PA
Salus University
0.90 incidents / 1,000 students
Elkins Park, PA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Salus University
Across 2022–2024, Salus University reported 1 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: Cairn University-Langhorne.
- 0.90
- Incidents / 1k students
- #578
- Rank of 2,072
- #45
- PA rank
- 1,106
- Enrolled students
0.90 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Salus University reports 0.90 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 88% below Greenville University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Greenville University (2.72/1k); Lake Erie College (0.90/1k); Marietta College (3.61/1k); Tusculum University (3.63/1k); Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (25.39/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Cairn University-Langhorne (3.65/1k); Allegheny College (5.98/1k); Westminster Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Westminster College (3.36/1k); Lycoming College (33.60/1k); University of Pittsburgh-Bradford (4.96/1k); Waynesburg University (2.44/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine (7.28/1k). 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
- 0.90
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #578
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 72%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 214564 · Salus University 0.90/1k score rate · #578/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-QUIET 0.90/1k
- RANK-MID #578/2,072
- ST-MID #45 in state
- PEER-FINISH Lake Erie College · ±0.00
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ trend
- CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
- ENR-SMALL 1,106
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: Lake Erie College (-0.00/1k)
Salus University sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE · peer Lake Erie 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-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Lake Erie College (-0.00/1k). National rank #578 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Salus University reports 0.90 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 88% below Greenville University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Greenville University (2.72/1k); Lake Erie College (0.90/1k); Marietta College (3.61/1k); Tusculum University (3.63/1k); Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (25.39/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Cairn University-Langhorne (3.65/1k); Allegheny College (5.98/1k); Westminster Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Westminster College (3.36/1k); Lycoming College (33.60/1k); University of Pittsburgh-Bradford (4.96/1k); Waynesburg University (2.44/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine (7.28/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Salus University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Salus on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Salus University · this campus 0.9
Salus University — this campus
0.9 per 1,000 students
- Lake Erie College · lowest peer 0.9
Lake Erie College — lowest peer
0.9 per 1,000 students
- Greenville University · near 2.72
Greenville University — near
2.72 per 1,000 students
- Marietta College · near 3.61
Marietta College — near
3.61 per 1,000 students
- Louisiana State University Health · highest peer
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport — highest peer
25.39 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Salus University's 0.90/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Salus University increased from 0 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 PA 4-year peers in this comparison, Salus University is larger than 53% and safer-reporting than 75% - 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 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Salus University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore College of Art and Design | 549 | 0.00 | 0 | 81 |
| Manor College | 567 | 1.76 | 3 | 72 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 582 | 5.15 | 6 | 31 |
| University of Valley Forge | 589 | 6.79 | 8 | 22 |
| Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 617 | 4.86 | 11 | 36 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 624 | 6.41 | 14 | 25 |
| Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine | 665 | 9.02 | 17 | 17 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York | 677 | 4.43 | 19 | 42 |
| Central Penn College | 684 | 0.00 | 22 | 81 |
| Rosemont College | 781 | 0.00 | 25 | 81 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton | 800 | 2.50 | 28 | 58 |
| Salus University (this campus) | 1,106 | 0.90 | 53 | 75 |
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 Salus University rose from 0 to 1. The increase shows up in Aggravated Assault (0 to 1).
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 Salus University
Across 3 reporting years, the only Clery Act category with a recorded on-campus incident here is Aggravated Assault.
The remaining 10 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Burglary, 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 onlySalus University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 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 |
| Rape | 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
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
18 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Salus 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).
IL
Greenville University
2.72 incidents / 1,000 students
OH
Lake Erie College
0.90 incidents / 1,000 students
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,254 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Greenville University
Greenville, IL · 1,104 enrolled
Safety Score 2.72
Lake Erie College
Painesville, OH · 1,108 enrolled
Safety Score 0.90
Marietta College
Marietta, OH · 1,109 enrolled
Safety Score 3.61
Tusculum University
Greeneville, TN · 1,103 enrolled
Safety Score 3.63
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
Shreveport, LA · 1,103 enrolled
Safety Score 25.39
Closest by National Rank
Salus University (national rank #578) sits near Lake Erie College (#577) and Lackawanna College (#579) 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 Salus University, both outside PA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Greenville University
Greenville, IL · 1,104 enrolled
Safety score 2.72
Lake Erie College
Painesville, OH · 1,108 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
Shreveport, LA · 1,103 enrolled
Safety score 25.39
Marietta College
Marietta, OH · 1,109 enrolled
Safety score 3.61
Tusculum University
Greeneville, TN · 1,103 enrolled
Safety score 3.63
Graceland University-Lamoni
Lamoni, IA · 1,102 enrolled
Safety score 4.54
Hendrix College
Conway, AR · 1,110 enrolled
Safety score 3.60
Mars Hill University
Mars Hill, NC · 1,110 enrolled
Safety score 4.50
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
College of Staten Island CUNY
Staten Island, NY · 11,033 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
Baldwin Wallace University
Berea, OH · 3,305 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY · 8,791 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
Black Hills State University
Spearfish, SD · 3,346 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
Laurus College
San Luis Obispo, CA · 1,116 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
Lander University
Greenwood, SC · 4,378 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
St. Thomas University
Miami Gardens, FL · 7,652 enrolled
Safety score 0.91
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Salus University safe?
Salus University has a safety score of 0.90 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #578 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Greenville University (2.72/1k). Same-state same-level set: Cairn University-Langhorne (3.65/1k); Allegheny College (5.98/1k); Westminster Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Westminster College (3.36/1k); Lycoming College (33.60/1k); University of Pittsburgh-Bradford (4.96/1k); Waynesburg University (2.44/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine (7.28/1k).
What crimes are reported at Salus University?
For calendar year 2024, Salus University reported Aggravated Assault (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Salus University compare to similar schools?
Salus University reports 88% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Greenville University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Greenville University (2.72/1k); Lake Erie College (0.90/1k); Marietta College (3.61/1k); Tusculum University (3.63/1k); Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (25.39/1k). Same-state same-level set: Cairn University-Langhorne (3.65/1k); Allegheny College (5.98/1k); Westminster Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Westminster College (3.36/1k); Lycoming College (33.60/1k); University of Pittsburgh-Bradford (4.96/1k); Waynesburg University (2.44/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine (7.28/1k).
Does Salus University have fire safety data?
Salus University has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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