TX
Bedford, TX · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Messenger College
Messenger College reported zero incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section for 2022–2024. Other Clery tables can still contain reports, and zero here does not mean no risk.
- 0.00
- Incidents / 1k students
- 24
- Enrolled students
0.00 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Messenger College reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories (0.00 per 1,000). Zero in those categories is not a safety proof, other Clery tables and unreported harm can still exist, and zero-report campuses are left unranked against each other.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.00
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 0
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 417752 · Messenger College 0.00/1k score rate
RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UNK · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-SMALL · TREND-FLAT · CAT-NONE · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-ZERO 0.00/1k
- RANK-UNK Nat rank n/a
- ST-UNK State rank n/a
- PEER-FINISH Central School of Practical · ±0.00
- ZERO-SMALL <500 enrolled
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-NONE No incidents
- ENR-SMALL 24
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Central School of Practical Nursing (+0.00/1k)
Messenger College sheet RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UNK · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-SMALL · TREND-FLAT · CAT-NONE · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Central School of Practical Nursing. 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-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-UNK · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-SMALL · TREND-FLAT · CAT-NONE · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Central School of Practical Nursing (+0.00/1k). Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Messenger College reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories (0.00 per 1,000). Zero in those categories is not a safety proof, other Clery tables and unreported harm can still exist, and zero-report campuses are left unranked against each other.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Messenger College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Messenger on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Messenger College · this campus · lowest 0
Messenger College — this campus · lowest
0 per 1,000 students
- Central School of Practical · near 0
Central School of Practical Nursing — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Staunton School of Cosmetology · near 0
Staunton School of Cosmetology — near
0 per 1,000 students
- UCAS University of Cosmetology · near 0
UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Byzantine Catholic Seminary of · highest peer
Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius — highest peer
1,125 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Messenger College's 0.00/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Messenger College was unchanged from 0 to 0 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 TX 4-year peers in this comparison, Messenger College is larger than 6% and safer-reporting than 33% - 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Messenger College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeVry University-Texas | 17 | 0.00 | 0 | 33 |
| Redeemers University North America | 23 | 0.00 | 3 | 33 |
| Messenger College (this campus) | 24 | 0.00 | 6 | 33 |
| Christ Mission College | 32 | 0.00 | 8 | 33 |
| Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary | 75 | 13.33 | 11 | 11 |
| American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Med | 76 | 0.00 | 14 | 33 |
| Texas Health and Science University | 92 | 0.00 | 17 | 33 |
| Baptist University of the Americas | 104 | 9.62 | 19 | 14 |
| Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest | 109 | 9.17 | 22 | 17 |
| Southwestern Christian College | 110 | 0.00 | 25 | 33 |
| American InterContinental University-Houston | 116 | 0.00 | 28 | 33 |
| Bakke Graduate University | 118 | 0.00 | 31 | 33 |
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.
Crime Statistics by Year
Messenger College recorded zero on-campus Criminal Offenses incidents in every Clery category across 2022–2024. Enrollment peer in this dataset: Central School of Practical Nursing.
Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Zero-filled category grids are omitted when every cell is zero (progressive surface); other Clery tables remain below when present
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 |
Messenger 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).
VA
Central School of Practical Nursing
VA
Staunton School of Cosmetology
Cost context
Where Messenger College sits on price and outcomes
At $26,433, Messenger College's reported average net price is cheaper than 83% among 337 Texas colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $18,267.
- $26,433
- average net price
- $18,267
- Texas median
Median earnings six years after entry ($29,135) are less than 1.1 years of the reported net price. That is a thin margin, and it is the figure worth pressing the school on before enrolling.
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
- $11,620
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $11,620
- Avg Net Price
- $26,433
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 81%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 38%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 54%
- Retention Rate
- 57%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $29,135
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $29,463
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
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