AL
Southern Union State Community College
0.20 incidents / 1,000 students
Wadley, AL · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Southern Union State Community College
Across 2022–2024, Southern Union State Community College reported 2 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Burglary). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Gadsden State Community College.
- 0.20
- Incidents / 1k students
- #109
- Rank of 2,072
- #21
- AL rank
- 5,063
- Enrolled students
0.20 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Southern Union State Community College reports 0.20 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 44% below College of Southern Maryland. Similar-enrollment scored peers: College of Southern Maryland (0.00/1k); Harford Community College (0.99/1k); Gadsden State Community College (0.00/1k); Central Arizona College (0.79/1k); Clark State College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Gadsden State Community College (0.00/1k); Northwest Shoals Community College (0.00/1k); Shelton State Community College (0.00/1k); Bevill State Community College (0.23/1k); George C Wallace Community College-Dothan (0.00/1k); Bishop State Community College (0.00/1k); George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville (0.31/1k); Lawson State Community College (0.87/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.20
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #109
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 95%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 0
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 251260 · Southern Union State Community 0.20/1k score rate · #109/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-QUIET 0.20/1k
- RANK-TOP #109/2,072
- ST-MID #21 in state
- ABOVE-PEER College of Southern Maryland · +0.20
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 100%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-MID 5,063
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: College of Southern Maryland (-0.20/1k)
Southern Union State Community College sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO · peer College of Southern Maryland. 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 · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is College of Southern Maryland (-0.20/1k). National rank #109 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Southern Union State Community College reports 0.20 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 44% below College of Southern Maryland. Similar-enrollment scored peers: College of Southern Maryland (0.00/1k); Harford Community College (0.99/1k); Gadsden State Community College (0.00/1k); Central Arizona College (0.79/1k); Clark State College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Gadsden State Community College (0.00/1k); Northwest Shoals Community College (0.00/1k); Shelton State Community College (0.00/1k); Bevill State Community College (0.23/1k); George C Wallace Community College-Dothan (0.00/1k); Bishop State Community College (0.00/1k); George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville (0.31/1k); Lawson State Community College (0.87/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Southern Union State
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Southern on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- College of Southern Maryland · lowest peer 0
College of Southern Maryland — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Gadsden State Community College · near 0
Gadsden State Community College — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Clark State College · near 0
Clark State College — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Southern Union State Community · this campus 0.2
Southern Union State Community College — this campus
0.2 per 1,000 students
- Harford Community College · highest peer
Harford Community College — highest peer
0.99 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Southern Union State Community College's 0.20/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Southern Union State Community College was unchanged from 0 to 0 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 26 AL 2-year peers in this comparison, Southern Union State Community College is larger than 80% and safer-reporting than 36% - 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 84, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 76, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 68, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 32
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 60, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 52, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 24
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 48, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 20
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 12
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 40, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 32, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 16
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 24, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 20, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 40
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 16, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 12, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Southern Union State Commu…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 80, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound | 56 | 0.00 | 0 | 44 |
| Remington College-Mobile Campus | 257 | 0.00 | 4 | 44 |
| Marion Military Institute | 332 | 18.07 | 8 | 0 |
| Fortis Institute-Birmingham | 613 | 0.00 | 12 | 44 |
| Reid State Technical College | 641 | 0.00 | 16 | 44 |
| J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College | 1,187 | 0.00 | 20 | 44 |
| Chattahoochee Valley Community College | 1,705 | 0.00 | 24 | 44 |
| George C Wallace State Community College-Selma | 1,925 | 0.00 | 28 | 44 |
| H Councill Trenholm State Community College | 2,046 | 0.49 | 32 | 16 |
| Lurleen B Wallace Community College | 2,062 | 0.97 | 36 | 4 |
| Central Alabama Community College | 2,140 | 0.00 | 40 | 44 |
| Southern Union State Community College (this campus) | 5,063 | 0.20 | 80 | 36 |
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 actually gets reported at Southern Union State Community College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 2 Clery Act categories here: Burglary and Rape.
The remaining 9 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, 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 onlySouthern Union State Community College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 100% (2 → 0 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rape | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 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 |
| 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
27 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Southern Union State Community 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).
MD
College of Southern Maryland
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
MD
Harford Community College
0.99 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Southern Union State Community College sits on price and outcomes
At $6,142, Southern Union State Community College's reported average net price is cheaper than 17% among 65 Alabama colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $15,258.
- $6,142
- average net price
- $15,258
- Alabama median
- 3.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $7,410
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $3,543, while those above $110,000 record $10,953 - roughly 3.1 times as much. A published average of $6,142 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 $32,844 - about 5.3 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly. Only 32% complete within six years. Most students here do not finish, which is the single most important number on this page for anyone weighing the cost.
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
- $5,040
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $8,910
- Avg Net Price
- $6,142
- Median Debt
- $11,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 34%
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $32,844
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $36,597
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 59%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,090 similar institutions by enrollment size.
College of Southern Maryland
La Plata, MD · 5,062 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Harford Community College
Bel Air, MD · 5,067 enrolled
Safety Score 0.99
Gadsden State Community College
Gadsden, AL · 5,071 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Central Arizona College
Coolidge, AZ · 5,053 enrolled
Safety Score 0.79
Clark State College
Springfield, OH · 5,077 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Southern Union State Community College (national rank #109) sits near El Paso Community College (#108) and Estrella Mountain Community College (#110) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
El Paso Community College
El Paso, TX
National Rank #108
Estrella Mountain Community College
Avondale, AZ
National Rank #110
Saint Paul College
Saint Paul, MN
National Rank #107
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon
Santurce, PR
National Rank #111
Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester, MN
National Rank #106
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Southern Union State Community College, both outside AL so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
College of Southern Maryland
La Plata, MD · 5,062 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Harford Community College
Bel Air, MD · 5,067 enrolled
Safety score 0.99
Central Arizona College
Coolidge, AZ · 5,053 enrolled
Safety score 0.79
Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown, MD · 5,085 enrolled
Safety score 0.59
Holmes Community College
Goodman, MS · 5,039 enrolled
Safety score 0.40
Barton County Community College
Great Bend, KS · 5,092 enrolled
Safety score 1.18
Community College of Vermont
Montpelier, VT · 5,028 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kansas City, KS · 5,014 enrolled
Safety score 3.99
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Estrella Mountain Community College
Avondale, AZ · 10,109 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Chandler, AZ · 15,085 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
El Paso Community College
El Paso, TX · 25,567 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
Saint Paul College
Saint Paul, MN · 5,198 enrolled
Safety score 0.19
Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester, MN · 5,205 enrolled
Safety score 0.19
Catawba Valley Community College
Hickory, NC · 4,904 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
Linn-Benton Community College
Albany, OR · 5,242 enrolled
Safety score 0.19
South Puget Sound Community College
Olympia, WA · 4,871 enrolled
Safety score 0.21
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Southern Union State Community College safe?
Southern Union State Community College has a safety score of 0.20 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #109 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: College of Southern Maryland (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Gadsden State Community College (0.00/1k); Northwest Shoals Community College (0.00/1k); Shelton State Community College (0.00/1k); Bevill State Community College (0.23/1k); George C Wallace Community College-Dothan (0.00/1k); Bishop State Community College (0.00/1k); George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville (0.31/1k); Lawson State Community College (0.87/1k).
What crimes are reported at Southern Union State Community College?
None in the Criminal Offenses section. Southern Union State Community College reported zero in every category in that section for calendar year 2024. VAWA, arrests, disciplinary referrals, and fire records are separate tables.
How does Southern Union State Community College compare to similar schools?
Southern Union State Community College reports 44% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than College of Southern Maryland. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: College of Southern Maryland (0.00/1k); Harford Community College (0.99/1k); Gadsden State Community College (0.00/1k); Central Arizona College (0.79/1k); Clark State College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Gadsden State Community College (0.00/1k); Northwest Shoals Community College (0.00/1k); Shelton State Community College (0.00/1k); Bevill State Community College (0.23/1k); George C Wallace Community College-Dothan (0.00/1k); Bishop State Community College (0.00/1k); George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville (0.31/1k); Lawson State Community College (0.87/1k).
Does Southern Union State Community College have fire safety data?
Yes. Southern Union State Community 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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