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Southern Oregon University
3.91 incidents / 1,000 students
Ashland, OR · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Southern Oregon University
Across 2022–2024, Southern Oregon University reported 36 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: Oregon Institute of Technology.
- 3.91
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,470
- Rank of 2,072
- #29
- OR rank
- 5,113
- Enrolled students
3.91 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Southern Oregon University reports 3.91 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 88% above Hutchinson Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Hutchinson Community College (0.98/1k); Hawkeye Community College (0.59/1k); College of the Mainland (0.00/1k); Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (4.12/1k); Vermont State University (4.71/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Oregon Institute of Technology (0.57/1k); George Fox University (0.61/1k); Mt Hood Community College (0.46/1k); Western Oregon University (5.10/1k); Lewis & Clark College (5.99/1k); Pacific University (3.50/1k); University of Portland (2.13/1k); Oregon Health & Science University (12.58/1k). 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
- 3.91
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,470
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 71%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 16
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 210146 · Southern Oregon University 3.91/1k score rate · #1,470/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HIGH 3.91/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,470/2,072
- ST-MID #29 in state
- BELOW-PEER Texas Tech University Health · 0.21 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 220%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-MID 5,113
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (+0.21/1k)
Southern Oregon University sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO · peer Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. 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-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (+0.21/1k). National rank #1,470 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Southern Oregon University reports 3.91 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 88% above Hutchinson Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Hutchinson Community College (0.98/1k); Hawkeye Community College (0.59/1k); College of the Mainland (0.00/1k); Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (4.12/1k); Vermont State University (4.71/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Oregon Institute of Technology (0.57/1k); George Fox University (0.61/1k); Mt Hood Community College (0.46/1k); Western Oregon University (5.10/1k); Lewis & Clark College (5.99/1k); Pacific University (3.50/1k); University of Portland (2.13/1k); Oregon Health & Science University (12.58/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Southern Oregon University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Southern on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- College of the Mainland · lowest peer 0
College of the Mainland — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Hutchinson Community College · near 0.98
Hutchinson Community College — near
0.98 per 1,000 students
- Southern Oregon University · this campus
Southern Oregon University — this campus
3.91 per 1,000 students
- Texas Tech University Health · near
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center — near
4.12 per 1,000 students
- Vermont State University · highest peer
Vermont State University — highest peer
4.71 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Southern Oregon University's 3.91/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Southern Oregon University increased from 15 to 16 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 29 OR 4-year peers in this comparison, Southern Oregon University is larger than 79% and safer-reporting than 32% - 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 82, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 68, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 43
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 32, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 18
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 18, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Southern Oregon University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 32
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Bible College | 22 | 0.00 | 0 | 79 |
| New Hope Christian College-Eugene | 56 | 0.00 | 4 | 79 |
| Mount Angel Seminary | 127 | 0.00 | 7 | 79 |
| Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies | 257 | 0.00 | 11 | 79 |
| Warner Pacific University | 378 | 13.23 | 14 | 4 |
| National University of Natural Medicine | 414 | 2.42 | 18 | 54 |
| Sumner College | 532 | 0.00 | 21 | 79 |
| Western Seminary | 755 | 0.00 | 25 | 79 |
| Bushnell University | 761 | 6.57 | 29 | 18 |
| University of Western States | 959 | 0.00 | 32 | 79 |
| Corban University | 1,029 | 2.92 | 36 | 50 |
| Southern Oregon University (this campus) | 5,113 | 3.91 | 79 | 32 |
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 Southern Oregon University rose from 15 to 16 (+7%). The increase shows up in Aggravated Assault (1 to 3), Motor Vehicle Theft (1 to 3) and Arson (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Fondling (6 to 2) and Rape (4 to 3).
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 Southern Oregon University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 6 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Fondling, Burglary, Motor Vehicle Theft, Aggravated Assault and Arson.
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 onlySouthern Oregon University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 220% (5 → 16 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2024 | 16 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Fondling | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Burglary | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Arson | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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
18 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 2 | 9 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 2 | 18 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 2 | 21 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 2 | 22 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 4 | 27 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
Southern Oregon 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).
KS
Hutchinson Community College
0.98 incidents / 1,000 students
IA
Hawkeye Community College
0.59 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Southern Oregon University sits on price and outcomes
At $16,732, Southern Oregon University's reported average net price is cheaper than 50% among 54 Oregon colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $16,732.
- $16,732
- average net price
- $16,732
- Oregon median
- 1.9×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $12,351
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $11,830, while those above $110,000 record $24,181 - roughly 2.0 times as much. A published average of $16,732 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $39,326 run about 2.4 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
- $12,762
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $31,887
- Avg Net Price
- $16,732
- Median Debt
- $20,332
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 25%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 89%
- ACT Average
- 22
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 43%
- Retention Rate
- 68%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $39,326
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $49,175
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 58%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,083 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Hutchinson Community College
Hutchinson, KS · 5,119 enrolled
Safety Score 0.98
Hawkeye Community College
Waterloo, IA · 5,120 enrolled
Safety Score 0.59
College of the Mainland
Texas City, TX · 5,127 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX · 5,098 enrolled
Safety Score 4.12
Vermont State University
Randolph, VT · 5,093 enrolled
Safety Score 4.71
Closest by National Rank
Southern Oregon University (national rank #1470) sits near Santa Clara University (#1469) and Notre Dame of Maryland University (#1471) 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 Southern Oregon University, both outside OR so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
College of the Mainland
Texas City, TX · 5,127 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX · 5,098 enrolled
Safety score 4.12
Vermont State University
Randolph, VT · 5,093 enrolled
Safety score 4.71
Dalton State College
Dalton, GA · 5,135 enrolled
Safety score 1.75
Jackson College
Jackson, MI · 5,086 enrolled
Safety score 0.98
Clark State College
Springfield, OH · 5,077 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Grambling State University
Grambling, LA · 5,150 enrolled
Safety score 4.66
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Shippensburg, PA · 5,161 enrolled
Safety score 1.55
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Notre Dame of Maryland University
Baltimore, MD · 1,788 enrolled
Safety score 3.92
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA · 23,743 enrolled
Safety score 3.92
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA · 9,728 enrolled
Safety score 3.91
Converse University
Spartanburg, SC · 1,787 enrolled
Safety score 3.92
MidAmerica Nazarene University
Olathe, KS · 1,538 enrolled
Safety score 3.90
Siena Heights University
Adrian, MI · 1,781 enrolled
Safety score 3.93
Ferrum College
Ferrum, VA · 763 enrolled
Safety score 3.93
Culver-Stockton College
Canton, MO · 1,028 enrolled
Safety score 3.89
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Southern Oregon University safe?
Southern Oregon University has a safety score of 3.91 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,470 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Hutchinson Community College (0.98/1k). Same-state same-level set: Oregon Institute of Technology (0.57/1k); George Fox University (0.61/1k); Mt Hood Community College (0.46/1k); Western Oregon University (5.10/1k); Lewis & Clark College (5.99/1k); Pacific University (3.50/1k); University of Portland (2.13/1k); Oregon Health & Science University (12.58/1k).
What crimes are reported at Southern Oregon University?
For calendar year 2024, Southern Oregon University reported Burglary (4), Aggravated Assault (3), Motor Vehicle Theft (3), Rape (3) and Fondling (2), and 1 further category in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Southern Oregon University compare to similar schools?
Southern Oregon University reports 88% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Hutchinson Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Hutchinson Community College (0.98/1k); Hawkeye Community College (0.59/1k); College of the Mainland (0.00/1k); Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (4.12/1k); Vermont State University (4.71/1k). Same-state same-level set: Oregon Institute of Technology (0.57/1k); George Fox University (0.61/1k); Mt Hood Community College (0.46/1k); Western Oregon University (5.10/1k); Lewis & Clark College (5.99/1k); Pacific University (3.50/1k); University of Portland (2.13/1k); Oregon Health & Science University (12.58/1k).
Does Southern Oregon University have fire safety data?
Yes. Southern Oregon 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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