 25 | 31 |
| Bethel College-North Newton | 509 | 5.89 | 28 | 19 |
| Ottawa University-Kansas City | 528 | 0.00 | 31 | 84 |
| Cleveland University-Kansas City | 588 | 1.70 | 34 | 69 |
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 Hesston College rose from 0 to 5. The increase shows up in Fondling (0 to 5).
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 Hesston College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 2 Clery Act categories here: Fondling and Rape. Fondling accounts for most of them.
The remaining 9 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Burglary 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 onlyHesston College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 29% (7 → 5 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Rape | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 7 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 1 | 6 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 20 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 15 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Hesston 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).
PR
ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
NJ
Fortis Institute-Lawrenceville
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Hesston College sits on price and outcomes
At $26,299, Hesston College's reported average net price is cheaper than 82% among 72 Kansas colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $15,313.
- $26,299
- average net price
- $15,313
- Kansas median
- 3.9×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $5,505
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $20,762 for families reporting under $30,000 against $26,267 above $110,000, a difference of $5,505. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $26,299 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $46,707 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
- $32,936
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $32,936
- Avg Net Price
- $26,299
- Median Debt
- $12,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 38%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 59%
- Retention Rate
- 78%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $46,707
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $47,495
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 83%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,163 similar institutions by enrollment size.
ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez
Mayaguez, PR · 373 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Fortis Institute-Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville, NJ · 373 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Wesley Theological Seminary
Washington, DC · 374 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc
Pittsburgh, PA · 374 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Arlington
Arlington, TX · 374 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Hesston College, both outside KS so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff, AR · 2,005 enrolled
Safety score 21.45
Stanford University
Stanford, CA · 18,625 enrolled
Safety score 21.26
Bethany College
Bethany, WV · 640 enrolled
Safety score 21.88
East Georgia State College
Swainsboro, GA · 1,820 enrolled
Safety score 21.98
Jarvis Christian University
Hawkins, TX · 622 enrolled
Safety score 20.90
Keck Graduate Institute
Claremont, CA · 622 enrolled
Safety score 20.90
Bryan College of Health Sciences
Lincoln, NE · 765 enrolled
Safety score 22.22
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Laie, HI · 2,906 enrolled
Safety score 20.65
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Hesston College safe?
Hesston College has a safety score of 21.45 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students). With 373 enrolled students it sits under the 500-student ranking cutoff; a size peer on file is ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez. Same-state same-level set: Rasmussen University-Kansas (0.00/1k); Donnelly College (0.00/1k); Kansas Health Science University (2.49/1k); Central Christian College of Kansas (4.26/1k); Bethel College-North Newton (5.89/1k); Barclay College (0.00/1k); Ottawa University-Kansas City (0.00/1k); Manhattan Christian College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Hesston College?
For calendar year 2024, Hesston College reported Fondling (5) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Hesston College compare to similar schools?
A similar-enrollment comparison point is ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez at 0.00 score-category incidents per 1,000 in KS; same-state same-level scored peers include Rasmussen University-Kansas (0.00/1k); Donnelly College (0.00/1k); Kansas Health Science University (2.49/1k); Central Christian College of Kansas (4.26/1k); Bethel College-North Newton (5.89/1k); Barclay College (0.00/1k); Ottawa University-Kansas City (0.00/1k); Manhattan Christian College (0.00/1k).
Does Hesston College have fire safety data?
Yes. Hesston College 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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