GA
Piedmont University
2.15 incidents / 1,000 students
Demorest, GA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Piedmont University
Across 2022–2024, Piedmont University reported 4 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: South Georgia State College.
- 2.15
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,077
- Rank of 2,072
- #64
- GA rank
- 1,857
- Enrolled students
2.15 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Piedmont University reports 2.15 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 9% below Marshalltown Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Marshalltown Community College (0.00/1k); Big Bend Community College (1.08/1k); Ouachita Baptist University (2.15/1k); John Wood Community College (0.00/1k); Grand View University (8.62/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes South Georgia State College (1.58/1k); East Georgia State College (21.98/1k); Chamberlain University-Georgia (2.06/1k); Atlanta Metropolitan State College (0.00/1k); Thomas University (0.00/1k); Young Harris College (5.49/1k); Point University (3.10/1k); Oglethorpe University (7.72/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 2.15
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,077
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 52%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 140818 · Piedmont University 2.15/1k score rate · #1,077/2,072
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-MID 2.15/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,077/2,072
- ST-MID #64 in state
- PEER-FINISH Ouachita Baptist University · ±0.00
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 50%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 1,857
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Ouachita Baptist University (-0.00/1k)
Piedmont University sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Ouachita Baptist University. 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Ouachita Baptist University (-0.00/1k). National rank #1,077 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Piedmont University reports 2.15 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 9% below Marshalltown Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Marshalltown Community College (0.00/1k); Big Bend Community College (1.08/1k); Ouachita Baptist University (2.15/1k); John Wood Community College (0.00/1k); Grand View University (8.62/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes South Georgia State College (1.58/1k); East Georgia State College (21.98/1k); Chamberlain University-Georgia (2.06/1k); Atlanta Metropolitan State College (0.00/1k); Thomas University (0.00/1k); Young Harris College (5.49/1k); Point University (3.10/1k); Oglethorpe University (7.72/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Piedmont University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Piedmont on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Marshalltown Community College · lowest peer 0
Marshalltown Community College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Big Bend Community College · near 1.08
Big Bend Community College — near
1.08 per 1,000 students
- Piedmont University · this campus 2.15
Piedmont University — this campus
2.15 per 1,000 students
- Ouachita Baptist University · near 2.15
Ouachita Baptist University — near
2.15 per 1,000 students
- Grand View University · highest peer
Grand View University — highest peer
8.62 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Piedmont University's 2.15/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Piedmont University was unchanged from 1 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 GA 4-year peers in this comparison, Piedmont University is larger than 67% and safer-reporting than 42% - 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 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Piedmont University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah Heights University | 359 | 0.00 | 0 | 61 |
| Atlanta's John Marshall Law School | 379 | 0.00 | 3 | 61 |
| Paine College | 390 | 5.13 | 6 | 17 |
| Morris Brown College | 432 | 0.00 | 8 | 61 |
| Herzing University-Atlanta | 435 | 0.00 | 11 | 61 |
| Andrew College | 496 | 4.03 | 14 | 25 |
| Luther Rice College & Seminary | 508 | 0.00 | 17 | 61 |
| DeVry University-Georgia | 522 | 0.00 | 19 | 61 |
| Wesleyan College | 531 | 0.00 | 22 | 61 |
| South University-Savannah | 716 | 0.00 | 25 | 61 |
| American InterContinental University-Atlanta | 801 | 0.00 | 28 | 61 |
| Piedmont University (this campus) | 1,857 | 2.15 | 67 | 42 |
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 Piedmont University held level. The total is unchanged, but the mix behind it is not. Rising: Rape (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Burglary (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 Piedmont University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Burglary and Robbery.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, 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 onlyPiedmont University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 50% (2 → 1 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 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 |
| 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
18 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 5 | 2 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 1 | 7 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 9 | 2 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Piedmont 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).
IA
Marshalltown Community College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
WA
Big Bend Community College
1.08 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Piedmont University sits on price and outcomes
At $20,599, Piedmont University's reported average net price is cheaper than 64% among 124 Georgia colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $16,482.
- $20,599
- average net price
- $16,482
- Georgia median
- 1.8×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $10,206
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $15,416 for families reporting under $30,000 against $25,622 above $110,000, a difference of $10,206. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $20,599 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $43,761 run about 2.1 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
- $31,700
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $31,700
- Avg Net Price
- $20,599
- Median Debt
- $25,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 42%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 93%
- SAT Average
- 1129
- SAT Math Range
- 510-620
- ACT Average
- 23
- ACT Range
- 18-25
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 44%
- Retention Rate
- 70%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $43,761
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $49,130
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 56%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,319 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Marshalltown Community College
Marshalltown, IA · 1,857 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Big Bend Community College
Moses Lake, WA · 1,857 enrolled
Safety Score 1.08
Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia, AR · 1,858 enrolled
Safety Score 2.15
John Wood Community College
Quincy, IL · 1,856 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Grand View University
Des Moines, IA · 1,856 enrolled
Safety Score 8.62
Closest by National Rank
Piedmont University (national rank #1077) sits near Ouachita Baptist University (#1076) and Virginia Wesleyan University (#1078) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia, AR
National Rank #1076
Virginia Wesleyan University
Virginia Beach, VA
National Rank #1078
Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT
National Rank #1079
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
National Rank #1075
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH
National Rank #1080
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Piedmont University, both outside GA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Big Bend Community College
Moses Lake, WA · 1,857 enrolled
Safety score 1.08
Grand View University
Des Moines, IA · 1,856 enrolled
Safety score 8.62
Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia, AR · 1,858 enrolled
Safety score 2.15
AdventHealth University
Orlando, FL · 1,861 enrolled
Safety score 4.84
Rhodes College
Memphis, TN · 1,861 enrolled
Safety score 9.13
Virginia Wesleyan University
Virginia Beach, VA · 1,853 enrolled
Safety score 2.16
Claflin University
Orangeburg, SC · 1,852 enrolled
Safety score 6.48
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA · 1,864 enrolled
Safety score 15.02
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY · 10,685 enrolled
Safety score 2.15
Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT · 4,169 enrolled
Safety score 2.16
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH · 14,358 enrolled
Safety score 2.16
University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA · 6,944 enrolled
Safety score 2.16
California State University-Chico
Chico, CA · 15,257 enrolled
Safety score 2.16
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD · 10,619 enrolled
Safety score 2.17
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Piedmont University safe?
Piedmont University has a safety score of 2.15 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,077 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Marshalltown Community College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: South Georgia State College (1.58/1k); East Georgia State College (21.98/1k); Chamberlain University-Georgia (2.06/1k); Atlanta Metropolitan State College (0.00/1k); Thomas University (0.00/1k); Young Harris College (5.49/1k); Point University (3.10/1k); Oglethorpe University (7.72/1k).
What crimes are reported at Piedmont University?
For calendar year 2024, Piedmont University reported Rape (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Piedmont University compare to similar schools?
Piedmont University reports 9% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Marshalltown Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Marshalltown Community College (0.00/1k); Big Bend Community College (1.08/1k); Ouachita Baptist University (2.15/1k); John Wood Community College (0.00/1k); Grand View University (8.62/1k). Same-state same-level set: South Georgia State College (1.58/1k); East Georgia State College (21.98/1k); Chamberlain University-Georgia (2.06/1k); Atlanta Metropolitan State College (0.00/1k); Thomas University (0.00/1k); Young Harris College (5.49/1k); Point University (3.10/1k); Oglethorpe University (7.72/1k).
Does Piedmont University have fire safety data?
Yes. Piedmont 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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