SC
Lander University
0.91 incidents / 1,000 students
Greenwood, SC · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Lander University
Across 2022–2024, Lander University reported 16 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Francis Marion University.
- 0.91
- Incidents / 1k students
- #585
- Rank of 2,072
- #31
- SC rank
- 4,378
- Enrolled students
0.91 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Lander University reports 0.91 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 31% below Bevill State Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Bevill State Community College (0.23/1k); Baltimore City Community College (0.00/1k); Minnesota State University Moorhead (2.28/1k); University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (0.92/1k); Endicott College (3.19/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Francis Marion University (0.97/1k); Anderson University (1.49/1k); University of South Carolina Aiken (0.50/1k); Winthrop University (5.52/1k); University of South Carolina-Upstate (2.03/1k); Charleston Southern University (2.09/1k); Citadel Military College of South Carolina (2.90/1k); Medical University of South Carolina (8.01/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.91
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #585
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 72%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 4
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 218229 · Lander University 0.91/1k score rate · #585/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-QUIET 0.91/1k
- RANK-MID #585/2,072
- ST-MID #31 in state
- PEER-FINISH University of St. Augustine · ±0.00
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 56%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 4,378
- FIRE-REPORT 3 fires
Nearest enrollment peer: University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (+0.00/1k)
Lander University sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. 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-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (+0.00/1k). National rank #585 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Lander University reports 0.91 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 31% below Bevill State Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Bevill State Community College (0.23/1k); Baltimore City Community College (0.00/1k); Minnesota State University Moorhead (2.28/1k); University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (0.92/1k); Endicott College (3.19/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Francis Marion University (0.97/1k); Anderson University (1.49/1k); University of South Carolina Aiken (0.50/1k); Winthrop University (5.52/1k); University of South Carolina-Upstate (2.03/1k); Charleston Southern University (2.09/1k); Citadel Military College of South Carolina (2.90/1k); Medical University of South Carolina (8.01/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Lander University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Lander on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Baltimore City Community College · lowest peer 0
Baltimore City Community College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Bevill State Community College · near 0.23
Bevill State Community College — near
0.23 per 1,000 students
- Lander University · this campus 0.91
Lander University — this campus
0.91 per 1,000 students
- University of St. Augustine · near 0.92
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences — near
0.92 per 1,000 students
- Endicott College · highest peer
Endicott College — highest peer
3.19 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Lander University's 0.91/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Lander University increased from 3 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 SC 4-year peers in this comparison, Lander University is larger than 86% and safer-reporting than 64% - the larger, safer-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 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Lander University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton College | 126 | 0.00 | 0 | 72 |
| American College of the Building Arts | 155 | 0.00 | 3 | 72 |
| Morris College | 383 | 13.05 | 6 | 3 |
| Sherman College of Chiropractic | 387 | 0.00 | 8 | 72 |
| South University-Columbia | 504 | 0.00 | 11 | 72 |
| Voorhees University | 578 | 0.00 | 14 | 72 |
| Allen University | 610 | 0.00 | 17 | 72 |
| Charleston School of Law | 692 | 0.00 | 19 | 72 |
| Erskine College | 912 | 0.00 | 22 | 72 |
| Southern Wesleyan University | 980 | 0.00 | 25 | 72 |
| Presbyterian College | 1,095 | 6.39 | 28 | 22 |
| Lander University (this campus) | 4,378 | 0.91 | 86 | 64 |
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 Lander University rose from 3 to 4 (+33%). The increase shows up in Fondling (0 to 1) and Rape (2 to 3). Falling over the same period: Burglary (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 Lander University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Motor Vehicle Theft and Fondling.
The remaining 6 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 onlyLander University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 56% (9 → 4 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Burglary | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fondling | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 4 | 18 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 21 | 48 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 20 | 18 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 41 | 48 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 10 | 10 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 48 | 87 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 1 | 2 |
Lander 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).
AL
Bevill State Community College
0.23 incidents / 1,000 students
MD
Baltimore City Community College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Lander University sits on price and outcomes
At $15,363, Lander University's reported average net price is cheaper than 46% among 81 South Carolina colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $16,525.
- $15,363
- average net price
- $16,525
- South Carolina median
- 1.5×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $7,652
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $11,450 for families reporting under $30,000 against $19,102 above $110,000, a difference of $7,652. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $15,363 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $36,851 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
- $11,700
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $21,300
- Avg Net Price
- $15,363
- Median Debt
- $25,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 39%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 81%
- SAT Average
- 1057
- SAT Math Range
- 460-570
- ACT Average
- 21
- ACT Range
- 16-23
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 49%
- Retention Rate
- 70%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $36,851
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $42,396
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 62%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,136 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Bevill State Community College
Jasper, AL · 4,378 enrolled
Safety Score 0.23
Baltimore City Community College
Baltimore, MD · 4,375 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN · 4,386 enrolled
Safety Score 2.28
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
San Marcos, CA · 4,370 enrolled
Safety Score 0.92
Endicott College
Beverly, MA · 4,394 enrolled
Safety Score 3.19
Closest by National Rank
Lander University (national rank #585) sits near St. Thomas University (#586) and Western Iowa Tech Community College (#584) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
St. Thomas University
Miami Gardens, FL
National Rank #586
Western Iowa Tech Community College
Sioux City, IA
National Rank #584
Glendale Community College
Glendale, CA
National Rank #583
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
San Marcos, CA
National Rank #587
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY
National Rank #582
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Lander University, both outside SC so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN · 4,386 enrolled
Safety score 2.28
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
San Marcos, CA · 4,370 enrolled
Safety score 0.92
Endicott College
Beverly, MA · 4,394 enrolled
Safety score 3.19
Governors State University
University Park, IL · 4,397 enrolled
Safety score 0.23
Eastern Connecticut State University
Willimantic, CT · 4,355 enrolled
Safety score 2.07
Teachers College at Columbia University
New York, NY · 4,401 enrolled
Safety score 2.04
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI · 4,350 enrolled
Safety score 5.75
Drake University
Des Moines, IA · 4,345 enrolled
Safety score 3.68
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
St. Thomas University
Miami Gardens, FL · 7,652 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
Edmonds College
Lynnwood, WA · 6,549 enrolled
Safety score 0.92
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY · 8,791 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
Baldwin Wallace University
Berea, OH · 3,305 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
College of Staten Island CUNY
Staten Island, NY · 11,033 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Redmond, WA · 1,084 enrolled
Safety score 0.92
Lackawanna College
Scranton, PA · 2,211 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Lander University safe?
Lander University has a safety score of 0.91 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #585 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Bevill State Community College (0.23/1k). Same-state same-level set: Francis Marion University (0.97/1k); Anderson University (1.49/1k); University of South Carolina Aiken (0.50/1k); Winthrop University (5.52/1k); University of South Carolina-Upstate (2.03/1k); Charleston Southern University (2.09/1k); Citadel Military College of South Carolina (2.90/1k); Medical University of South Carolina (8.01/1k).
What crimes are reported at Lander University?
For calendar year 2024, Lander University reported Rape (3) 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 Lander University compare to similar schools?
Lander University reports 31% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Bevill State Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Bevill State Community College (0.23/1k); Baltimore City Community College (0.00/1k); Minnesota State University Moorhead (2.28/1k); University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (0.92/1k); Endicott College (3.19/1k). Same-state same-level set: Francis Marion University (0.97/1k); Anderson University (1.49/1k); University of South Carolina Aiken (0.50/1k); Winthrop University (5.52/1k); University of South Carolina-Upstate (2.03/1k); Charleston Southern University (2.09/1k); Citadel Military College of South Carolina (2.90/1k); Medical University of South Carolina (8.01/1k).
Does Lander University have fire safety data?
Yes. Lander University reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 3 fires were reported in the most recent year.
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