VT
Middlebury College
10.70 incidents / 1,000 students
Middlebury, VT · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Middlebury College
Across 2022–2024, Middlebury College reported 64 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Norwich University.
- 10.70
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,953
- Rank of 2,072
- #9
- VT rank
- 2,803
- Enrolled students
10.70 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Middlebury College reports 10.70 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 78% above Wayland Baptist University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Wayland Baptist University (5.34/1k); Pacific Lutheran University (23.24/1k); Surry Community College (0.72/1k); Alvernia University (0.36/1k); Blackhawk Technical College (0.36/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Norwich University (4.76/1k); Champlain College (2.45/1k); Saint Michael's College (10.58/1k); Bennington College (63.65/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Landmark College (11.90/1k); SIT Graduate Institute (0.00/1k); Vermont State University (4.71/1k). 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
- 10.70
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,953
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 94%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 20
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 230959 · Middlebury College 10.70/1k score rate · #1,953/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-HOT 10.70/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,953/2,072
- ST-UPPER #9 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Wayland Baptist University · +5.36
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 44%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 2,803
- FIRE-REPORT 3 fires
Nearest enrollment peer: Wayland Baptist University (-5.36/1k)
Middlebury College sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer Wayland Baptist 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-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Wayland Baptist University (-5.36/1k). National rank #1,953 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Middlebury College reports 10.70 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 78% above Wayland Baptist University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Wayland Baptist University (5.34/1k); Pacific Lutheran University (23.24/1k); Surry Community College (0.72/1k); Alvernia University (0.36/1k); Blackhawk Technical College (0.36/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Norwich University (4.76/1k); Champlain College (2.45/1k); Saint Michael's College (10.58/1k); Bennington College (63.65/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Landmark College (11.90/1k); SIT Graduate Institute (0.00/1k); Vermont State University (4.71/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Middlebury College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Middlebury on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Blackhawk Technical College · lowest peer 0.36
Blackhawk Technical College — lowest peer
0.36 per 1,000 students
- Alvernia University · near 0.36
Alvernia University — near
0.36 per 1,000 students
- Surry Community College · near 0.72
Surry Community College — near
0.72 per 1,000 students
- Wayland Baptist University · near 5.34
Wayland Baptist University — near
5.34 per 1,000 students
- Middlebury College · this campus
Middlebury College — this campus
10.7 per 1,000 students
- Pacific Lutheran University · highest peer
Pacific Lutheran University — highest peer
23.24 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Middlebury College's 10.70/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Middlebury College increased from 8 to 20 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 12 VT 4-year peers in this comparison, Middlebury College is larger than 64% and safer-reporting than 27% - 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 73, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 45
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 82, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 73
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 55, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 45, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 82
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 27, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 18
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 18, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 82
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 91, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 55
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 9, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 82
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 9
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Middlebury College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 27
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling College | 57 | 35.09 | 0 | 9 |
| Vermont College of Fine Arts | 190 | 0.00 | 9 | 82 |
| SIT Graduate Institute | 644 | 0.00 | 18 | 82 |
| Landmark College | 672 | 11.90 | 27 | 18 |
| Vermont Law and Graduate School | 722 | 0.00 | 36 | 82 |
| Bennington College | 927 | 63.65 | 45 | 0 |
| Saint Michael's College | 1,323 | 10.58 | 55 | 36 |
| Middlebury College (this campus) | 2,803 | 10.70 | 64 | 27 |
| Norwich University | 3,149 | 4.76 | 73 | 45 |
| Champlain College | 3,259 | 2.45 | 82 | 73 |
| Vermont State University | 5,093 | 4.71 | 91 | 55 |
| University of Vermont | 14,476 | 2.63 | 100 | 64 |
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 Middlebury College rose from 8 to 20 (+150%). The increase shows up in Motor Vehicle Theft (1 to 6), Arson (0 to 4) and Burglary (1 to 3).
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 Middlebury College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 6 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Motor Vehicle Theft, Fondling, Burglary, Arson and Aggravated Assault.
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 onlyMiddlebury College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 44% (36 → 20 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 36 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 20 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Fondling | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Burglary | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Arson | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
27 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 34 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 203 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Middlebury 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).
TX
Wayland Baptist University
5.34 incidents / 1,000 students
WA
Pacific Lutheran University
23.24 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Middlebury College sits on price and outcomes
At $31,483, Middlebury College's reported average net price is cheaper than 73% among 11 Vermont colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $25,239.
- $31,483
- average net price
- $25,239
- Vermont median
- 4.1×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $37,101
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $12,723, while those above $110,000 record $49,824 - roughly 3.9 times as much. A published average of $31,483 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $57,291 run about 1.8 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
- $67,600
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $67,600
- Avg Net Price
- $31,483
- Median Debt
- $13,857
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 16%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- SAT Average
- 1508
- SAT Math Range
- 725-790
- ACT Average
- 33
- ACT Range
- 33-35
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 92%
- Retention Rate
- 94%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $57,291
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $76,310
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 89%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,271 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Wayland Baptist University
Plainview, TX · 2,809 enrolled
Safety Score 5.34
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA · 2,797 enrolled
Safety Score 23.24
Surry Community College
Dobson, NC · 2,796 enrolled
Safety Score 0.72
Alvernia University
Reading, PA · 2,796 enrolled
Safety Score 0.36
Blackhawk Technical College
Janesville, WI · 2,811 enrolled
Safety Score 0.36
Closest by National Rank
Middlebury College (national rank #1953) sits near Stetson University (#1954) and Centre College (#1952) 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 Middlebury College, both outside VT so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA · 2,797 enrolled
Safety score 23.24
Wayland Baptist University
Plainview, TX · 2,809 enrolled
Safety score 5.34
Alvernia University
Reading, PA · 2,796 enrolled
Safety score 0.36
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA · 2,812 enrolled
Safety score 12.80
Lakeland University
Plymouth, WI · 2,813 enrolled
Safety score 0.36
University of Hawaii Maui College
Kahului, HI · 2,792 enrolled
Safety score 1.43
University of Hawaii-West Oahu
Kapolei, HI · 2,814 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Salve Regina University
Newport, RI · 2,791 enrolled
Safety score 3.58
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Centre College
Danville, KY · 1,404 enrolled
Safety score 10.68
Babson College
Wellesley, MA · 3,932 enrolled
Safety score 10.68
Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City, NC · 2,258 enrolled
Safety score 10.63
Earlham College
Richmond, IN · 753 enrolled
Safety score 10.62
Knox College
Galesburg, IL · 1,136 enrolled
Safety score 10.56
Stetson University
Deland, FL · 3,775 enrolled
Safety score 10.86
Texas Lutheran University
Seguin, TX · 1,423 enrolled
Safety score 10.54
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, IA · 1,195 enrolled
Safety score 10.88
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Middlebury College safe?
Middlebury College has a safety score of 10.70 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,953 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Wayland Baptist University (5.34/1k). Same-state same-level set: Norwich University (4.76/1k); Champlain College (2.45/1k); Saint Michael's College (10.58/1k); Bennington College (63.65/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Landmark College (11.90/1k); SIT Graduate Institute (0.00/1k); Vermont State University (4.71/1k).
What crimes are reported at Middlebury College?
For calendar year 2024, Middlebury College reported Motor Vehicle Theft (6), Rape (6), Arson (4), Burglary (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 Middlebury College compare to similar schools?
Middlebury College reports 78% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Wayland Baptist University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Wayland Baptist University (5.34/1k); Pacific Lutheran University (23.24/1k); Surry Community College (0.72/1k); Alvernia University (0.36/1k); Blackhawk Technical College (0.36/1k). Same-state same-level set: Norwich University (4.76/1k); Champlain College (2.45/1k); Saint Michael's College (10.58/1k); Bennington College (63.65/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Landmark College (11.90/1k); SIT Graduate Institute (0.00/1k); Vermont State University (4.71/1k).
Does Middlebury College have fire safety data?
Yes. Middlebury College reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 3 fires were reported in the most recent year.
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