KS
McPherson College
10.25 incidents / 1,000 students
Mcpherson, KS · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
McPherson College
Across 2022–2024, McPherson College reported 17 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Fondling). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Haskell Indian Nations University.
- 10.25
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,941
- Rank of 2,072
- #50
- KS rank
- 878
- Enrolled students
10.25 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
McPherson College reports 10.25 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 222% above Webber International University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Webber International University (1.14/1k); Manhattan Area Technical College (0.00/1k); Martin Luther College (11.39/1k); Oklahoma Wesleyan University (3.41/1k); Carolina University (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Haskell Indian Nations University (13.29/1k); Ottawa University-Ottawa (1.00/1k); Kansas Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); Southwestern College (2.88/1k); Sterling College (4.32/1k); Tabor College (3.22/1k); Bethany College (4.88/1k); Cleveland University-Kansas City (1.70/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 10.25
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,941
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 94%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 4
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 155511 · McPherson College 10.25/1k score rate · #1,941/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HOT 10.25/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,941/2,072
- ST-MID #50 in state
- BELOW-PEER Martin Luther College · 1.14 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 100%
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-SMALL 878
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Martin Luther College (+1.14/1k)
McPherson College sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Martin Luther 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 · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Martin Luther College (+1.14/1k). National rank #1,941 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
McPherson College reports 10.25 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 222% above Webber International University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Webber International University (1.14/1k); Manhattan Area Technical College (0.00/1k); Martin Luther College (11.39/1k); Oklahoma Wesleyan University (3.41/1k); Carolina University (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Haskell Indian Nations University (13.29/1k); Ottawa University-Ottawa (1.00/1k); Kansas Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); Southwestern College (2.88/1k); Sterling College (4.32/1k); Tabor College (3.22/1k); Bethany College (4.88/1k); Cleveland University-Kansas City (1.70/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around McPherson College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest McPherson on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Manhattan Area Technical College · lowest peer 0
Manhattan Area Technical College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Webber International University · near 1.14
Webber International University — near
1.14 per 1,000 students
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University · near 3.41
Oklahoma Wesleyan University — near
3.41 per 1,000 students
- McPherson College · this campus
McPherson College — this campus
10.25 per 1,000 students
- Martin Luther College · highest peer
Martin Luther College — highest peer
11.39 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around McPherson College's 10.25/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
McPherson College decreased from 11 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 33 KS 4-year peers in this comparison, McPherson College is larger than 47% and safer-reporting than 13% - 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 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 9
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 59, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 41, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 34, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 16, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 9, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 66, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 34
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 66
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 84, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 91, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 59
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 16
- McPherson College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Paul School of Theology | 91 | 241.76 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas Christian College | 145 | 13.79 | 3 | 6 |
| Manhattan Christian College | 160 | 0.00 | 6 | 84 |
| Barclay College | 219 | 0.00 | 9 | 84 |
| Rasmussen University-Kansas | 359 | 0.00 | 13 | 84 |
| Hesston College | 373 | 21.45 | 16 | 3 |
| Donnelly College | 395 | 0.00 | 19 | 84 |
| Kansas Health Science University | 401 | 2.49 | 22 | 63 |
| Central Christian College of Kansas | 469 | 4.26 | 25 | 31 |
| Bethel College-North Newton | 509 | 5.89 | 28 | 19 |
| Ottawa University-Kansas City | 528 | 0.00 | 31 | 84 |
| McPherson College (this campus) | 878 | 10.25 | 47 | 13 |
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 McPherson College fell from 11 to 4 (-64%). The decrease shows up in Rape (3 to 0), Burglary (3 to 1) and Aggravated Assault (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 McPherson College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Fondling, Burglary, Rape, Aggravated Assault and Motor Vehicle Theft.
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 onlyMcPherson College: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 100% (2 → 4 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Rape | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 7 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 18 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 33 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 37 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 1 | 19 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 25 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
McPherson 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
Webber International University
1.14 incidents / 1,000 students
KS
Manhattan Area Technical College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where McPherson College sits on price and outcomes
At $26,441, McPherson College's reported average net price is cheaper than 83% among 72 Kansas colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $15,313.
- $26,441
- average net price
- $15,313
- Kansas median
- 1.6×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $8,456
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $22,587 for families reporting under $30,000 against $31,043 above $110,000, a difference of $8,456. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $26,441 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $41,446 run about 1.6 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
- $37,310
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $37,310
- Avg Net Price
- $26,441
- Median Debt
- $25,242
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 38%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 77%
- SAT Average
- 1058
- SAT Math Range
- 490-580
- ACT Range
- 18-23
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 44%
- Retention Rate
- 65%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $41,446
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $52,084
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 83%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,185 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Webber International University
Babson Park, FL · 878 enrolled
Safety Score 1.14
Manhattan Area Technical College
Manhattan, KS · 878 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Martin Luther College
New Ulm, MN · 878 enrolled
Safety Score 11.39
Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Bartlesville, OK · 880 enrolled
Safety Score 3.41
Carolina University
Winston-Salem, NC · 880 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
McPherson College (national rank #1941) sits near Trinity College (#1942) and Susquehanna University (#1940) 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 McPherson College, both outside KS so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Martin Luther College
New Ulm, MN · 878 enrolled
Safety score 11.39
Webber International University
Babson Park, FL · 878 enrolled
Safety score 1.14
Carolina University
Winston-Salem, NC · 880 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Bartlesville, OK · 880 enrolled
Safety score 3.41
Brevard College
Brevard, NC · 875 enrolled
Safety score 2.29
New College of Florida
Sarasota, FL · 881 enrolled
Safety score 4.54
Turtle Mountain Community College
Belcourt, ND · 872 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Saint Elizabeth University
Morristown, NJ · 871 enrolled
Safety score 1.15
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Trinity College
Hartford, CT · 2,238 enrolled
Safety score 10.28
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA · 2,255 enrolled
Safety score 10.20
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC · 9,322 enrolled
Safety score 10.19
Manchester University
North Manchester, IN · 1,276 enrolled
Safety score 10.19
Dillard University
New Orleans, LA · 1,080 enrolled
Safety score 10.19
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY · 2,462 enrolled
Safety score 10.15
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA · 37,297 enrolled
Safety score 10.13
Fisk University
Nashville, TN · 1,059 enrolled
Safety score 10.39
Frequently Asked Questions
Is McPherson College safe?
McPherson College has a safety score of 10.25 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,941 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Webber International University (1.14/1k). Same-state same-level set: Haskell Indian Nations University (13.29/1k); Ottawa University-Ottawa (1.00/1k); Kansas Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); Southwestern College (2.88/1k); Sterling College (4.32/1k); Tabor College (3.22/1k); Bethany College (4.88/1k); Cleveland University-Kansas City (1.70/1k).
What crimes are reported at McPherson College?
For calendar year 2024, McPherson College reported Fondling (3) 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 McPherson College compare to similar schools?
McPherson College reports 222% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Webber International University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Webber International University (1.14/1k); Manhattan Area Technical College (0.00/1k); Martin Luther College (11.39/1k); Oklahoma Wesleyan University (3.41/1k); Carolina University (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Haskell Indian Nations University (13.29/1k); Ottawa University-Ottawa (1.00/1k); Kansas Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); Southwestern College (2.88/1k); Sterling College (4.32/1k); Tabor College (3.22/1k); Bethany College (4.88/1k); Cleveland University-Kansas City (1.70/1k).
Does McPherson College have fire safety data?
Yes. McPherson College 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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