MA
New England College of Optometry
1.94 incidents / 1,000 students
Boston, MA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
New England College of Optometry
Across 2022–2024, New England College of Optometry reported 2 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Aggravated Assault.
- 1.94
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,015
- Rank of 2,072
- #42
- MA rank
- 515
- Enrolled students
1.94 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
New England College of Optometry reports 1.94 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 (national rank #1,015). Across filed years, the largest Criminal Offenses total is Aggravated Assault (1 incidents). Same-state same-level scored peers: Laboure College of Healthcare (0.00/1k); Franklin W Olin College of Engineering (2.47/1k); Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education (0.00/1k); Longy School of Music of Bard College (0.00/1k); Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology (0.00/1k); Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (0.00/1k); Massachusetts School of Law (0.00/1k); Montserrat College of Art (0.00/1k).
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 1.94
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,015
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 51%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 167093 · New England College of 1.94/1k score rate · #1,015/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-LOW 1.94/1k
- RANK-MID #1,015/2,072
- ST-MID #42 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Georgia Career Institute · +1.94
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
- ENR-SMALL 515
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: Georgia Career Institute (-1.94/1k)
New England College of Optometry sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE · peer Georgia Career 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-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Georgia Career Institute (-1.94/1k). National rank #1,015 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
New England College of Optometry reports 1.94 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 (national rank #1,015). Across filed years, the largest Criminal Offenses total is Aggravated Assault (1 incidents). Same-state same-level scored peers: Laboure College of Healthcare (0.00/1k); Franklin W Olin College of Engineering (2.47/1k); Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education (0.00/1k); Longy School of Music of Bard College (0.00/1k); Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology (0.00/1k); Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (0.00/1k); Massachusetts School of Law (0.00/1k); Montserrat College of Art (0.00/1k).
Peer-rate neighbourhood around New England College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest New on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Georgia Career Institute · lowest peer 0
Georgia Career Institute — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- National Career Education · near 0
National Career Education — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas · near 0
Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas — near
0 per 1,000 students
- New England College of · this campus · highest
New England College of Optometry — this campus · highest
1.94 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around New England College of Optometry's 1.94/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
New England College of Optometry increased from 0 to 1 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 MA 4-year peers in this comparison, New England College of Optometry is larger than 33% and safer-reporting than 44% - 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.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- New England College of Opt…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conway School of Landscape Design | 17 | 0.00 | 0 | 47 |
| Boston Baptist College | 43 | 23.26 | 3 | 0 |
| Saint John's Seminary | 86 | 0.00 | 6 | 47 |
| Northpoint Bible College | 122 | 0.00 | 8 | 47 |
| Hebrew College | 163 | 0.00 | 11 | 47 |
| Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc | 169 | 0.00 | 14 | 47 |
| Montserrat College of Art | 227 | 0.00 | 17 | 47 |
| Massachusetts School of Law | 273 | 0.00 | 19 | 47 |
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology | 274 | 0.00 | 22 | 47 |
| Longy School of Music of Bard College | 317 | 0.00 | 25 | 47 |
| Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education | 380 | 0.00 | 28 | 47 |
| New England College of Optometry (this campus) | 515 | 1.94 | 33 | 44 |
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 New England College of Optometry rose from 0 to 1. The increase shows up in Fondling (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 New England College of Optometry
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 2 Clery Act categories here: Aggravated Assault and Fondling.
The remaining 9 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Burglary, Incest and Motor Vehicle Theft. 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 onlyNew England College of Optometry: Criminal Offenses by year
Stable 0% (1 → 1 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fondling | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 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
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
27 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
New England College of Optometry 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).
GA
Georgia Career Institute
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
CA
National Career Education
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Academic & Financial Profile
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,131 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Georgia Career Institute
Conyers, GA · 515 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
National Career Education
Citrus Heights, CA · 515 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas
Brooklyn, NY · 515 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Boricua College
New York, NY · 516 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Sonoran University of Health Sciences
Tempe, AZ · 516 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
New England College of Optometry (national rank #1015) sits near Boston College (#1016) and Everett Community College (#1014) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
National Rank #1016
Everett Community College
Everett, WA
National Rank #1014
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, IL
National Rank #1017
National Polytechnic College
Lakewood, CA
National Rank #1013
Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, AR
National Rank #1018
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for New England College of Optometry, both outside MA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas
Brooklyn, NY · 515 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Boricua College
New York, NY · 516 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Sonoran University of Health Sciences
Tempe, AZ · 516 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Blackburn College
Carlinville, IL · 513 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Pentecostal Theological Seminary
Cleveland, TN · 517 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Williams Baptist University
Walnut Ridge, AR · 517 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
The Wright Institute
Berkeley, CA · 518 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
National University of Health Sciences
Lombard, IL · 511 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Everett Community College
Everett, WA · 6,698 enrolled
Safety score 1.94
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, IL · 4,628 enrolled
Safety score 1.94
Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, AR · 2,055 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
Tacoma Community College
Tacoma, WA · 6,199 enrolled
Safety score 1.94
Atlantic University
Guaynabo, PR · 1,540 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX · 53,864 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
The College of the Florida Keys
Key West, FL · 1,025 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
University of Houston-Victoria
Victoria, TX · 3,586 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
Frequently Asked Questions
Is New England College of Optometry safe?
New England College of Optometry has a safety score of 1.94 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,015 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Georgia Career Institute (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Laboure College of Healthcare (0.00/1k); Franklin W Olin College of Engineering (2.47/1k); Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education (0.00/1k); Longy School of Music of Bard College (0.00/1k); Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology (0.00/1k); Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (0.00/1k); Massachusetts School of Law (0.00/1k); Montserrat College of Art (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at New England College of Optometry?
For calendar year 2024, New England College of Optometry reported Fondling (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does New England College of Optometry compare to similar schools?
A similar-enrollment comparison point is Georgia Career Institute at 0.00 score-category incidents per 1,000 in MA; same-state same-level scored peers include Laboure College of Healthcare (0.00/1k); Franklin W Olin College of Engineering (2.47/1k); Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education (0.00/1k); Longy School of Music of Bard College (0.00/1k); Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology (0.00/1k); Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (0.00/1k); Massachusetts School of Law (0.00/1k); Montserrat College of Art (0.00/1k).
Does New England College of Optometry have fire safety data?
New England College of Optometry has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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