PA
Mercyhurst University
4.56 incidents / 1,000 students
Erie, PA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Mercyhurst University
Across 2022–2024, Mercyhurst University reported 25 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: Marywood University.
- 4.56
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,564
- Rank of 2,072
- #105
- PA rank
- 2,632
- Enrolled students
4.56 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Mercyhurst University reports 4.56 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 2900% above Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. (0.76/1k); Northland Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo (0.00/1k); Big Sandy Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Marywood University (0.79/1k); Lancaster Bible College (1.59/1k); Moravian University (4.74/1k); Immaculata University (0.40/1k); Lafayette College (7.93/1k); Alvernia University (0.36/1k); Gettysburg College (12.80/1k); Carlow University (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
- 4.56
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,564
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 75%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 8
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 213987 · Mercyhurst University 4.56/1k score rate · #1,564/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HIGH 4.56/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,564/2,072
- ST-MID #105 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Universal Technical Institute of · +3.80
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 14%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 2,632
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. (-3.80/1k)
Mercyhurst University sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.. 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-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. (-3.80/1k). National rank #1,564 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Mercyhurst University reports 4.56 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 2900% above Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. (0.76/1k); Northland Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo (0.00/1k); Big Sandy Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Marywood University (0.79/1k); Lancaster Bible College (1.59/1k); Moravian University (4.74/1k); Immaculata University (0.40/1k); Lafayette College (7.93/1k); Alvernia University (0.36/1k); Gettysburg College (12.80/1k); Carlow University (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Mercyhurst University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Mercyhurst on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Northland Community and Technical · lowest peer 0
Northland Community and Technical College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Inter American University of · near 0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Universal Technical Institute of · near 0.76
Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. — near
0.76 per 1,000 students
- Mercyhurst University · this campus · highest
Mercyhurst University — this campus · highest
4.56 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Mercyhurst University's 4.56/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Mercyhurst University decreased from 10 to 8 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 PA 4-year peers in this comparison, Mercyhurst University is larger than 58% and safer-reporting than 36% - 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 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 94
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Mercyhurst University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 1,813 | 1.10 | 0 | 67 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 1,884 | 12.74 | 3 | 6 |
| Wilson College | 1,907 | 2.62 | 6 | 56 |
| Seton Hill University | 1,927 | 1.04 | 8 | 69 |
| King's College | 1,939 | 1.03 | 11 | 72 |
| Gwynedd Mercy University | 2,017 | 2.97 | 14 | 50 |
| Lebanon Valley College | 2,146 | 2.33 | 17 | 58 |
| La Roche University | 2,153 | 0.46 | 19 | 86 |
| Delaware Valley University | 2,199 | 6.37 | 22 | 28 |
| Misericordia University | 2,200 | 1.36 | 25 | 64 |
| Lackawanna College | 2,211 | 0.90 | 28 | 75 |
| Mercyhurst University (this campus) | 2,632 | 4.56 | 58 | 36 |
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 Mercyhurst University fell from 10 to 8 (-20%). The increase shows up in Aggravated Assault (1 to 3). Falling over the same period: Fondling (4 to 1) and Rape (5 to 4).
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 Mercyhurst University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Fondling, Aggravated Assault and Burglary. Rape accounts for most of them.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Incest, Motor Vehicle Theft 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 onlyMercyhurst University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 14% (7 → 8 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Fondling | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arson | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 42 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 2 | 62 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 22 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 2 | 29 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 41 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 4 | 52 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Mercyhurst 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).
TX
Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.
0.76 incidents / 1,000 students
MN
Northland Community and Technical College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Mercyhurst University sits on price and outcomes
At $19,444, Mercyhurst University's reported average net price is cheaper than 45% among 261 Pennsylvania colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $19,954.
- $19,444
- average net price
- $19,954
- Pennsylvania median
- 1.6×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $5,878
- reported income-bracket spread
This institution reports an unusual pattern: families under $30,000 record a HIGHER net price ($22,626) than those above $110,000 ($16,748). Fewer than 2% of institutions reporting both brackets show this shape. It can reflect small bracket samples or programme mix rather than aid policy, so treat it as a question to raise with the financial-aid office rather than a finding.
Six-year median earnings of $39,565 run about 2.0 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
- $45,770
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $45,770
- Avg Net Price
- $19,444
- Median Debt
- $25,305
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 31%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 81%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 59%
- Retention Rate
- 80%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $39,565
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $47,452
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 71%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,278 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.
Houston, TX · 2,632 enrolled
Safety Score 0.76
Northland Community and Technical College
Thief River Falls, MN · 2,631 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
Arecibo, PR · 2,624 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Big Sandy Community and Technical College
Prestonsburg, KY · 2,618 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Blacksburg, VA · 2,617 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Mercyhurst University (national rank #1564) sits near Case Western Reserve University (#1565) and New College of Florida (#1563) 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 Mercyhurst University, both outside PA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
Arecibo, PR · 2,624 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Blacksburg, VA · 2,617 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Truett McConnell University
Cleveland, GA · 2,615 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
University of Minnesota-Crookston
Crookston, MN · 2,612 enrolled
Safety score 1.15
Western Wyoming Community College
Rock Springs, WY · 2,653 enrolled
Safety score 3.39
Delta State University
Cleveland, MS · 2,654 enrolled
Safety score 0.38
Bay Path University
Longmeadow, MA · 2,605 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Frontier Nursing University
Versailles, KY · 2,664 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH · 12,475 enrolled
Safety score 4.57
Cornell College
Mount Vernon, IA · 1,094 enrolled
Safety score 4.57
Carthage College
Kenosha, WI · 2,844 enrolled
Safety score 4.57
New College of Florida
Sarasota, FL · 881 enrolled
Safety score 4.54
University of La Verne
La Verne, CA · 5,021 enrolled
Safety score 4.58
Graceland University-Lamoni
Lamoni, IA · 1,102 enrolled
Safety score 4.54
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC · 11,686 enrolled
Safety score 4.54
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT · 10,811 enrolled
Safety score 4.53
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Mercyhurst University safe?
Mercyhurst University has a safety score of 4.56 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,564 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. (0.76/1k). Same-state same-level set: Marywood University (0.79/1k); Lancaster Bible College (1.59/1k); Moravian University (4.74/1k); Immaculata University (0.40/1k); Lafayette College (7.93/1k); Alvernia University (0.36/1k); Gettysburg College (12.80/1k); Carlow University (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Mercyhurst University?
For calendar year 2024, Mercyhurst University reported Rape (4), Aggravated Assault (3) 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 Mercyhurst University compare to similar schools?
Mercyhurst University reports 2900% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. (0.76/1k); Northland Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo (0.00/1k); Big Sandy Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Marywood University (0.79/1k); Lancaster Bible College (1.59/1k); Moravian University (4.74/1k); Immaculata University (0.40/1k); Lafayette College (7.93/1k); Alvernia University (0.36/1k); Gettysburg College (12.80/1k); Carlow University (0.00/1k).
Does Mercyhurst University have fire safety data?
Yes. Mercyhurst 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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