CA
Laurus College
0.90 incidents / 1,000 students
San Luis Obispo, CA · Clery Act 2024 · Private For-Profit
Laurus College
Across 2022–2024, Laurus College reported 3 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: New York Film Academy.
- 0.90
- Incidents / 1k students
- #574
- Rank of 2,072
- #180
- CA rank
- 1,116
- Enrolled students
0.90 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Laurus College reports 0.90 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 79% below Suncoast Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Suncoast Technical College (0.00/1k); Spartanburg Methodist College (14.30/1k); West Shore Community College (0.00/1k); Clarkson College (1.78/1k); University of North Carolina School of the Arts (5.40/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes New York Film Academy (0.00/1k); Career Networks Institute (0.00/1k); Scripps College (16.71/1k); Touro University California (9.62/1k); Sofia University (0.00/1k); Pacific Oaks College (0.00/1k); Palo Alto University (0.00/1k); Saybrook University (0.00/1k). 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
- 0.90
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #574
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 72%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 454786 · Laurus College 0.90/1k score rate · #574/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-QUIET 0.90/1k
- RANK-MID #574/2,072
- ST-MID #180 in state
- BELOW-PEER Clarkson College · 0.89 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 50%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 1,116
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: Clarkson College (+0.89/1k)
Laurus College sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE · peer Clarkson 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-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Clarkson College (+0.89/1k). National rank #574 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Laurus College reports 0.90 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 79% below Suncoast Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Suncoast Technical College (0.00/1k); Spartanburg Methodist College (14.30/1k); West Shore Community College (0.00/1k); Clarkson College (1.78/1k); University of North Carolina School of the Arts (5.40/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes New York Film Academy (0.00/1k); Career Networks Institute (0.00/1k); Scripps College (16.71/1k); Touro University California (9.62/1k); Sofia University (0.00/1k); Pacific Oaks College (0.00/1k); Palo Alto University (0.00/1k); Saybrook University (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Laurus College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Laurus on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Suncoast Technical College · lowest peer 0
Suncoast Technical College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- West Shore Community College · near 0
West Shore Community College — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Laurus College · this campus 0.9
Laurus College — this campus
0.9 per 1,000 students
- Clarkson College · near 1.78
Clarkson College — near
1.78 per 1,000 students
- Spartanburg Methodist College · highest peer
Spartanburg Methodist College — highest peer
14.3 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Laurus College's 0.90/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Laurus College increased from 0 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 CA 4-year peers in this comparison, Laurus College is larger than 64% and safer-reporting than 56% - 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Laurus College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses | 699 | 0.00 | 0 | 58 |
| Chamberlain University-California | 751 | 0.00 | 3 | 58 |
| Casa Loma College-Los Angeles | 759 | 1.32 | 6 | 47 |
| Laguna College of Art and Design | 775 | 0.00 | 8 | 58 |
| Pacific College of Health and Science | 786 | 0.00 | 11 | 58 |
| Whittier College | 795 | 5.03 | 14 | 19 |
| Menlo College | 810 | 1.23 | 17 | 50 |
| Musicians Institute | 824 | 0.00 | 19 | 58 |
| Pacifica Graduate Institute | 833 | 0.00 | 22 | 58 |
| California State University Maritime Academy | 837 | 14.34 | 25 | 6 |
| Woodbury University | 849 | 0.00 | 28 | 58 |
| Laurus College (this campus) | 1,116 | 0.90 | 64 | 56 |
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 Laurus College rose from 0 to 1. The increase shows up in Burglary (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 Laurus College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 2 Clery Act categories here: Burglary and Motor Vehicle Theft. 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 onlyLaurus College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 50% (2 → 1 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 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
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
54 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
Laurus 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).
FL
Suncoast Technical College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
SC
Spartanburg Methodist College
14.30 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Laurus College sits on price and outcomes
At $22,733, Laurus College's reported average net price is cheaper than 57% among 492 California colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $20,161.
- $22,733
- average net price
- $20,161
- California median
- 1.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
Median earnings six years after entry ($33,247) are less than 1.5 years 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
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 41%
- Retention Rate
- 79%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $33,247
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $30,896
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 41%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,252 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Suncoast Technical College
Sarasota, FL · 1,116 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Spartanburg Methodist College
Spartanburg, SC · 1,119 enrolled
Safety Score 14.30
West Shore Community College
Scottville, MI · 1,120 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Clarkson College
Omaha, NE · 1,121 enrolled
Safety Score 1.78
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Winston Salem, NC · 1,111 enrolled
Safety Score 5.40
Closest by National Rank
Laurus College (national rank #574) sits near Tulsa Community College (#573) and Black Hills State University (#575) 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 Laurus College, 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)
Spartanburg Methodist College
Spartanburg, SC · 1,119 enrolled
Safety score 14.30
Clarkson College
Omaha, NE · 1,121 enrolled
Safety score 1.78
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Winston Salem, NC · 1,111 enrolled
Safety score 5.40
Hendrix College
Conway, AR · 1,110 enrolled
Safety score 3.60
Mars Hill University
Mars Hill, NC · 1,110 enrolled
Safety score 4.50
Marietta College
Marietta, OH · 1,109 enrolled
Safety score 3.61
Lake Erie College
Painesville, OH · 1,108 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY · 1,125 enrolled
Safety score 1.78
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Black Hills State University
Spearfish, SD · 3,346 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
Salus University
Elkins Park, PA · 1,106 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
Lackawanna College
Scranton, PA · 2,211 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
College of Staten Island CUNY
Staten Island, NY · 11,033 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
Baldwin Wallace University
Berea, OH · 3,305 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
Mount St. Joseph University
Cincinnati, OH · 2,265 enrolled
Safety score 0.88
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY · 8,791 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Laurus College safe?
Laurus College has a safety score of 0.90 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #574 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Suncoast Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: New York Film Academy (0.00/1k); Career Networks Institute (0.00/1k); Scripps College (16.71/1k); Touro University California (9.62/1k); Sofia University (0.00/1k); Pacific Oaks College (0.00/1k); Palo Alto University (0.00/1k); Saybrook University (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Laurus College?
For calendar year 2024, Laurus College 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 Laurus College compare to similar schools?
Laurus College reports 79% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Suncoast Technical College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Suncoast Technical College (0.00/1k); Spartanburg Methodist College (14.30/1k); West Shore Community College (0.00/1k); Clarkson College (1.78/1k); University of North Carolina School of the Arts (5.40/1k). Same-state same-level set: New York Film Academy (0.00/1k); Career Networks Institute (0.00/1k); Scripps College (16.71/1k); Touro University California (9.62/1k); Sofia University (0.00/1k); Pacific Oaks College (0.00/1k); Palo Alto University (0.00/1k); Saybrook University (0.00/1k).
Does Laurus College have fire safety data?
Laurus College has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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