RI
Rhode Island College
2.27 incidents / 1,000 students
Providence, RI · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Rhode Island College
Across 2022–2024, Rhode Island College reported 22 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Aggravated Assault). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Providence College.
- 2.27
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,108
- Rank of 2,072
- #6
- RI rank
- 6,155
- Enrolled students
2.27 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Rhode Island College reports 2.27 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 8% below Somerset Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Somerset Community College (0.00/1k); Paradise Valley Community College (0.16/1k); Clayton State University (12.17/1k); St Charles Community College (0.00/1k); College of Alameda (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Providence College (3.86/1k); Roger Williams University (5.75/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Providence (5.35/1k); Bryant University (3.30/1k); Salve Regina University (3.58/1k); Rhode Island School of Design (19.05/1k); New England Institute of Technology (0.00/1k); College Unbound (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 2.27
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,108
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 53%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 7
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 217420 · Rhode Island College 2.27/1k score rate · #1,108/2,072
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-MID 2.27/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,108/2,072
- ST-UPPER #6 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Paradise Valley Community College · +2.11
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 40%
- CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
- ENR-MID 6,155
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Paradise Valley Community College (-2.11/1k)
Rhode Island College sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO · peer Paradise Valley Community 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Paradise Valley Community College (-2.11/1k). National rank #1,108 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Rhode Island College reports 2.27 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 8% below Somerset Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Somerset Community College (0.00/1k); Paradise Valley Community College (0.16/1k); Clayton State University (12.17/1k); St Charles Community College (0.00/1k); College of Alameda (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Providence College (3.86/1k); Roger Williams University (5.75/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Providence (5.35/1k); Bryant University (3.30/1k); Salve Regina University (3.58/1k); Rhode Island School of Design (19.05/1k); New England Institute of Technology (0.00/1k); College Unbound (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Rhode Island College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Rhode on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Somerset Community College · lowest peer 0
Somerset Community College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- St Charles Community College · near 0
St Charles Community College — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Paradise Valley Community College · near 0.16
Paradise Valley Community College — near
0.16 per 1,000 students
- Rhode Island College · this campus 2.27
Rhode Island College — this campus
2.27 per 1,000 students
- Clayton State University · highest peer
Clayton State University — highest peer
12.17 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Rhode Island College's 2.27/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Rhode Island College decreased from 10 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 12 RI 4-year peers in this comparison, Rhode Island College is larger than 82% and safer-reporting than 73% - the larger, 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.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 73, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 45
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 18
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 55, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 27
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 45, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 55
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 27, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 9
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 18, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 91
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 9, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 91
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 91, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 82
- Rhode Island College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 82, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 73
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Williams University School of Law | 484 | 47.52 | 0 | 0 |
| College Unbound | 494 | 0.00 | 9 | 91 |
| New England Institute of Technology | 1,922 | 0.00 | 18 | 91 |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 2,520 | 19.05 | 27 | 9 |
| Salve Regina University | 2,791 | 3.58 | 36 | 55 |
| Bryant University | 3,636 | 3.30 | 45 | 64 |
| Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 4,303 | 5.35 | 55 | 27 |
| Roger Williams University | 4,350 | 5.75 | 64 | 18 |
| Providence College | 4,666 | 3.86 | 73 | 45 |
| Rhode Island College (this campus) | 6,155 | 2.27 | 82 | 73 |
| Brown University | 11,956 | 5.10 | 91 | 36 |
| University of Rhode Island | 17,210 | 1.22 | 100 | 82 |
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 Rhode Island College fell from 10 to 7 (-30%). The increase shows up in Fondling (0 to 1) and Rape (2 to 3). Falling over the same period: Aggravated Assault (4 to 0) and Motor Vehicle Theft (3 to 2).
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 Rhode Island College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Aggravated Assault, Motor Vehicle Theft, Rape, Burglary and Fondling.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter and 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 onlyRhode Island College: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 40% (5 → 7 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Rape | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Burglary | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Fondling | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 52 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 26 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 32 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
Rhode Island 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).
KY
Somerset Community College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
AZ
Paradise Valley Community College
0.16 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Rhode Island College sits on price and outcomes
At $9,478, Rhode Island College's reported average net price is among the lowest reported prices among 19 Rhode Island colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $25,666.
- $9,478
- average net price
- $25,666
- Rhode Island median
- 2.3×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $9,303
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $6,378, while those above $110,000 record $15,681 - roughly 2.5 times as much. A published average of $9,478 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 $46,882 - 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
- $11,300
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $27,299
- Avg Net Price
- $9,478
- Median Debt
- $20,500
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 42%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 92%
- SAT Average
- 990
- SAT Math Range
- 420-540
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 47%
- Retention Rate
- 73%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $46,882
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $56,318
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 76%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,010 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Somerset Community College
Somerset, KY · 6,155 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Paradise Valley Community College
Phoenix, AZ · 6,148 enrolled
Safety Score 0.16
Clayton State University
Morrow, GA · 6,163 enrolled
Safety Score 12.17
St Charles Community College
Cottleville, MO · 6,143 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
College of Alameda
Alameda, CA · 6,141 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Rhode Island College (national rank #1108) sits near Glenville State University (#1107) and Alverno College (#1109) 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 Rhode Island College, both outside RI so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Paradise Valley Community College
Phoenix, AZ · 6,148 enrolled
Safety score 0.16
Clayton State University
Morrow, GA · 6,163 enrolled
Safety score 12.17
CUNY York College
Jamaica, NY · 6,174 enrolled
Safety score 0.16
SUNY Buffalo State University
Buffalo, NY · 6,188 enrolled
Safety score 6.79
Tacoma Community College
Tacoma, WA · 6,199 enrolled
Safety score 1.94
Samford University
Birmingham, AL · 6,097 enrolled
Safety score 0.98
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus
San Juan, PR · 6,097 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate, TN · 6,081 enrolled
Safety score 1.81
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Alverno College
Milwaukee, WI · 1,317 enrolled
Safety score 2.28
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID · 12,286 enrolled
Safety score 2.28
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN · 4,386 enrolled
Safety score 2.28
Glenville State University
Glenville, WV · 1,765 enrolled
Safety score 2.27
Florida International University
Miami, FL · 54,723 enrolled
Safety score 2.27
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA · 37,661 enrolled
Safety score 2.28
Davenport University
Grand Rapids, MI · 4,815 enrolled
Safety score 2.28
Brevard College
Brevard, NC · 875 enrolled
Safety score 2.29
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Rhode Island College safe?
Rhode Island College has a safety score of 2.27 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,108 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Somerset Community College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Providence College (3.86/1k); Roger Williams University (5.75/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Providence (5.35/1k); Bryant University (3.30/1k); Salve Regina University (3.58/1k); Rhode Island School of Design (19.05/1k); New England Institute of Technology (0.00/1k); College Unbound (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Rhode Island College?
For calendar year 2024, Rhode Island College reported Rape (3), Motor Vehicle Theft (2), Burglary (1) and Fondling (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Rhode Island College compare to similar schools?
Rhode Island College reports 8% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Somerset Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Somerset Community College (0.00/1k); Paradise Valley Community College (0.16/1k); Clayton State University (12.17/1k); St Charles Community College (0.00/1k); College of Alameda (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Providence College (3.86/1k); Roger Williams University (5.75/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Providence (5.35/1k); Bryant University (3.30/1k); Salve Regina University (3.58/1k); Rhode Island School of Design (19.05/1k); New England Institute of Technology (0.00/1k); College Unbound (0.00/1k).
Does Rhode Island College have fire safety data?
Yes. Rhode Island 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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