IL
Judson University
1.04 incidents / 1,000 students
Elgin, IL · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Judson University
Across 2022–2024, Judson University reported 14 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: Illinois College.
- 1.04
- Incidents / 1k students
- #656
- Rank of 2,072
- #66
- IL rank
- 960
- Enrolled students
1.04 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Judson University reports 1.04 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 25% above William T McFatter Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: William T McFatter Technical College (0.00/1k); Maranatha Baptist University (0.00/1k); Otero College (1.04/1k); William Jewell College (3.13/1k); University of Western States (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Illinois College (7.43/1k); Trinity International University-Illinois (0.00/1k); Trinity Christian College (0.00/1k); The Chicago School at Chicago (0.00/1k); Greenville University (2.72/1k); St. Augustine College (1.23/1k); Knox College (10.56/1k); Monmouth College (5.61/1k). 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
- 1.04
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #656
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 68%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 146339 · Judson University 1.04/1k score rate · #656/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-LOW 1.04/1k
- RANK-MID #656/2,072
- ST-MID #66 in state
- PEER-FINISH Otero College · ±0.00
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 89%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 960
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Otero College (+0.00/1k)
Judson University sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Otero College. 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 · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Otero College (+0.00/1k). National rank #656 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Judson University reports 1.04 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 25% above William T McFatter Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: William T McFatter Technical College (0.00/1k); Maranatha Baptist University (0.00/1k); Otero College (1.04/1k); William Jewell College (3.13/1k); University of Western States (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Illinois College (7.43/1k); Trinity International University-Illinois (0.00/1k); Trinity Christian College (0.00/1k); The Chicago School at Chicago (0.00/1k); Greenville University (2.72/1k); St. Augustine College (1.23/1k); Knox College (10.56/1k); Monmouth College (5.61/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Judson University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Judson on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- William T McFatter Technical · lowest peer 0
William T McFatter Technical College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Maranatha Baptist University · near 0
Maranatha Baptist University — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Judson University · this campus 1.04
Judson University — this campus
1.04 per 1,000 students
- Otero College · near 1.04
Otero College — near
1.04 per 1,000 students
- William Jewell College · highest peer
William Jewell College — highest peer
3.13 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Judson University's 1.04/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Judson University decreased from 4 to 1 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 IL 4-year peers in this comparison, Judson University is larger than 78% and safer-reporting than 28% - 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 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Judson University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambria College of Nursing | 123 | 0.00 | 0 | 31 |
| McCormick Theological Seminary | 125 | 0.00 | 3 | 31 |
| St. John's College-Department of Nursing | 132 | 75.76 | 6 | 0 |
| Hebrew Theological College | 182 | 0.00 | 8 | 31 |
| Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | 193 | 0.00 | 11 | 31 |
| Lake Forest Graduate School of Management | 196 | 0.00 | 14 | 31 |
| University of Saint Mary of the Lake | 200 | 0.00 | 17 | 31 |
| Catholic Theological Union at Chicago | 210 | 0.00 | 19 | 31 |
| Chicago Theological Seminary | 215 | 0.00 | 22 | 31 |
| Pacific College of Health and Science | 245 | 0.00 | 25 | 31 |
| Saint Anthony College of Nursing | 263 | 0.00 | 28 | 31 |
| Judson University (this campus) | 960 | 1.04 | 78 | 28 |
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 Judson University fell from 4 to 1 (-75%). The decrease shows up in Burglary (3 to 1) and Rape (1 to 0).
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 Judson 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 onlyJudson University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 89% (9 → 1 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Rape | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 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
18 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 7 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
Judson 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).
FL
William T McFatter Technical College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
WI
Maranatha Baptist University
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Judson University sits on price and outcomes
At $18,558, Judson University's reported average net price is cheaper than 60% among 178 Illinois colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $15,405.
- $18,558
- average net price
- $15,405
- Illinois median
- 1.8×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $5,814
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $15,701 for families reporting under $30,000 against $21,515 above $110,000, a difference of $5,814. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $18,558 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $45,374 run about 2.4 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
- $31,360
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $31,360
- Avg Net Price
- $18,558
- Median Debt
- $25,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 39%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 48%
- SAT Average
- 1039
- SAT Math Range
- 393-568
- ACT Average
- 22
- ACT Range
- 16-24
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 56%
- Retention Rate
- 59%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $45,374
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $56,313
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 79%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,221 similar institutions by enrollment size.
William T McFatter Technical College
Davie, FL · 960 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Maranatha Baptist University
Watertown, WI · 960 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Otero College
La Junta, CO · 959 enrolled
Safety Score 1.04
William Jewell College
Liberty, MO · 959 enrolled
Safety Score 3.13
University of Western States
Portland, OR · 959 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Judson University (national rank #656) sits near Otero College (#657) and Broward College (#655) 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 Judson University, both outside IL so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Maranatha Baptist University
Watertown, WI · 960 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Bluefield University
Bluefield, VA · 959 enrolled
Safety score 2.09
University of Western States
Portland, OR · 959 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
West Coast University-Miami
Doral, FL · 961 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
William Jewell College
Liberty, MO · 959 enrolled
Safety score 3.13
Clarke University
Dubuque, IA · 962 enrolled
Safety score 4.16
Montreat College
Montreat, NC · 962 enrolled
Safety score 1.04
Caribbean University-Bayamon
Bayamon, PR · 957 enrolled
Safety score 3.13
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, FL · 30,728 enrolled
Safety score 1.04
Bakersfield College
Bakersfield, CA · 30,746 enrolled
Safety score 1.04
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus
Madison, NJ · 2,885 enrolled
Safety score 1.04
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA · 1,927 enrolled
Safety score 1.04
John Carroll University
University Heights, OH · 2,864 enrolled
Safety score 1.05
University of Guam
Mangilao, GU · 2,896 enrolled
Safety score 1.04
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK · 12,554 enrolled
Safety score 1.04
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Judson University safe?
Judson University has a safety score of 1.04 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #656 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: William T McFatter Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Illinois College (7.43/1k); Trinity International University-Illinois (0.00/1k); Trinity Christian College (0.00/1k); The Chicago School at Chicago (0.00/1k); Greenville University (2.72/1k); St. Augustine College (1.23/1k); Knox College (10.56/1k); Monmouth College (5.61/1k).
What crimes are reported at Judson University?
For calendar year 2024, Judson University reported Burglary (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Judson University compare to similar schools?
Judson University reports 25% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than William T McFatter Technical College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: William T McFatter Technical College (0.00/1k); Maranatha Baptist University (0.00/1k); Otero College (1.04/1k); William Jewell College (3.13/1k); University of Western States (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Illinois College (7.43/1k); Trinity International University-Illinois (0.00/1k); Trinity Christian College (0.00/1k); The Chicago School at Chicago (0.00/1k); Greenville University (2.72/1k); St. Augustine College (1.23/1k); Knox College (10.56/1k); Monmouth College (5.61/1k).
Does Judson University have fire safety data?
Yes. Judson 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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