AL
Miles College
13.56 incidents / 1,000 students
Fairfield, AL · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Miles College
Across 2022–2024, Miles College reported 36 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Burglary). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Oakwood University.
- 13.56
- Incidents / 1k students
- #2,000
- Rank of 2,072
- #49
- AL rank
- 1,180
- Enrolled students
13.56 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Miles College reports 13.56 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 3898% above Guilford College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Guilford College (0.00/1k); Mount Mary University (0.85/1k); Edward Waters University (0.85/1k); Glen Oaks Community College (0.00/1k); Westminster Theological Seminary (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Oakwood University (3.26/1k); Strayer University-Alabama (0.00/1k); Spring Hill College (13.06/1k); Huntingdon College (1.12/1k); University of Mobile (0.00/1k); Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k); Talladega College (6.58/1k); Stillman College (13.68/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 13.56
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #2,000
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 97%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 12
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 101675 · Miles College 13.56/1k score rate · #2,000/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HOT 13.56/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #2,000/2,072
- ST-MID #49 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Edward Waters University · +12.71
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 8%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 1,180
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Edward Waters University (-12.71/1k)
Miles College sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Edward Waters 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-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Edward Waters University (-12.71/1k). National rank #2,000 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Miles College reports 13.56 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 3898% above Guilford College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Guilford College (0.00/1k); Mount Mary University (0.85/1k); Edward Waters University (0.85/1k); Glen Oaks Community College (0.00/1k); Westminster Theological Seminary (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Oakwood University (3.26/1k); Strayer University-Alabama (0.00/1k); Spring Hill College (13.06/1k); Huntingdon College (1.12/1k); University of Mobile (0.00/1k); Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k); Talladega College (6.58/1k); Stillman College (13.68/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Miles College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Miles on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Guilford College · lowest peer 0
Guilford College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Edward Waters University · near 0.85
Edward Waters University — near
0.85 per 1,000 students
- Mount Mary University · near 0.85
Mount Mary University — near
0.85 per 1,000 students
- Miles College · this campus · highest
Miles College — this campus · highest
13.56 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Miles College's 13.56/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Miles College increased from 11 to 12 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 32 AL 4-year peers in this comparison, Miles College is larger than 32% and safer-reporting than 3% - 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 35, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 26
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 26, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 55
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 23, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 16, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 10, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 45, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 48, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 52, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 65
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 55, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 45
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 65, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 68, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 52
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 16
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 74, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 48
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 77, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 32
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 84, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 87, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 90, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 10
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 23
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 35
- Miles College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 32, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville Bible College | 98 | 0.00 | 0 | 68 |
| Heritage Christian University | 178 | 0.00 | 3 | 68 |
| South University-Montgomery | 303 | 0.00 | 6 | 68 |
| United States Sports University | 367 | 0.00 | 10 | 68 |
| Herzing University-Birmingham | 444 | 0.00 | 13 | 68 |
| Stillman College | 731 | 13.68 | 16 | 0 |
| Talladega College | 760 | 6.58 | 19 | 13 |
| Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine | 778 | 0.00 | 23 | 68 |
| Huntingdon College | 892 | 1.12 | 26 | 55 |
| Spring Hill College | 919 | 13.06 | 29 | 6 |
| Miles College (this campus) | 1,180 | 13.56 | 32 | 3 |
| Oakwood University | 1,226 | 3.26 | 35 | 26 |
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 Miles College rose from 11 to 12 (+9%). The increase shows up in Aggravated Assault (1 to 3) and Motor Vehicle Theft (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Burglary (9 to 7).
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 Miles College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Aggravated Assault, Robbery and Motor Vehicle Theft. Burglary 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 onlyMiles College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 8% (13 → 12 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Aggravated Assault | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 4 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
Miles 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).
NC
Guilford College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
WI
Mount Mary University
0.85 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Miles College sits on price and outcomes
At $14,271, Miles College's reported average net price is cheaper than 40% among 65 Alabama colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $15,258.
- $14,271
- average net price
- $15,258
- Alabama median
- 0.8×
- six-year earnings to median debt
Six-year median earnings of $25,822 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
- $13,314
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $13,314
- Avg Net Price
- $14,271
- Median Debt
- $31,217
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 72%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 20%
- Retention Rate
- 56%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $25,822
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $32,627
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 26%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,261 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Guilford College
Greensboro, NC · 1,180 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Mount Mary University
Milwaukee, WI · 1,182 enrolled
Safety Score 0.85
Edward Waters University
Jacksonville, FL · 1,177 enrolled
Safety Score 0.85
Glen Oaks Community College
Centreville, MI · 1,183 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Westminster Theological Seminary
Glenside, PA · 1,183 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Miles College (national rank #2000) sits near California Institute of Technology (#2001) and Saint Edward's University (#1999) 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 Miles College, both outside AL so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Guilford College
Greensboro, NC · 1,180 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Mount Mary University
Milwaukee, WI · 1,182 enrolled
Safety score 0.85
Edward Waters University
Jacksonville, FL · 1,177 enrolled
Safety score 0.85
Westminster Theological Seminary
Glenside, PA · 1,183 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte
Charlotte, NC · 1,184 enrolled
Safety score 4.22
Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, SD · 1,188 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA · 1,171 enrolled
Safety score 5.98
Eastwick College-Hackensack
Hackensack, NJ · 1,171 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA · 2,430 enrolled
Safety score 13.58
Amherst College
Amherst, MA · 1,914 enrolled
Safety score 13.58
Saint Edward's University
Austin, TX · 3,033 enrolled
Safety score 13.52
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA · 44,256 enrolled
Safety score 13.49
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA · 26,409 enrolled
Safety score 13.75
Chowan University
Murfreesboro, NC · 675 enrolled
Safety score 13.33
Johnson C Smith University
Charlotte, NC · 1,302 enrolled
Safety score 13.82
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, KS · 978 enrolled
Safety score 13.29
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Miles College safe?
Miles College has a safety score of 13.56 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #2,000 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Guilford College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Oakwood University (3.26/1k); Strayer University-Alabama (0.00/1k); Spring Hill College (13.06/1k); Huntingdon College (1.12/1k); University of Mobile (0.00/1k); Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k); Talladega College (6.58/1k); Stillman College (13.68/1k).
What crimes are reported at Miles College?
For calendar year 2024, Miles College reported Burglary (7), Aggravated Assault (3), Motor Vehicle Theft (1) and Robbery (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Miles College compare to similar schools?
Miles College reports 3898% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Guilford College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Guilford College (0.00/1k); Mount Mary University (0.85/1k); Edward Waters University (0.85/1k); Glen Oaks Community College (0.00/1k); Westminster Theological Seminary (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Oakwood University (3.26/1k); Strayer University-Alabama (0.00/1k); Spring Hill College (13.06/1k); Huntingdon College (1.12/1k); University of Mobile (0.00/1k); Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k); Talladega College (6.58/1k); Stillman College (13.68/1k).
Does Miles College have fire safety data?
Yes. Miles 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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