MS
Mississippi Valley State University
4.08 incidents / 1,000 students
Itta Bena, MS · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Mississippi Valley State University
Across 2022–2024, Mississippi Valley State University reported 3 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Aggravated Assault). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Mississippi University for Women.
- 4.08
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,497
- Rank of 2,072
- #29
- MS rank
- 2,205
- Enrolled students
4.08 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Mississippi Valley State University reports 4.08 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 275% above Central Wyoming College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Central Wyoming College (0.00/1k); Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion (1.36/1k); Kent State University at Geauga (0.45/1k); Carrington College-Sacramento (0.45/1k); Moody Bible Institute (3.18/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Mississippi University for Women (0.46/1k); Delta State University (0.38/1k); Alcorn State University (2.34/1k); Tougaloo College (3.84/1k); Blue Mountain Christian University (0.00/1k); Millsaps College (15.18/1k); Rust College (27.84/1k); Mississippi College (1.92/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 4.08
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,497
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 72%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 2
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 176044 · Mississippi Valley State University 4.08/1k score rate · #1,497/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HIGH 4.08/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,497/2,072
- ST-MID #29 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Moody Bible Institute · +0.90
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 100%
- CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
- ENR-SMALL 2,205
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Moody Bible Institute (-0.90/1k)
Mississippi Valley State University sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Moody Bible Institute. 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-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Moody Bible Institute (-0.90/1k). National rank #1,497 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Mississippi Valley State University reports 4.08 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 275% above Central Wyoming College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Central Wyoming College (0.00/1k); Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion (1.36/1k); Kent State University at Geauga (0.45/1k); Carrington College-Sacramento (0.45/1k); Moody Bible Institute (3.18/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Mississippi University for Women (0.46/1k); Delta State University (0.38/1k); Alcorn State University (2.34/1k); Tougaloo College (3.84/1k); Blue Mountain Christian University (0.00/1k); Millsaps College (15.18/1k); Rust College (27.84/1k); Mississippi College (1.92/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Mississippi Valley State
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Mississippi on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Central Wyoming College · lowest peer 0
Central Wyoming College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Kent State University at · near 0.45
Kent State University at Geauga — near
0.45 per 1,000 students
- Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion · near 1.36
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion — near
1.36 per 1,000 students
- Moody Bible Institute · near
Moody Bible Institute — near
3.18 per 1,000 students
- Mississippi Valley State University · this campus · highest
Mississippi Valley State University — this campus · highest
4.08 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Mississippi Valley State University's 4.08/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Mississippi Valley State University increased from 0 to 2 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 Valley State University is larger than 44% and safer-reporting than 13% - 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 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 88
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 88
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 88
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- 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 Valley State U…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
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 (this campus) | 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 | 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 Valley State University rose from 0 to 2. The increase shows up in Aggravated Assault (0 to 1) and Motor Vehicle Theft (0 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 Valley State University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 2 Clery Act categories here: Aggravated Assault and Motor Vehicle Theft. Aggravated Assault accounts for most of them.
The remaining 9 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Burglary, Fondling and Incest. 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 Valley State University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 100% (1 → 2 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 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 |
| 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 | 4 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
Mississippi Valley State 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).
WY
Central Wyoming College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
IN
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion
1.36 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Mississippi Valley State University sits on price and outcomes
At $9,686, Mississippi Valley State University's reported average net price is cheaper than 37% among 49 Mississippi colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $13,265.
- $9,686
- average net price
- $13,265
- Mississippi median
- 0.9×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $8,406
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $9,073, while those above $110,000 record $17,479 - roughly 1.9 times as much. A published average of $9,686 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $25,817, roughly 2.7 times a year of net price. That is a workable ratio, though it says nothing about how long the programme takes to finish.
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
- $7,692
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $7,692
- Avg Net Price
- $9,686
- Median Debt
- $28,413
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 56%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 92%
- SAT Average
- 870
- ACT Average
- 16
- ACT Range
- 13-17
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 24%
- Retention Rate
- 70%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $25,817
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $31,919
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 50%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,300 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Central Wyoming College
Riverton, WY · 2,205 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion
Marion, IN · 2,204 enrolled
Safety Score 1.36
Kent State University at Geauga
Burton, OH · 2,204 enrolled
Safety Score 0.45
Carrington College-Sacramento
Sacramento, CA · 2,207 enrolled
Safety Score 0.45
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, IL · 2,202 enrolled
Safety Score 3.18
Closest by National Rank
Mississippi Valley State University (national rank #1497) sits near Sonoma State University (#1496) and Whatcom Community College (#1498) 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 Valley State University, 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)
Central Wyoming College
Riverton, WY · 2,205 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion
Marion, IN · 2,204 enrolled
Safety score 1.36
Kent State University at Geauga
Burton, OH · 2,204 enrolled
Safety score 0.45
Carrington College-Sacramento
Sacramento, CA · 2,207 enrolled
Safety score 0.45
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, IL · 2,202 enrolled
Safety score 3.18
University of South Carolina Beaufort
Bluffton, SC · 2,208 enrolled
Safety score 3.17
Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD · 2,210 enrolled
Safety score 5.43
Misericordia University
Dallas, PA · 2,200 enrolled
Safety score 1.36
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Whatcom Community College
Bellingham, WA · 3,674 enrolled
Safety score 4.08
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA · 5,891 enrolled
Safety score 4.07
Johnson University
Knoxville, TN · 978 enrolled
Safety score 4.09
North American University
Stafford, TX · 983 enrolled
Safety score 4.07
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA · 8,369 enrolled
Safety score 4.06
Austin Community College District
Austin, TX · 39,727 enrolled
Safety score 4.05
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX · 5,098 enrolled
Safety score 4.12
Felician University
Lodi, NJ · 2,427 enrolled
Safety score 4.12
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Mississippi Valley State University safe?
Mississippi Valley State University has a safety score of 4.08 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,497 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Central Wyoming College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Mississippi University for Women (0.46/1k); Delta State University (0.38/1k); Alcorn State University (2.34/1k); Tougaloo College (3.84/1k); Blue Mountain Christian University (0.00/1k); Millsaps College (15.18/1k); Rust College (27.84/1k); Mississippi College (1.92/1k).
What crimes are reported at Mississippi Valley State University?
For calendar year 2024, Mississippi Valley State University reported Aggravated Assault (1) and Motor Vehicle Theft (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Mississippi Valley State University compare to similar schools?
Mississippi Valley State University reports 275% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Central Wyoming College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Central Wyoming College (0.00/1k); Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion (1.36/1k); Kent State University at Geauga (0.45/1k); Carrington College-Sacramento (0.45/1k); Moody Bible Institute (3.18/1k). Same-state same-level set: Mississippi University for Women (0.46/1k); Delta State University (0.38/1k); Alcorn State University (2.34/1k); Tougaloo College (3.84/1k); Blue Mountain Christian University (0.00/1k); Millsaps College (15.18/1k); Rust College (27.84/1k); Mississippi College (1.92/1k).
Does Mississippi Valley State University have fire safety data?
Yes. Mississippi Valley State 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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