TN
Meharry Medical College
3.26 incidents / 1,000 students
Nashville, TN · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Meharry Medical College
Across 2022–2024, Meharry Medical College reported 12 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Motor Vehicle Theft.
- 3.26
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,353
- Rank of 2,072
- #60
- TN rank
- 1,226
- Enrolled students
3.26 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Meharry Medical College reports 3.26 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 150% above Oakwood University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Oakwood University (3.26/1k); Chamberlain University-New Jersey (0.82/1k); Anderson University (2.44/1k); Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix (0.00/1k); Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Milligan University (1.61/1k); Tennessee Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); King University (5.19/1k); Maryville College (8.80/1k); Tusculum University (3.63/1k); Fisk University (10.39/1k); The University of Tennessee Southern (4.78/1k); Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 3.26
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,353
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 65%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 220792 · Meharry Medical College 3.26/1k score rate · #1,353/2,072
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-MID 3.26/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,353/2,072
- ST-MID #60 in state
- PEER-FINISH Oakwood University · ±0.00
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-LEAD Motor Vehicle Th…
- ENR-SMALL 1,226
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Oakwood University (+0.00/1k)
Meharry Medical College sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Oakwood University. 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Oakwood University (+0.00/1k). National rank #1,353 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Meharry Medical College reports 3.26 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 150% above Oakwood University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Oakwood University (3.26/1k); Chamberlain University-New Jersey (0.82/1k); Anderson University (2.44/1k); Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix (0.00/1k); Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Milligan University (1.61/1k); Tennessee Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); King University (5.19/1k); Maryville College (8.80/1k); Tusculum University (3.63/1k); Fisk University (10.39/1k); The University of Tennessee Southern (4.78/1k); Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Meharry Medical College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Meharry on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix · lowest peer 0
Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Chamberlain University-New Jersey · near 0.82
Chamberlain University-New Jersey — near
0.82 per 1,000 students
- Anderson University · near
Anderson University — near
2.44 per 1,000 students
- Meharry Medical College · this campus
Meharry Medical College — this campus
3.26 per 1,000 students
- Oakwood University · highest peer
Oakwood University — highest peer
3.26 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Meharry Medical College's 3.26/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Meharry Medical College decreased from 10 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 TN 4-year peers in this comparison, Meharry Medical College is larger than 64% and safer-reporting than 44% - the larger, 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 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Meharry Medical College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-South Christian College | 32 | 31.25 | 0 | 3 |
| American Baptist College | 46 | 0.00 | 3 | 69 |
| Williamson Christian College | 64 | 0.00 | 6 | 69 |
| Visible Music College | 89 | 89.89 | 8 | 0 |
| Memphis Theological Seminary | 157 | 0.00 | 11 | 69 |
| Herzing University-Nashville | 201 | 0.00 | 14 | 69 |
| Nossi College of Art and Design | 247 | 4.05 | 17 | 33 |
| Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia Inc | 319 | 0.00 | 19 | 69 |
| Richmont Graduate University | 329 | 0.00 | 22 | 69 |
| Welch College | 389 | 0.00 | 25 | 69 |
| Pentecostal Theological Seminary | 517 | 0.00 | 28 | 69 |
| Meharry Medical College (this campus) | 1,226 | 3.26 | 64 | 44 |
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 Meharry Medical College fell from 10 to 1 (-90%). The increase shows up in Aggravated Assault (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Motor Vehicle Theft (9 to 0) and 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 Meharry Medical College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Motor Vehicle Theft, Aggravated Assault, Burglary and Robbery. Motor Vehicle Theft accounts for most of them.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Fondling, Incest and Murder / Non-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 onlyMeharry Medical College: Criminal Offenses by year
Stable 0% (1 → 1 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Meharry Medical 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).
AL
Oakwood University
3.26 incidents / 1,000 students
NJ
Chamberlain University-New Jersey
0.82 incidents / 1,000 students
Academic & Financial Profile
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,266 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Oakwood University
Huntsville, AL · 1,226 enrolled
Safety Score 3.26
Chamberlain University-New Jersey
North Brunswick, NJ · 1,226 enrolled
Safety Score 0.82
Anderson University
Anderson, IN · 1,228 enrolled
Safety Score 2.44
Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ · 1,229 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV · 1,222 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Meharry Medical College (national rank #1353) sits near Oakwood University (#1352) and North Dakota State College of Science (#1354) 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 Meharry Medical College, both outside TN so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Chamberlain University-New Jersey
North Brunswick, NJ · 1,226 enrolled
Safety score 0.82
Oakwood University
Huntsville, AL · 1,226 enrolled
Safety score 3.26
Anderson University
Anderson, IN · 1,228 enrolled
Safety score 2.44
Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ · 1,229 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV · 1,222 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Waynesburg University
Waynesburg, PA · 1,231 enrolled
Safety score 2.44
Reinhardt University
Waleska, GA · 1,233 enrolled
Safety score 3.24
Austin College
Sherman, TX · 1,217 enrolled
Safety score 2.47
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Calvin University
Grand Rapids, MI · 3,681 enrolled
Safety score 3.26
Dunwoody College of Technology
Minneapolis, MN · 1,537 enrolled
Safety score 3.25
East Texas A&M University
Commerce, TX · 13,252 enrolled
Safety score 3.24
Southern University at New Orleans
New Orleans, LA · 2,468 enrolled
Safety score 3.24
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT · 4,011 enrolled
Safety score 3.24
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA · 9,727 enrolled
Safety score 3.29
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Meharry Medical College safe?
Meharry Medical College has a safety score of 3.26 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,353 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Oakwood University (3.26/1k). Same-state same-level set: Milligan University (1.61/1k); Tennessee Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); King University (5.19/1k); Maryville College (8.80/1k); Tusculum University (3.63/1k); Fisk University (10.39/1k); The University of Tennessee Southern (4.78/1k); Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Meharry Medical College?
For calendar year 2024, Meharry Medical College reported Aggravated Assault (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Meharry Medical College compare to similar schools?
Meharry Medical College reports 150% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Oakwood University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Oakwood University (3.26/1k); Chamberlain University-New Jersey (0.82/1k); Anderson University (2.44/1k); Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix (0.00/1k); Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Milligan University (1.61/1k); Tennessee Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); King University (5.19/1k); Maryville College (8.80/1k); Tusculum University (3.63/1k); Fisk University (10.39/1k); The University of Tennessee Southern (4.78/1k); Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus (0.00/1k).
Does Meharry Medical College have fire safety data?
Yes. Meharry Medical 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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