MS
Mississippi College
1.92 incidents / 1,000 students
Clinton, MS · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Mississippi College
Across 2022–2024, Mississippi College reported 18 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Motor Vehicle Theft). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Belhaven University.
- 1.92
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,008
- Rank of 2,072
- #22
- MS rank
- 4,164
- Enrolled students
1.92 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Mississippi College reports 1.92 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 208% above Western Connecticut State University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Western Connecticut State University (2.16/1k); Hill College (0.72/1k); Moraine Park Technical College (0.00/1k); Coalinga College (0.24/1k); Tulsa Technology Center (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Belhaven University (0.24/1k); William Carey University (0.19/1k); Alcorn State University (2.34/1k); Delta State University (0.38/1k); Mississippi Valley State University (4.08/1k); Mississippi University for Women (0.46/1k); Jackson State University (3.95/1k); Tougaloo College (3.84/1k). 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
- 1.92
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,008
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 51%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 6
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 176053 · Mississippi College 1.92/1k score rate · #1,008/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-LOW 1.92/1k
- RANK-MID #1,008/2,072
- ST-MID #22 in state
- BELOW-PEER Western Connecticut State University · 0.24 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 50%
- CAT-LEAD Motor Vehicle Th…
- ENR-SMALL 4,164
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Western Connecticut State University (+0.24/1k)
Mississippi College sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Western Connecticut State 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-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Western Connecticut State University (+0.24/1k). National rank #1,008 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Mississippi College reports 1.92 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 208% above Western Connecticut State University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Western Connecticut State University (2.16/1k); Hill College (0.72/1k); Moraine Park Technical College (0.00/1k); Coalinga College (0.24/1k); Tulsa Technology Center (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Belhaven University (0.24/1k); William Carey University (0.19/1k); Alcorn State University (2.34/1k); Delta State University (0.38/1k); Mississippi Valley State University (4.08/1k); Mississippi University for Women (0.46/1k); Jackson State University (3.95/1k); Tougaloo College (3.84/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Mississippi College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Mississippi on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Moraine Park Technical College · lowest peer 0
Moraine Park Technical College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Coalinga College · near 0.24
Coalinga College — near
0.24 per 1,000 students
- Hill College · near 0.72
Hill College — near
0.72 per 1,000 students
- Mississippi College · this campus
Mississippi College — this campus
1.92 per 1,000 students
- Western Connecticut State University · highest peer
Western Connecticut State University — highest peer
2.16 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Mississippi College's 1.92/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Mississippi College decreased from 8 to 6 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 17 MS 4-year peers in this comparison, Mississippi College is larger than 63% 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 88
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 88
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 88
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Mississippi College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Baptist College | 93 | 0.00 | 0 | 88 |
| Wesley Biblical Seminary | 170 | 0.00 | 6 | 88 |
| Rust College | 467 | 27.84 | 13 | 0 |
| Millsaps College | 593 | 15.18 | 19 | 6 |
| Blue Mountain Christian University | 968 | 0.00 | 25 | 88 |
| Tougaloo College | 1,301 | 3.84 | 31 | 25 |
| Mississippi University for Women | 2,193 | 0.46 | 38 | 63 |
| Mississippi Valley State University | 2,205 | 4.08 | 44 | 13 |
| Delta State University | 2,654 | 0.38 | 50 | 69 |
| Alcorn State University | 2,995 | 2.34 | 56 | 38 |
| Mississippi College (this campus) | 4,164 | 1.92 | 63 | 44 |
| Belhaven University | 4,213 | 0.24 | 69 | 75 |
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 Mississippi College fell from 8 to 6 (-25%). The increase shows up in Burglary (0 to 2) and Fondling (1 to 3). Falling over the same period: Motor Vehicle Theft (4 to 0) and Rape (3 to 1).
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 Mississippi College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Motor Vehicle Theft, Fondling, Rape and Burglary.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, 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 onlyMississippi College: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 50% (4 → 6 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Fondling | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Rape | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Burglary | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 13 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 36 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 1 | 18 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Mississippi 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).
CT
Western Connecticut State University
2.16 incidents / 1,000 students
TX
Hill College
0.72 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Mississippi College sits on price and outcomes
At $27,712, Mississippi College's reported average net price is cheaper than 98% among 49 Mississippi colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $13,265.
- $27,712
- average net price
- $13,265
- Mississippi median
- 1.9×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $3,773
- reported income-bracket spread
Price barely responds to income at this institution. Families under $30,000 report $25,984 and those above $110,000 report $29,757, a difference of just $3,773. Where the curve is this flat, need-based aid is doing little of the work and the sticker figure is close to what most families actually pay.
Six-year median earnings of $42,011 run about 1.5 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
- $23,500
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $23,500
- Avg Net Price
- $27,712
- Median Debt
- $22,500
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 30%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 29%
- SAT Average
- 1090
- ACT Average
- 24
- ACT Range
- 19-25
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 61%
- Retention Rate
- 78%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $42,011
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $47,485
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 71%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,143 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT · 4,169 enrolled
Safety Score 2.16
Hill College
Hillsboro, TX · 4,158 enrolled
Safety Score 0.72
Moraine Park Technical College
Fond Du Lac, WI · 4,171 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Coalinga College
Coalinga, CA · 4,175 enrolled
Safety Score 0.24
Tulsa Technology Center
Tulsa, OK · 4,148 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Mississippi College (national rank #1008) sits near Worcester State University (#1007) and Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa (#1009) 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 Mississippi College, both outside MS so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT · 4,169 enrolled
Safety score 2.16
Missouri Southern State University
Joplin, MO · 4,147 enrolled
Safety score 0.72
Palm Beach Atlantic University
West Palm Beach, FL · 4,147 enrolled
Safety score 1.69
Gannon University
Erie, PA · 4,189 enrolled
Safety score 1.19
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA · 4,191 enrolled
Safety score 9.31
Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne, WY · 4,193 enrolled
Safety score 0.48
Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, KY · 4,193 enrolled
Safety score 1.43
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Erie, PA · 4,133 enrolled
Safety score 2.18
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Worcester State University
Worcester, MA · 5,745 enrolled
Safety score 1.91
Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa, WI · 1,037 enrolled
Safety score 1.93
Wayne State College
Wayne, NE · 4,666 enrolled
Safety score 1.93
Viterbo University
La Crosse, WI · 2,094 enrolled
Safety score 1.91
Tacoma Community College
Tacoma, WA · 6,199 enrolled
Safety score 1.94
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN · 20,488 enrolled
Safety score 1.90
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN · 6,310 enrolled
Safety score 1.90
Everett Community College
Everett, WA · 6,698 enrolled
Safety score 1.94
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Mississippi College safe?
Mississippi College has a safety score of 1.92 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,008 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Western Connecticut State University (2.16/1k). Same-state same-level set: Belhaven University (0.24/1k); William Carey University (0.19/1k); Alcorn State University (2.34/1k); Delta State University (0.38/1k); Mississippi Valley State University (4.08/1k); Mississippi University for Women (0.46/1k); Jackson State University (3.95/1k); Tougaloo College (3.84/1k).
What crimes are reported at Mississippi College?
For calendar year 2024, Mississippi College reported Fondling (3), Burglary (2) and Rape (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Mississippi College compare to similar schools?
Mississippi College reports 208% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Western Connecticut State University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Western Connecticut State University (2.16/1k); Hill College (0.72/1k); Moraine Park Technical College (0.00/1k); Coalinga College (0.24/1k); Tulsa Technology Center (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Belhaven University (0.24/1k); William Carey University (0.19/1k); Alcorn State University (2.34/1k); Delta State University (0.38/1k); Mississippi Valley State University (4.08/1k); Mississippi University for Women (0.46/1k); Jackson State University (3.95/1k); Tougaloo College (3.84/1k).
Does Mississippi College have fire safety data?
Yes. Mississippi 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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