MO
Ozark Christian College
5.43 incidents / 1,000 students
Joplin, MO · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Ozark Christian College
Across 2022–2024, Ozark Christian College reported 6 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Burglary). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Cox College.
- 5.43
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,658
- Rank of 2,072
- #54
- MO rank
- 736
- Enrolled students
5.43 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Ozark Christian College reports 5.43 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 0% above Pacific College of Health and Science. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Pacific College of Health and Science (0.00/1k); Lakes Region Community College (0.00/1k); Lane College (27.10/1k); Bastyr University (0.00/1k); Brookline College-Phoenix (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Cox College (46.96/1k); Kansas City Art Institute (11.07/1k); University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis (13.89/1k); Westminster College (29.69/1k); Concordia Seminary (0.00/1k); Stephens College (0.00/1k); Covenant Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing (0.00/1k). 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
- 5.43
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,658
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 80%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 3
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 178679 · Ozark Christian College 5.43/1k score rate · #1,658/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HIGH 5.43/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,658/2,072
- ST-MID #54 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Pacific College of Health · +5.43
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 50%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 736
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Pacific College of Health and Science (-5.43/1k)
Ozark Christian College sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Pacific College of Health and Science. 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-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Pacific College of Health and Science (-5.43/1k). National rank #1,658 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Ozark Christian College reports 5.43 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 0% above Pacific College of Health and Science. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Pacific College of Health and Science (0.00/1k); Lakes Region Community College (0.00/1k); Lane College (27.10/1k); Bastyr University (0.00/1k); Brookline College-Phoenix (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Cox College (46.96/1k); Kansas City Art Institute (11.07/1k); University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis (13.89/1k); Westminster College (29.69/1k); Concordia Seminary (0.00/1k); Stephens College (0.00/1k); Covenant Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Ozark Christian College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Ozark on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Pacific College of Health · lowest peer 0
Pacific College of Health and Science — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Lakes Region Community College · near 0
Lakes Region Community College — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Bastyr University · near 0
Bastyr University — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Ozark Christian College · this campus 5.43
Ozark Christian College — this campus
5.43 per 1,000 students
- Lane College · highest peer
Lane College — highest peer
27.1 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Ozark Christian College's 5.43/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Ozark Christian College increased from 1 to 3 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 MO 4-year peers in this comparison, Ozark Christian College is larger than 75% and safer-reporting than 25% - 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 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Ozark Christian College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conception Seminary College | 63 | 0.00 | 0 | 42 |
| Eden Theological Seminary | 72 | 0.00 | 3 | 42 |
| Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts | 89 | 0.00 | 6 | 42 |
| Aquinas Institute of Theology | 110 | 0.00 | 8 | 42 |
| Urshan Graduate School of Theology | 116 | 0.00 | 11 | 42 |
| Bolivar Technical College | 144 | 0.00 | 14 | 42 |
| Bryan University | 153 | 0.00 | 17 | 42 |
| Ponce Health Sciences University-St Louis | 164 | 0.00 | 19 | 42 |
| Nazarene Theological Seminary | 168 | 11.90 | 22 | 11 |
| Central Christian College of the Bible | 189 | 0.00 | 25 | 42 |
| Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences | 197 | 0.00 | 28 | 42 |
| Ozark Christian College (this campus) | 736 | 5.43 | 75 | 25 |
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 Ozark Christian College rose from 1 to 3 (+200%). The increase shows up in 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 Ozark Christian College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 2 Clery Act categories here: Burglary and Fondling. Burglary accounts for most of them.
The remaining 9 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, 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 onlyOzark Christian College: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 50% (2 → 3 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Fondling | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 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
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 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Ozark Christian 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).
NY
Pacific College of Health and Science
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
NH
Lakes Region Community College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Ozark Christian College sits on price and outcomes
At $20,580, Ozark Christian College's reported average net price is cheaper than 65% among 116 Missouri colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $17,613.
- $20,580
- average net price
- $17,613
- Missouri median
- 1.9×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $4,551
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $17,900 for families reporting under $30,000 against $22,451 above $110,000, a difference of $4,551. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $20,580 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $32,528 run about 1.6 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
- $16,000
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $16,000
- Avg Net Price
- $20,580
- Median Debt
- $16,772
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 43%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 94%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 66%
- Retention Rate
- 83%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $32,528
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $41,297
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 74%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,174 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Pacific College of Health and Science
New York, NY · 736 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Lakes Region Community College
Laconia, NH · 735 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Lane College
Jackson, TN · 738 enrolled
Safety Score 27.10
Bastyr University
Kenmore, WA · 734 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Brookline College-Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ · 739 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Ozark Christian College (national rank #1658) sits near Mercer University (#1659) and Coppin State University (#1657) 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 Ozark Christian College, both outside MO so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Pacific College of Health and Science
New York, NY · 736 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Bastyr University
Kenmore, WA · 734 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Lane College
Jackson, TN · 738 enrolled
Safety score 27.10
Brookline College-Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ · 739 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Stillman College
Tuscaloosa, AL · 731 enrolled
Safety score 13.68
Strayer University-Arkansas
Little Rock, AR · 741 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Union Adventist University
Lincoln, NE · 729 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
Boston, MA · 744 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Mercer University
Macon, GA · 9,196 enrolled
Safety score 5.44
Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD · 2,210 enrolled
Safety score 5.43
Bradley University
Peoria, IL · 4,777 enrolled
Safety score 5.44
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN · 13,042 enrolled
Safety score 5.44
Washington College
Chestertown, MD · 923 enrolled
Safety score 5.42
Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, IN · 2,770 enrolled
Safety score 5.42
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI · 12,631 enrolled
Safety score 5.46
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX · 4,938 enrolled
Safety score 5.47
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Ozark Christian College safe?
Ozark Christian College has a safety score of 5.43 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,658 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Pacific College of Health and Science (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Cox College (46.96/1k); Kansas City Art Institute (11.07/1k); University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis (13.89/1k); Westminster College (29.69/1k); Concordia Seminary (0.00/1k); Stephens College (0.00/1k); Covenant Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Ozark Christian College?
For calendar year 2024, Ozark Christian College reported Burglary (3) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Ozark Christian College compare to similar schools?
Ozark Christian College reports 0% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Pacific College of Health and Science. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Pacific College of Health and Science (0.00/1k); Lakes Region Community College (0.00/1k); Lane College (27.10/1k); Bastyr University (0.00/1k); Brookline College-Phoenix (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Cox College (46.96/1k); Kansas City Art Institute (11.07/1k); University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis (13.89/1k); Westminster College (29.69/1k); Concordia Seminary (0.00/1k); Stephens College (0.00/1k); Covenant Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing (0.00/1k).
Does Ozark Christian College have fire safety data?
Yes. Ozark Christian 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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