AR
Lyon College
15.17 incidents / 1,000 students
Batesville, AR · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Lyon College
Across 2022–2024, Lyon College reported 12 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Strayer University-Arkansas.
- 15.17
- Incidents / 1k students
- #2,016
- Rank of 2,072
- #44
- AR rank
- 659
- Enrolled students
15.17 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Lyon College reports 15.17 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 733% above Le Moyne-Owen College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Le Moyne-Owen College (7.59/1k); Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln (0.00/1k); Jones Technical Institute (0.00/1k); Calumet College of Saint Joseph (1.52/1k); Eagle Gate College-Boise Campus (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Strayer University-Arkansas (0.00/1k); Central Baptist College (0.00/1k); University of the Ozarks (6.43/1k); Philander Smith University (0.00/1k); Williams Baptist University (0.00/1k); Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (0.00/1k); Arkansas Baptist College (5.85/1k); Crowley's Ridge College (0.00/1k). 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
- 15.17
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #2,016
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 97%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 7
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 106342 · Lyon College 15.17/1k score rate · #2,016/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-HOT 15.17/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #2,016/2,072
- ST-MID #44 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Le Moyne-Owen College · +7.59
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 600%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 659
- FIRE-REPORT 1 fire
Nearest enrollment peer: Le Moyne-Owen College (-7.59/1k)
Lyon College sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer Le Moyne-Owen 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-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Le Moyne-Owen College (-7.59/1k). National rank #2,016 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Lyon College reports 15.17 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 733% above Le Moyne-Owen College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Le Moyne-Owen College (7.59/1k); Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln (0.00/1k); Jones Technical Institute (0.00/1k); Calumet College of Saint Joseph (1.52/1k); Eagle Gate College-Boise Campus (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Strayer University-Arkansas (0.00/1k); Central Baptist College (0.00/1k); University of the Ozarks (6.43/1k); Philander Smith University (0.00/1k); Williams Baptist University (0.00/1k); Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (0.00/1k); Arkansas Baptist College (5.85/1k); Crowley's Ridge College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Lyon College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Lyon on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln · lowest peer 0
Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Calumet College of Saint · near 1.52
Calumet College of Saint Joseph — near
1.52 per 1,000 students
- Le Moyne-Owen College · near
Le Moyne-Owen College — near
7.59 per 1,000 students
- Lyon College · this campus · highest
Lyon College — this campus · highest
15.17 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Lyon College's 15.17/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Lyon College increased from 4 to 7 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 27 AR 4-year peers in this comparison, Lyon College is larger than 27% and safer-reporting than 4% - 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.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 23, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 35, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 15, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 12
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 12, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 23
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 27
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 62, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 65, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 35
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 15
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 73, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 62
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 77, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 85, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 65
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
- Lyon College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 27, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Theological Seminary | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | 69 |
| Ecclesia College | 111 | 0.00 | 4 | 69 |
| Champion Christian College | 146 | 0.00 | 8 | 69 |
| Crowley's Ridge College | 241 | 0.00 | 12 | 69 |
| Arkansas Baptist College | 342 | 5.85 | 15 | 12 |
| Williams Baptist University | 517 | 0.00 | 19 | 69 |
| Central Baptist College | 547 | 0.00 | 23 | 69 |
| Lyon College (this campus) | 659 | 15.17 | 27 | 4 |
| Strayer University-Arkansas | 741 | 0.00 | 31 | 69 |
| University of the Ozarks | 778 | 6.43 | 35 | 8 |
| Philander Smith University | 780 | 0.00 | 38 | 69 |
| Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | 870 | 0.00 | 42 | 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 Lyon College rose from 4 to 7 (+75%). The increase shows up in Rape (2 to 4) and Aggravated Assault (1 to 2).
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 Lyon College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Aggravated Assault and Burglary. Rape accounts for most of them.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Fondling, Incest and Motor Vehicle Theft. 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 onlyLyon College: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 600% (1 → 7 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Burglary | 1 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 5 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 6 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 1 | 7 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Lyon 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).
TN
Le Moyne-Owen College
7.59 incidents / 1,000 students
RI
Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Lyon College sits on price and outcomes
At $19,616, Lyon College's reported average net price is cheaper than 84% among 69 Arkansas colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $14,060.
- $19,616
- average net price
- $14,060
- Arkansas median
- 1.8×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $7,307
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $16,084 for families reporting under $30,000 against $23,391 above $110,000, a difference of $7,307. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $19,616 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $37,629 run about 1.9 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
- $31,000
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $31,000
- Avg Net Price
- $19,616
- Median Debt
- $21,500
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 41%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- ACT Average
- 24
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 51%
- Retention Rate
- 71%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $37,629
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $44,232
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 75%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,148 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Le Moyne-Owen College
Memphis, TN · 659 enrolled
Safety Score 7.59
Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln
Lincoln, RI · 659 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Jones Technical Institute
Jacksonville, FL · 659 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Calumet College of Saint Joseph
Whiting, IN · 658 enrolled
Safety Score 1.52
Eagle Gate College-Boise Campus
Boise, ID · 658 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Lyon College (national rank #2016) sits near University of Maryland Eastern Shore (#2015) and Millsaps College (#2017) 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 Lyon College, both outside AR so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Le Moyne-Owen College
Memphis, TN · 659 enrolled
Safety score 7.59
Calumet College of Saint Joseph
Whiting, IN · 658 enrolled
Safety score 1.52
Eagle Gate College-Boise Campus
Boise, ID · 658 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Davis & Elkins College
Elkins, WV · 661 enrolled
Safety score 7.56
Holy Cross College
Notre Dame, IN · 661 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Manchester, NH · 663 enrolled
Safety score 3.02
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Scranton, PA · 665 enrolled
Safety score 9.02
Marshall B Ketchum University
Fullerton, CA · 653 enrolled
Safety score 1.53
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Millsaps College
Jackson, MS · 593 enrolled
Safety score 15.18
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD · 3,177 enrolled
Safety score 15.11
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA · 1,864 enrolled
Safety score 15.02
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT · 36,894 enrolled
Safety score 15.02
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem, NC · 4,782 enrolled
Safety score 15.47
Hartwick College
Oneonta, NY · 1,097 enrolled
Safety score 15.50
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA · 40,065 enrolled
Safety score 15.52
Rush University
Chicago, IL · 2,769 enrolled
Safety score 15.89
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Lyon College safe?
Lyon College has a safety score of 15.17 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #2,016 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Le Moyne-Owen College (7.59/1k). Same-state same-level set: Strayer University-Arkansas (0.00/1k); Central Baptist College (0.00/1k); University of the Ozarks (6.43/1k); Philander Smith University (0.00/1k); Williams Baptist University (0.00/1k); Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (0.00/1k); Arkansas Baptist College (5.85/1k); Crowley's Ridge College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Lyon College?
For calendar year 2024, Lyon College reported Rape (4), Aggravated Assault (2) and Burglary (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Lyon College compare to similar schools?
Lyon College reports 733% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Le Moyne-Owen College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Le Moyne-Owen College (7.59/1k); Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln (0.00/1k); Jones Technical Institute (0.00/1k); Calumet College of Saint Joseph (1.52/1k); Eagle Gate College-Boise Campus (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Strayer University-Arkansas (0.00/1k); Central Baptist College (0.00/1k); University of the Ozarks (6.43/1k); Philander Smith University (0.00/1k); Williams Baptist University (0.00/1k); Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (0.00/1k); Arkansas Baptist College (5.85/1k); Crowley's Ridge College (0.00/1k).
Does Lyon College have fire safety data?
Yes. Lyon College reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 1 fire was reported in the most recent year.
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