WV
Marshall University
1.34 incidents / 1,000 students
Huntington, WV · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Marshall University
Across 2022–2024, Marshall University reported 40 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: Shepherd University.
- 1.34
- Incidents / 1k students
- #778
- Rank of 2,072
- #14
- WV rank
- 11,958
- Enrolled students
1.34 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Marshall University reports 1.34 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 55% below Brown University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Brown University (5.10/1k); North Dakota State University-Main Campus (2.09/1k); University of Rochester (5.02/1k); Touro University (0.17/1k); College of Charleston (2.43/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Shepherd University (1.50/1k); Fairmont State University (3.03/1k); West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); University of Charleston (0.65/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k); Concord University (4.63/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k). 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
- 1.34
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #778
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 62%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 12
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 237525 · Marshall University 1.34/1k score rate · #778/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-LOW 1.34/1k
- RANK-MID #778/2,072
- ST-MID #14 in state
- BELOW-PEER North Dakota State University-Main · 0.75 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 25%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-MID 11,958
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: North Dakota State University-Main Campus (+0.75/1k)
Marshall University sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO · peer North Dakota State University-Main Campus. 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 · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is North Dakota State University-Main Campus (+0.75/1k). National rank #778 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Marshall University reports 1.34 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 55% below Brown University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Brown University (5.10/1k); North Dakota State University-Main Campus (2.09/1k); University of Rochester (5.02/1k); Touro University (0.17/1k); College of Charleston (2.43/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Shepherd University (1.50/1k); Fairmont State University (3.03/1k); West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); University of Charleston (0.65/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k); Concord University (4.63/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Marshall University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Marshall on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Touro University · lowest peer 0.17
Touro University — lowest peer
0.17 per 1,000 students
- Marshall University · this campus 1.34
Marshall University — this campus
1.34 per 1,000 students
- North Dakota State University-Main · near
North Dakota State University-Main Campus — near
2.09 per 1,000 students
- College of Charleston · near
College of Charleston — near
2.43 per 1,000 students
- Brown University · highest peer
Brown University — highest peer
5.1 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Marshall University's 1.34/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Marshall University was unchanged from 12 to 12 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 25 WV 4-year peers in this comparison, Marshall University is larger than 92% and safer-reporting than 67% - 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 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Marshall University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future Generations University | 48 | 0.00 | 0 | 75 |
| West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition | 64 | 328.13 | 4 | 0 |
| Appalachian Bible College | 223 | 0.00 | 8 | 75 |
| Bethany College | 640 | 21.88 | 13 | 4 |
| Davis & Elkins College | 661 | 7.56 | 17 | 17 |
| West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown | 673 | 0.00 | 21 | 75 |
| Valley College-Martinsburg | 765 | 0.00 | 25 | 75 |
| Wheeling University | 774 | 2.58 | 29 | 50 |
| West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine | 835 | 0.00 | 33 | 75 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | 1,055 | 13.27 | 38 | 8 |
| Potomac State College of West Virginia University | 1,077 | 5.57 | 42 | 25 |
| Marshall University (this campus) | 11,958 | 1.34 | 92 | 67 |
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 Marshall University held level. The total is unchanged, but the mix behind it is not. Rising: Aggravated Assault (0 to 2), Motor Vehicle Theft (2 to 4) and Fondling (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Burglary (8 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 Marshall University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 6 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Motor Vehicle Theft, Rape, Aggravated Assault, Arson and Fondling.
The remaining 5 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter, Negligent Manslaughter and Robbery. 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 onlyMarshall University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 25% (16 → 12 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 |
| 2023 | 12 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Rape | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fondling | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
54 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 5 | 16 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 6 | 30 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
Marshall 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).
RI
Brown University
5.10 incidents / 1,000 students
ND
North Dakota State University-Main Campus
2.09 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Marshall University sits on price and outcomes
At $7,502, Marshall University's reported average net price is cheaper than 32% among 60 West Virginia colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $9,988.
- $7,502
- average net price
- $9,988
- West Virginia median
- 1.7×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $10,428
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $4,648, while those above $110,000 record $15,076 - roughly 3.2 times as much. A published average of $7,502 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six years after enrolling, the median former student who received federal aid reports $39,561 - about 5.3 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly.
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
- $9,162
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $20,342
- Avg Net Price
- $7,502
- Median Debt
- $23,250
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 39%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 96%
- SAT Average
- 1061
- SAT Math Range
- 430-560
- ACT Average
- 22
- ACT Range
- 19-24
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 50%
- Retention Rate
- 72%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $39,561
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $46,354
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 54%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 710 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Brown University
Providence, RI · 11,956 enrolled
Safety Score 5.10
North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Fargo, ND · 11,952 enrolled
Safety Score 2.09
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY · 11,946 enrolled
Safety Score 5.02
Touro University
New York, NY · 11,937 enrolled
Safety Score 0.17
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC · 11,926 enrolled
Safety Score 2.43
Closest by National Rank
Marshall University (national rank #778) sits near Parkland College (#777) and Cowley County Community College (#779) 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 Marshall University, both outside WV so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Brown University
Providence, RI · 11,956 enrolled
Safety score 5.10
North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Fargo, ND · 11,952 enrolled
Safety score 2.09
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY · 11,946 enrolled
Safety score 5.02
Touro University
New York, NY · 11,937 enrolled
Safety score 0.17
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC · 11,926 enrolled
Safety score 2.43
Greenville Technical College
Greenville, SC · 11,999 enrolled
Safety score 0.08
California Baptist University
Riverside, CA · 11,902 enrolled
Safety score 2.77
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL · 11,893 enrolled
Safety score 1.01
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Drew University
Madison, NJ · 2,232 enrolled
Safety score 1.34
Wartburg College
Waverly, IA · 1,483 enrolled
Safety score 1.35
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD · 12,056 enrolled
Safety score 1.33
College of Central Florida
Ocala, FL · 5,928 enrolled
Safety score 1.35
Washburn University
Topeka, KS · 6,033 enrolled
Safety score 1.33
Monroe University
Bronx, NY · 8,141 enrolled
Safety score 1.35
Casa Loma College-Los Angeles
Sherman Oaks, CA · 759 enrolled
Safety score 1.32
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion
Marion, IN · 2,204 enrolled
Safety score 1.36
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Marshall University safe?
Marshall University has a safety score of 1.34 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #778 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Brown University (5.10/1k). Same-state same-level set: Shepherd University (1.50/1k); Fairmont State University (3.03/1k); West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); University of Charleston (0.65/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k); Concord University (4.63/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k).
What crimes are reported at Marshall University?
For calendar year 2024, Marshall University reported Motor Vehicle Theft (4), Rape (3), Aggravated Assault (2), Burglary (2) 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 Marshall University compare to similar schools?
Marshall University reports 55% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Brown University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Brown University (5.10/1k); North Dakota State University-Main Campus (2.09/1k); University of Rochester (5.02/1k); Touro University (0.17/1k); College of Charleston (2.43/1k). Same-state same-level set: Shepherd University (1.50/1k); Fairmont State University (3.03/1k); West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); University of Charleston (0.65/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k); Concord University (4.63/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k).
Does Marshall University have fire safety data?
Yes. Marshall 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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