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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
0.29 incidents / 1,000 students
Chicago, IL · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Across 2022–2024, School of the Art Institute of Chicago reported 5 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Aggravated Assault.
- 0.29
- Incidents / 1k students
- #182
- Rank of 2,072
- #47
- IL rank
- 3,394
- Enrolled students
0.29 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
School of the Art Institute of Chicago reports 0.29 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 86% below Hope College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Hope College (3.53/1k); Casper College (1.76/1k); Arcadia University (2.94/1k); Clover Park Technical College (0.59/1k); East Central University (1.48/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Olivet Nazarene University (3.59/1k); Saint Xavier University (1.72/1k); University of St Francis (0.65/1k); North Central College (3.00/1k); Dominican University (5.00/1k); Benedictine University (1.37/1k); Wheaton College (6.26/1k); Elmhurst University (4.25/1k). 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
- 0.29
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #182
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 91%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 143048 · School of the Art 0.29/1k score rate · #182/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-QUIET 0.29/1k
- RANK-TOP #182/2,072
- ST-MID #47 in state
- BELOW-PEER Clover Park Technical College · 0.29 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
- ENR-SMALL 3,394
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Clover Park Technical College (+0.29/1k)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Clover Park Technical 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-TOP · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Clover Park Technical College (+0.29/1k). National rank #182 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago reports 0.29 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 86% below Hope College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Hope College (3.53/1k); Casper College (1.76/1k); Arcadia University (2.94/1k); Clover Park Technical College (0.59/1k); East Central University (1.48/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Olivet Nazarene University (3.59/1k); Saint Xavier University (1.72/1k); University of St Francis (0.65/1k); North Central College (3.00/1k); Dominican University (5.00/1k); Benedictine University (1.37/1k); Wheaton College (6.26/1k); Elmhurst University (4.25/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around School of the
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest School on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- School of the Art · this campus · lowest 0.29
School of the Art Institute of Chicago — this campus · lowest
0.29 per 1,000 students
- Clover Park Technical College · near 0.59
Clover Park Technical College — near
0.59 per 1,000 students
- East Central University · near
East Central University — near
1.48 per 1,000 students
- Casper College · near
Casper College — near
1.76 per 1,000 students
- Hope College · highest peer
Hope College — highest peer
3.53 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around School of the Art Institute of Chicago's 0.29/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
School of the Art Institute of Chicago decreased from 3 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 IL 4-year peers in this comparison, School of the Art Institute of Chicago is larger than 69% and safer-reporting than 83% - 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 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- School of the Art Institut…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity International University-Illinois | 869 | 0.00 | 0 | 89 |
| Illinois College | 942 | 7.43 | 3 | 8 |
| Judson University | 960 | 1.04 | 6 | 67 |
| The Chicago School at Chicago | 1,100 | 0.00 | 8 | 89 |
| Greenville University | 1,104 | 2.72 | 11 | 44 |
| Knox College | 1,136 | 10.56 | 14 | 3 |
| Quincy University | 1,210 | 8.26 | 17 | 6 |
| Rockford University | 1,241 | 4.03 | 19 | 31 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | 1,582 | 6.32 | 22 | 11 |
| Millikin University | 1,586 | 0.00 | 25 | 89 |
| Adler University | 1,631 | 0.00 | 28 | 89 |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago (this campus) | 3,394 | 0.29 | 69 | 83 |
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 School of the Art Institute of Chicago fell from 3 to 1 (-67%). The increase shows up in Burglary (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Aggravated Assault (1 to 0), Fondling (1 to 0) and Robbery (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 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Aggravated Assault, Arson, Burglary, Fondling and Robbery.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Incest, Motor Vehicle Theft, 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 onlySchool of the Art Institute of Chicago: Criminal Offenses by year
Stable 0% (1 → 1 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| 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 | 2 | 14 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 71 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 8 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 51 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 17 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 43 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 4 |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 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).
MI
Hope College
3.53 incidents / 1,000 students
WY
Casper College
1.76 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where School of the Art Institute of Chicago sits on price and outcomes
At $49,790, School of the Art Institute of Chicago's reported average net price is cheaper than 99% among 178 Illinois colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $15,405.
- $49,790
- average net price
- $15,405
- Illinois median
- 1.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $11,992
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $43,798 for families reporting under $30,000 against $55,790 above $110,000, a difference of $11,992. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $49,790 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Median earnings six years after entry ($26,742) are less than one year of the reported net price. That is a thin margin, and it is the figure worth pressing the school on before enrolling.
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
- $56,420
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $56,420
- Avg Net Price
- $49,790
- Median Debt
- $27,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 19%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 77%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 65%
- Retention Rate
- 84%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $26,742
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $40,151
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 67%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,227 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Hope College
Holland, MI · 3,395 enrolled
Safety Score 3.53
Casper College
Casper, WY · 3,403 enrolled
Safety Score 1.76
Arcadia University
Glenside, PA · 3,404 enrolled
Safety Score 2.94
Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood, WA · 3,408 enrolled
Safety Score 0.59
East Central University
Ada, OK · 3,377 enrolled
Safety Score 1.48
Closest by National Rank
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (national rank #182) sits near Los Angeles Pierce College (#183) and University of Houston-Downtown (#181) 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 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, both outside IL so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Hope College
Holland, MI · 3,395 enrolled
Safety score 3.53
Arcadia University
Glenside, PA · 3,404 enrolled
Safety score 2.94
Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood, WA · 3,408 enrolled
Safety score 0.59
East Central University
Ada, OK · 3,377 enrolled
Safety score 1.48
Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, PA · 3,373 enrolled
Safety score 10.97
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA · 3,417 enrolled
Safety score 2.63
Husson University
Bangor, ME · 3,367 enrolled
Safety score 2.08
Pacific University
Forest Grove, OR · 3,427 enrolled
Safety score 3.50
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
University of Houston-Downtown
Houston, TX · 13,730 enrolled
Safety score 0.29
Polk State College
Winter Haven, FL · 10,318 enrolled
Safety score 0.29
Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA · 3,448 enrolled
Safety score 0.29
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL · 20,888 enrolled
Safety score 0.29
Georgia Military College
Milledgeville, GA · 6,575 enrolled
Safety score 0.30
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Kirkland, WA · 3,564 enrolled
Safety score 0.28
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, NC · 3,220 enrolled
Safety score 0.31
Santa Fe College
Gainesville, FL · 12,758 enrolled
Safety score 0.31
Frequently Asked Questions
Is School of the Art Institute of Chicago safe?
School of the Art Institute of Chicago has a safety score of 0.29 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #182 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Hope College (3.53/1k). Same-state same-level set: Olivet Nazarene University (3.59/1k); Saint Xavier University (1.72/1k); University of St Francis (0.65/1k); North Central College (3.00/1k); Dominican University (5.00/1k); Benedictine University (1.37/1k); Wheaton College (6.26/1k); Elmhurst University (4.25/1k).
What crimes are reported at School of the Art Institute of Chicago?
For calendar year 2024, School of the Art Institute of Chicago reported Burglary (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does School of the Art Institute of Chicago compare to similar schools?
School of the Art Institute of Chicago reports 86% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Hope College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Hope College (3.53/1k); Casper College (1.76/1k); Arcadia University (2.94/1k); Clover Park Technical College (0.59/1k); East Central University (1.48/1k). Same-state same-level set: Olivet Nazarene University (3.59/1k); Saint Xavier University (1.72/1k); University of St Francis (0.65/1k); North Central College (3.00/1k); Dominican University (5.00/1k); Benedictine University (1.37/1k); Wheaton College (6.26/1k); Elmhurst University (4.25/1k).
Does School of the Art Institute of Chicago have fire safety data?
Yes. School of the Art Institute of Chicago 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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