AR
Philander Smith University
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Little Rock, AR · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Philander Smith University
Philander Smith University reported zero incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section for 2022–2024. Other Clery tables can still contain reports, and zero here does not mean no risk.
- 0.00
- Incidents / 1k students
- #14
- AR rank
- 780
- Enrolled students
0.00 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Philander Smith University reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories (0.00 per 1,000). Zero in those categories is not a safety proof, other Clery tables and unreported harm can still exist, and zero-report campuses are left unranked against each other.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.00
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 0
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 107600 · Philander Smith University 0.00/1k score rate
RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-FLAT · CAT-NONE · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-ZERO 0.00/1k
- RANK-UNK Nat rank n/a
- ST-MID #14 in state
- PEER-FINISH Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix · ±0.00
- ZERO-FILED Zero filed
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-NONE No incidents
- ENR-SMALL 780
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix (+0.00/1k)
Philander Smith University sheet RATE-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-FLAT · CAT-NONE · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix. 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-ZERO · RANK-UNK · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-FILED · TREND-FLAT · CAT-NONE · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix (+0.00/1k). Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Philander Smith University reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories (0.00 per 1,000). Zero in those categories is not a safety proof, other Clery tables and unreported harm can still exist, and zero-report campuses are left unranked against each other.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Philander Smith University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Philander on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Philander Smith University · this campus · lowest 0
Philander Smith University — this campus · lowest
0 per 1,000 students
- Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix · near 0
Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Rosemont College · near 0
Rosemont College — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Wichita Technical Institute · near 0
Wichita Technical Institute — near
0 per 1,000 students
- University of the Ozarks · highest peer
University of the Ozarks — highest peer
6.43 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Philander Smith University's 0.00/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Philander Smith University was unchanged from 0 to 0 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 27 AR 4-year peers in this comparison, Philander Smith University is larger than 38% and safer-reporting than 69% - the smaller, safer-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 35, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 27, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 23, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 23
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 15, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 12
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 12, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 27
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 62, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 65, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 35
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 15
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 73, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 62
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 77, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 85, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 65
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
- Philander Smith University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Theological Seminary | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | 69 |
| Ecclesia College | 111 | 0.00 | 4 | 69 |
| Champion Christian College | 146 | 0.00 | 8 | 69 |
| Crowley's Ridge College | 241 | 0.00 | 12 | 69 |
| Arkansas Baptist College | 342 | 5.85 | 15 | 12 |
| Williams Baptist University | 517 | 0.00 | 19 | 69 |
| Central Baptist College | 547 | 0.00 | 23 | 69 |
| Lyon College | 659 | 15.17 | 27 | 4 |
| Strayer University-Arkansas | 741 | 0.00 | 31 | 69 |
| University of the Ozarks | 778 | 6.43 | 35 | 8 |
| Philander Smith University (this campus) | 780 | 0.00 | 38 | 69 |
| Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | 870 | 0.00 | 42 | 69 |
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.
Crime Statistics by Year
The Criminal Offenses section for Philander Smith University is all zeros for 2024, 2023, 2022 - under Clery those are affirmative "no incident" reports, not missing rows. Enrollment peer in this dataset: Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix.
Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Zero-filled category grids are omitted when every cell is zero (progressive surface); other Clery tables remain below when present
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 |
Philander Smith 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).
AZ
Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
PA
Rosemont College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Philander Smith University sits on price and outcomes
At $14,224, Philander Smith University's reported average net price is cheaper than 51% among 69 Arkansas colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $14,060.
- $14,224
- average net price
- $14,060
- Arkansas median
- 1.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $2,407
- reported income-bracket spread
Price barely responds to income at this institution. Families under $30,000 report $13,393 and those above $110,000 report $15,800, a difference of just $2,407. 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 $25,254 run about 1.8 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
- $13,014
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $13,014
- Avg Net Price
- $14,224
- Median Debt
- $24,736
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 68%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 31%
- Retention Rate
- 66%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $25,254
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $38,427
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 49%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,177 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ · 780 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Rosemont College
Rosemont, PA · 781 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
University of the Ozarks
Clarksville, AR · 778 enrolled
Safety Score 6.43
Wichita Technical Institute
Wichita, KS · 778 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
American Institute-Clifton
Clifton, NJ · 778 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Philander Smith University, both outside AR so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Rosemont College
Rosemont, PA · 781 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dothan, AL · 778 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Wiley University
Marshall, TX · 783 enrolled
Safety score 17.88
Laguna College of Art and Design
Laguna Beach, CA · 775 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
College of Saint Mary
Omaha, NE · 786 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Elmira College
Elmira, NY · 786 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Pacific College of Health and Science
San Diego, CA · 786 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Wheeling University
Wheeling, WV · 774 enrolled
Safety score 2.58
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Philander Smith University safe?
Philander Smith University has a safety score of 0.00 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students). It filed zero 2024 score-category incidents, so it is left unranked against other zeros rather than ordered by invention; same-state same-level campuses on file include University of the Ozarks (6.43/1k); Strayer University-Arkansas (0.00/1k); Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (0.00/1k); Lyon College (15.17/1k); Central Baptist College (0.00/1k); Williams Baptist University (0.00/1k); Hendrix College (3.60/1k); Arkansas Baptist College (5.85/1k).
What crimes are reported at Philander Smith University?
None in the Criminal Offenses section. Philander Smith University reported zero in every category in that section for calendar year 2024. VAWA, arrests, disciplinary referrals, and fire records are separate tables.
How does Philander Smith University compare to similar schools?
Philander Smith University reports 100% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix (0.00/1k); Rosemont College (0.00/1k); University of the Ozarks (6.43/1k); Wichita Technical Institute (0.00/1k); American Institute-Clifton (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: University of the Ozarks (6.43/1k); Strayer University-Arkansas (0.00/1k); Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (0.00/1k); Lyon College (15.17/1k); Central Baptist College (0.00/1k); Williams Baptist University (0.00/1k); Hendrix College (3.60/1k); Arkansas Baptist College (5.85/1k).
Does Philander Smith University have fire safety data?
Yes. Philander Smith 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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