OR
Pacific University
3.50 incidents / 1,000 students
Forest Grove, OR · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Pacific University
Across 2022–2024, Pacific University reported 19 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Arson.
- 3.50
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,391
- Rank of 2,072
- #24
- OR rank
- 3,427
- Enrolled students
3.50 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Pacific University reports 3.50 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 328% above Spelman College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Spelman College (2.63/1k); Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts (0.00/1k); Northeast Mississippi Community College (0.87/1k); SOWELA Technical Community College (0.00/1k); Clover Park Technical College (0.59/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Lewis & Clark College (5.99/1k); University of Portland (2.13/1k); Western Oregon University (5.10/1k); Oregon Health & Science University (12.58/1k); Eastern Oregon University (0.69/1k); Willamette University (8.72/1k); George Fox University (0.61/1k); Southern Oregon University (3.91/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Arson.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 3.50
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,391
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 67%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 7
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 209612 · Pacific University 3.50/1k score rate · #1,391/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-HIGH 3.50/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,391/2,072
- ST-MID #24 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Spelman College · +0.87
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-LEAD Arson
- ENR-SMALL 3,427
- FIRE-REPORT 5 fires
Nearest enrollment peer: Spelman College (-0.87/1k)
Pacific University sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer Spelman College. 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-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Spelman College (-0.87/1k). National rank #1,391 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Pacific University reports 3.50 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 328% above Spelman College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Spelman College (2.63/1k); Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts (0.00/1k); Northeast Mississippi Community College (0.87/1k); SOWELA Technical Community College (0.00/1k); Clover Park Technical College (0.59/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Lewis & Clark College (5.99/1k); University of Portland (2.13/1k); Western Oregon University (5.10/1k); Oregon Health & Science University (12.58/1k); Eastern Oregon University (0.69/1k); Willamette University (8.72/1k); George Fox University (0.61/1k); Southern Oregon University (3.91/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Arson.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Pacific University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Pacific on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Gurnick Academy of Medical · lowest peer 0
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Clover Park Technical College · near 0.59
Clover Park Technical College — near
0.59 per 1,000 students
- Northeast Mississippi Community College · near 0.87
Northeast Mississippi Community College — near
0.87 per 1,000 students
- Spelman College · near
Spelman College — near
2.63 per 1,000 students
- Pacific University · this campus · highest
Pacific University — this campus · highest
3.5 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Pacific University's 3.50/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Pacific University increased from 5 to 7 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 29 OR 4-year peers in this comparison, Pacific University is larger than 64% and safer-reporting than 46% - 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 68, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 32
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 43
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 82, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 32, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 18
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 18, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Pacific University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Bible College | 22 | 0.00 | 0 | 79 |
| New Hope Christian College-Eugene | 56 | 0.00 | 4 | 79 |
| Mount Angel Seminary | 127 | 0.00 | 7 | 79 |
| Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies | 257 | 0.00 | 11 | 79 |
| Warner Pacific University | 378 | 13.23 | 14 | 4 |
| National University of Natural Medicine | 414 | 2.42 | 18 | 54 |
| Sumner College | 532 | 0.00 | 21 | 79 |
| Western Seminary | 755 | 0.00 | 25 | 79 |
| Bushnell University | 761 | 6.57 | 29 | 18 |
| University of Western States | 959 | 0.00 | 32 | 79 |
| Corban University | 1,029 | 2.92 | 36 | 50 |
| Pacific University (this campus) | 3,427 | 3.50 | 64 | 46 |
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 Pacific University rose from 5 to 7 (+40%). The increase shows up in Robbery (0 to 2) and Rape (1 to 2). Falling over the same period: Motor Vehicle Theft (1 to 0).
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 Pacific University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Arson, Rape, Motor Vehicle Theft, Robbery and Burglary.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, 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 onlyPacific University: Criminal Offenses by year
Stable 0% (7 → 7 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arson | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Rape | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Robbery | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
18 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 18 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 19 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 18 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 35 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 27 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 27 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Pacific 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).
GA
Spelman College
2.63 incidents / 1,000 students
CA
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Pacific University sits on price and outcomes
At $35,273, Pacific University's reported average net price is cheaper than 93% among 54 Oregon colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $16,732.
- $35,273
- average net price
- $16,732
- Oregon median
- 2.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $17,593
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $23,318, while those above $110,000 record $40,911 - roughly 1.8 times as much. A published average of $35,273 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Median earnings six years after entry ($46,936) are less than 1.3 years of the reported net price. That is a thin margin, and it is the figure worth pressing the school on before enrolling.
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
- $56,374
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $56,374
- Avg Net Price
- $35,273
- Median Debt
- $23,223
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 28%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 90%
- SAT Average
- 1090
- SAT Math Range
- 420-610
- ACT Average
- 23
- ACT Range
- 18-29
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 66%
- Retention Rate
- 79%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $46,936
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $60,583
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 85%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,227 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA · 3,417 enrolled
Safety Score 2.63
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts
San Jose, CA · 3,437 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Booneville, MS · 3,442 enrolled
Safety Score 0.87
SOWELA Technical Community College
Lake Charles, LA · 3,446 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood, WA · 3,408 enrolled
Safety Score 0.59
Closest by National Rank
Pacific University (national rank #1391) sits near University of San Francisco (#1390) and Northern New Mexico College (#1392) 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 Pacific University, both outside OR so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts
San Jose, CA · 3,437 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA · 3,417 enrolled
Safety score 2.63
Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood, WA · 3,408 enrolled
Safety score 0.59
Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA · 3,448 enrolled
Safety score 0.29
Arcadia University
Glenside, PA · 3,404 enrolled
Safety score 2.94
St. Mary's University
San Antonio, TX · 3,456 enrolled
Safety score 6.37
Cumberland University
Lebanon, TN · 3,457 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Wingate University
Wingate, NC · 3,458 enrolled
Safety score 3.76
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Northern New Mexico College
Espanola, NM · 1,425 enrolled
Safety score 3.51
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL · 43,889 enrolled
Safety score 3.51
Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN · 58,658 enrolled
Safety score 3.51
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ · 56,365 enrolled
Safety score 3.51
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA · 8,238 enrolled
Safety score 3.52
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
Cobleskill, NY · 1,988 enrolled
Safety score 3.52
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA · 8,913 enrolled
Safety score 3.48
Baker University
Baldwin City, KS · 2,017 enrolled
Safety score 3.47
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Pacific University safe?
Pacific University has a safety score of 3.50 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,391 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Spelman College (2.63/1k). Same-state same-level set: Lewis & Clark College (5.99/1k); University of Portland (2.13/1k); Western Oregon University (5.10/1k); Oregon Health & Science University (12.58/1k); Eastern Oregon University (0.69/1k); Willamette University (8.72/1k); George Fox University (0.61/1k); Southern Oregon University (3.91/1k).
What crimes are reported at Pacific University?
For calendar year 2024, Pacific University reported Arson (3), Rape (2) and Robbery (2) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Pacific University compare to similar schools?
Pacific University reports 328% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Spelman College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Spelman College (2.63/1k); Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts (0.00/1k); Northeast Mississippi Community College (0.87/1k); SOWELA Technical Community College (0.00/1k); Clover Park Technical College (0.59/1k). Same-state same-level set: Lewis & Clark College (5.99/1k); University of Portland (2.13/1k); Western Oregon University (5.10/1k); Oregon Health & Science University (12.58/1k); Eastern Oregon University (0.69/1k); Willamette University (8.72/1k); George Fox University (0.61/1k); Southern Oregon University (3.91/1k).
Does Pacific University have fire safety data?
Yes. Pacific University reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 5 fires were reported in the most recent year.
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