CA
La Sierra University
8.26 incidents / 1,000 students
Riverside, CA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
La Sierra University
Across 2022–2024, La Sierra University reported 19 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Burglary). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: CBD College.
- 8.26
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,862
- Rank of 2,072
- #292
- CA rank
- 1,574
- Enrolled students
8.26 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
La Sierra University reports 8.26 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 622% above College of the Siskiyous. Similar-enrollment scored peers: College of the Siskiyous (1.90/1k); Sheridan Technical College (0.00/1k); Saint Johns University (3.82/1k); Grays Harbor College (0.00/1k); New River Community and Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes CBD College (0.00/1k); Pomona College (34.71/1k); Claremont McKenna College (16.51/1k); Claremont Graduate University (2.82/1k); Westmont College (3.82/1k); California College of the Arts (3.82/1k); William Jessup University (1.07/1k); California Institute of the Arts (4.70/1k). 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
- 8.26
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,862
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 90%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 11
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 117627 · La Sierra University 8.26/1k score rate · #1,862/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HOT 8.26/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,862/2,072
- ST-MID #292 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Saint Johns University · +4.44
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 175%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 1,574
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Saint Johns University (-4.44/1k)
La Sierra University sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Saint Johns 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-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Saint Johns University (-4.44/1k). National rank #1,862 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
La Sierra University reports 8.26 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 622% above College of the Siskiyous. Similar-enrollment scored peers: College of the Siskiyous (1.90/1k); Sheridan Technical College (0.00/1k); Saint Johns University (3.82/1k); Grays Harbor College (0.00/1k); New River Community and Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes CBD College (0.00/1k); Pomona College (34.71/1k); Claremont McKenna College (16.51/1k); Claremont Graduate University (2.82/1k); Westmont College (3.82/1k); California College of the Arts (3.82/1k); William Jessup University (1.07/1k); California Institute of the Arts (4.70/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around La Sierra University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest La on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Sheridan Technical College · lowest peer 0
Sheridan Technical College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- College of the Siskiyous · near 1.9
College of the Siskiyous — near
1.9 per 1,000 students
- Saint Johns University · near
Saint Johns University — near
3.82 per 1,000 students
- La Sierra University · this campus · highest
La Sierra University — this campus · highest
8.26 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around La Sierra University's 8.26/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
La Sierra University increased from 4 to 11 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 CA 4-year peers in this comparison, La Sierra University is larger than 61% 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 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- 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) 47
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- La Sierra University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fielding Graduate University | 915 | 0.00 | 0 | 69 |
| Harvey Mudd College | 951 | 12.62 | 3 | 8 |
| Pacific Union College | 974 | 3.08 | 6 | 36 |
| Simpson University | 992 | 2.02 | 8 | 44 |
| Southwestern Law School | 1,006 | 1.99 | 11 | 47 |
| Hope International University | 1,025 | 0.98 | 14 | 58 |
| Saybrook University | 1,057 | 0.00 | 17 | 69 |
| Palo Alto University | 1,065 | 0.00 | 19 | 69 |
| Pacific Oaks College | 1,068 | 0.00 | 22 | 69 |
| Laurus College | 1,116 | 0.90 | 25 | 61 |
| New York Film Academy | 1,132 | 0.00 | 28 | 69 |
| La Sierra University (this campus) | 1,574 | 8.26 | 61 | 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 La Sierra University rose from 4 to 11 (+175%). The increase shows up in Burglary (4 to 7), Motor Vehicle Theft (0 to 2) and Aggravated Assault (0 to 1).
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 La Sierra University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Motor Vehicle Theft, Aggravated Assault and Fondling. Burglary accounts for most of them.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter and Negligent Manslaughter. 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 onlyLa Sierra University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 175% (4 → 11 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 11 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 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 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
La Sierra 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
College of the Siskiyous
1.90 incidents / 1,000 students
FL
Sheridan Technical College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where La Sierra University sits on price and outcomes
At $45,566, La Sierra University's reported average net price is cheaper than 95% among 492 California colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $20,161.
- $45,566
- average net price
- $20,161
- California median
- 1.6×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $1,011
- reported income-bracket spread
Price barely responds to income at this institution. Families under $30,000 report $44,988 and those above $110,000 report $45,999, a difference of just $1,011. Where the curve is this flat, need-based aid is doing little of the work and the sticker figure is close to what most families actually pay.
Median earnings six years after entry ($42,617) are less than one year of the reported net price. That is a thin margin, and it is the figure worth pressing the school on before enrolling.
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
- $37,710
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $37,710
- Avg Net Price
- $45,566
- Median Debt
- $27,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 47%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 92%
- ACT Average
- 23
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 64%
- Retention Rate
- 77%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $42,617
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $61,824
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 61%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,294 similar institutions by enrollment size.
College of the Siskiyous
Weed, CA · 1,575 enrolled
Safety Score 1.90
Sheridan Technical College
Hollywood, FL · 1,573 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Saint Johns University
Collegeville, MN · 1,572 enrolled
Safety Score 3.82
Grays Harbor College
Aberdeen, WA · 1,577 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
New River Community and Technical College
Beaver, WV · 1,571 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
La Sierra University (national rank #1862) sits near Quincy University (#1863) and Dean College (#1861) 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 La Sierra University, both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Saint Johns University
Collegeville, MN · 1,572 enrolled
Safety score 3.82
Grays Harbor College
Aberdeen, WA · 1,577 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, OK · 1,569 enrolled
Safety score 4.46
Alpena Community College
Alpena, MI · 1,581 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Lake Superior State University
Sault Ste Marie, MI · 1,567 enrolled
Safety score 4.47
Galen Health Institutes-Houston
Houston, TX · 1,582 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL · 1,582 enrolled
Safety score 6.32
Millikin University
Decatur, IL · 1,586 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Goshen College
Goshen, IN · 847 enrolled
Safety score 8.26
Quincy University
Quincy, IL · 1,210 enrolled
Safety score 8.26
Greensboro College
Greensboro, NC · 967 enrolled
Safety score 8.27
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA · 967 enrolled
Safety score 8.27
Dean College
Franklin, MA · 1,092 enrolled
Safety score 8.24
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO · 8,869 enrolled
Safety score 8.23
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ · 9,137 enrolled
Safety score 8.21
Agnes Scott College
Decatur, GA · 1,079 enrolled
Safety score 8.34
Frequently Asked Questions
Is La Sierra University safe?
La Sierra University has a safety score of 8.26 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,862 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: College of the Siskiyous (1.90/1k). Same-state same-level set: CBD College (0.00/1k); Pomona College (34.71/1k); Claremont McKenna College (16.51/1k); Claremont Graduate University (2.82/1k); Westmont College (3.82/1k); California College of the Arts (3.82/1k); William Jessup University (1.07/1k); California Institute of the Arts (4.70/1k).
What crimes are reported at La Sierra University?
For calendar year 2024, La Sierra University reported Burglary (7), Motor Vehicle Theft (2), Aggravated Assault (1) and Fondling (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does La Sierra University compare to similar schools?
La Sierra University reports 622% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than College of the Siskiyous. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: College of the Siskiyous (1.90/1k); Sheridan Technical College (0.00/1k); Saint Johns University (3.82/1k); Grays Harbor College (0.00/1k); New River Community and Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: CBD College (0.00/1k); Pomona College (34.71/1k); Claremont McKenna College (16.51/1k); Claremont Graduate University (2.82/1k); Westmont College (3.82/1k); California College of the Arts (3.82/1k); William Jessup University (1.07/1k); California Institute of the Arts (4.70/1k).
Does La Sierra University have fire safety data?
Yes. La Sierra 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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