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Potomac State College of West Virginia University
5.57 incidents / 1,000 students
Keyser, WV · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Potomac State College of West Virginia University
Across 2022–2024, Potomac State College of West Virginia University reported 16 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Salem University.
- 5.57
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,677
- Rank of 2,072
- #24
- WV rank
- 1,077
- Enrolled students
5.57 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Potomac State College of West Virginia University reports 5.57 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 88% above Intellitec College-Grand Junction. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Intellitec College-Grand Junction (1.86/1k); The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth (0.00/1k); UEI College-Huntington Park (2.78/1k); Agnes Scott College (8.34/1k); Carrington College-Phoenix North (1.85/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Salem University (1.85/1k); West Virginia Wesleyan College (13.27/1k); West Virginia University Institute of Technology (5.48/1k); Bluefield State University (7.62/1k); West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k); Wheeling University (2.58/1k); Valley College-Martinsburg (0.00/1k); West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown (0.00/1k). 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
- 5.57
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,677
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 81%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 4
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 237701 · Potomac State College of 5.57/1k score rate · #1,677/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HOT 5.57/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,677/2,072
- ST-MID #24 in state
- BELOW-PEER Agnes Scott College · 2.77 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 100%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 1,077
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Agnes Scott College (+2.77/1k)
Potomac State College of West Virginia University sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Agnes Scott 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-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Agnes Scott College (+2.77/1k). National rank #1,677 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Potomac State College of West Virginia University reports 5.57 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 88% above Intellitec College-Grand Junction. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Intellitec College-Grand Junction (1.86/1k); The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth (0.00/1k); UEI College-Huntington Park (2.78/1k); Agnes Scott College (8.34/1k); Carrington College-Phoenix North (1.85/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Salem University (1.85/1k); West Virginia Wesleyan College (13.27/1k); West Virginia University Institute of Technology (5.48/1k); Bluefield State University (7.62/1k); West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k); Wheeling University (2.58/1k); Valley College-Martinsburg (0.00/1k); West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Potomac State College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Potomac on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- The College of Health · lowest peer 0
The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Intellitec College-Grand Junction · near 1.86
Intellitec College-Grand Junction — near
1.86 per 1,000 students
- UEI College-Huntington Park · near 2.78
UEI College-Huntington Park — near
2.78 per 1,000 students
- Potomac State College of · this campus
Potomac State College of West Virginia University — this campus
5.57 per 1,000 students
- Agnes Scott College · highest peer
Agnes Scott College — highest peer
8.34 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Potomac State College of West Virginia University's 5.57/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Potomac State College of West Virginia University decreased from 10 to 4 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 25 WV 4-year peers in this comparison, Potomac State College of West Virginia University is larger than 42% and safer-reporting than 25% - 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 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Potomac State College of W…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future Generations University | 48 | 0.00 | 0 | 75 |
| West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition | 64 | 328.13 | 4 | 0 |
| Appalachian Bible College | 223 | 0.00 | 8 | 75 |
| Bethany College | 640 | 21.88 | 13 | 4 |
| Davis & Elkins College | 661 | 7.56 | 17 | 17 |
| West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown | 673 | 0.00 | 21 | 75 |
| Valley College-Martinsburg | 765 | 0.00 | 25 | 75 |
| Wheeling University | 774 | 2.58 | 29 | 50 |
| West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine | 835 | 0.00 | 33 | 75 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | 1,055 | 13.27 | 38 | 8 |
| Potomac State College of West Virginia University (this campus) | 1,077 | 5.57 | 42 | 25 |
| Salem University | 1,083 | 1.85 | 46 | 58 |
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 Potomac State College of West Virginia University fell from 10 to 4 (-60%). The increase shows up in Burglary (1 to 3). Falling over the same period: Rape (6 to 1), Arson (1 to 0) and Fondling (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 Potomac State College of West Virginia University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 6 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Burglary, Fondling, Aggravated Assault, Arson and Motor Vehicle Theft.
The remaining 5 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter, Negligent Manslaughter and Robbery. 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 onlyPotomac State College of West Virginia University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 100% (2 → 4 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Burglary | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arson | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 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 | 4 | 17 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 4 | 35 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 3 | 17 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 5 | 25 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 12 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 2 | 38 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Potomac State College of West Virginia 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).
CO
Intellitec College-Grand Junction
1.86 incidents / 1,000 students
TX
The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Potomac State College of West Virginia University sits on price and outcomes
At $9,197, Potomac State College of West Virginia University's reported average net price is cheaper than 42% among 60 West Virginia colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $9,988.
- $9,197
- average net price
- $9,988
- West Virginia median
- 2.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $5,570
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $7,375, while those above $110,000 record $12,945 - roughly 1.8 times as much. A published average of $9,197 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six years after enrolling, the median former student who received federal aid reports $45,181 - about 4.9 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly.
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
- $5,280
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $13,200
- Avg Net Price
- $9,197
- Median Debt
- $22,500
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 38%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 28%
- Retention Rate
- 58%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $45,181
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $55,939
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 72%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,247 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Intellitec College-Grand Junction
Grand Junction, CO · 1,077 enrolled
Safety Score 1.86
The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX · 1,076 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
UEI College-Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA · 1,079 enrolled
Safety Score 2.78
Agnes Scott College
Decatur, GA · 1,079 enrolled
Safety Score 8.34
Carrington College-Phoenix North
Phoenix, AZ · 1,080 enrolled
Safety Score 1.85
Closest by National Rank
Potomac State College of West Virginia University (national rank #1677) sits near Drury University (#1678) and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (#1676) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Drury University
Springfield, MO
National Rank #1678
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM
National Rank #1676
The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Cincinnati, OH
National Rank #1679
University of Houston
Houston, TX
National Rank #1675
Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD
National Rank #1680
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Potomac State College of West Virginia University, both outside WV so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Agnes Scott College
Decatur, GA · 1,079 enrolled
Safety score 8.34
Dillard University
New Orleans, LA · 1,080 enrolled
Safety score 10.19
The Juilliard School
New York, NY · 1,073 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Central College
Pella, IA · 1,084 enrolled
Safety score 7.38
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Redmond, WA · 1,084 enrolled
Safety score 0.92
Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY · 1,084 enrolled
Safety score 1.84
Trocaire College
Buffalo, NY · 1,069 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Pacific Oaks College
Pasadena, CA · 1,068 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Drury University
Springfield, MO · 1,615 enrolled
Safety score 5.57
The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Cincinnati, OH · 717 enrolled
Safety score 5.58
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM · 1,622 enrolled
Safety score 5.55
University of Houston
Houston, TX · 47,980 enrolled
Safety score 5.54
William Peace University
Raleigh, NC · 722 enrolled
Safety score 5.54
Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD · 4,104 enrolled
Safety score 5.60
Monmouth College
Monmouth, IL · 713 enrolled
Safety score 5.61
Roberts Wesleyan University
Rochester, NY · 1,960 enrolled
Safety score 5.61
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Potomac State College of West Virginia University safe?
Potomac State College of West Virginia University has a safety score of 5.57 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,677 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Intellitec College-Grand Junction (1.86/1k). Same-state same-level set: Salem University (1.85/1k); West Virginia Wesleyan College (13.27/1k); West Virginia University Institute of Technology (5.48/1k); Bluefield State University (7.62/1k); West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k); Wheeling University (2.58/1k); Valley College-Martinsburg (0.00/1k); West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Potomac State College of West Virginia University?
For calendar year 2024, Potomac State College of West Virginia University reported Burglary (3) and Rape (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Potomac State College of West Virginia University compare to similar schools?
Potomac State College of West Virginia University reports 88% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Intellitec College-Grand Junction. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Intellitec College-Grand Junction (1.86/1k); The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth (0.00/1k); UEI College-Huntington Park (2.78/1k); Agnes Scott College (8.34/1k); Carrington College-Phoenix North (1.85/1k). Same-state same-level set: Salem University (1.85/1k); West Virginia Wesleyan College (13.27/1k); West Virginia University Institute of Technology (5.48/1k); Bluefield State University (7.62/1k); West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k); Wheeling University (2.58/1k); Valley College-Martinsburg (0.00/1k); West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown (0.00/1k).
Does Potomac State College of West Virginia University have fire safety data?
Yes. Potomac State College of West Virginia 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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