KY
Spalding University
5.15 incidents / 1,000 students
Louisville, KY · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Spalding University
Across 2022–2024, Spalding University reported 12 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Motor Vehicle Theft). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Berea College.
- 5.15
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,628
- Rank of 2,072
- #42
- KY rank
- 1,553
- Enrolled students
5.15 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Spalding University reports 5.15 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 186% above Universal Technical Institute of California Inc. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Universal Technical Institute of California Inc (1.93/1k); Helena College University of Montana (0.00/1k); Southwestern Oregon Community College (3.87/1k); Atlanta Metropolitan State College (0.00/1k); Midland University (3.21/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Berea College (7.86/1k); Asbury Theological Seminary (2.37/1k); Centre College (10.68/1k); Georgetown College (0.74/1k); Union Commonwealth University (0.00/1k); Midway University (1.00/1k); Kentucky State University (4.46/1k); Asbury University (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 5.15
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,628
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 79%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 8
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 157757 · Spalding University 5.15/1k score rate · #1,628/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HIGH 5.15/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,628/2,072
- ST-MID #42 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Southwestern Oregon Community College · +1.28
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 700%
- CAT-LEAD Motor Vehicle Th…
- ENR-SMALL 1,553
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Southwestern Oregon Community College (-1.28/1k)
Spalding University sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Southwestern Oregon 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-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Southwestern Oregon Community College (-1.28/1k). National rank #1,628 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Spalding University reports 5.15 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 186% above Universal Technical Institute of California Inc. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Universal Technical Institute of California Inc (1.93/1k); Helena College University of Montana (0.00/1k); Southwestern Oregon Community College (3.87/1k); Atlanta Metropolitan State College (0.00/1k); Midland University (3.21/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Berea College (7.86/1k); Asbury Theological Seminary (2.37/1k); Centre College (10.68/1k); Georgetown College (0.74/1k); Union Commonwealth University (0.00/1k); Midway University (1.00/1k); Kentucky State University (4.46/1k); Asbury University (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Spalding University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Spalding on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Helena College University of · lowest peer 0
Helena College University of Montana — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Universal Technical Institute of · near 1.93
Universal Technical Institute of California Inc — near
1.93 per 1,000 students
- Midland University · near
Midland University — near
3.21 per 1,000 students
- Southwestern Oregon Community College · near
Southwestern Oregon Community College — near
3.87 per 1,000 students
- Spalding University · this campus · highest
Spalding University — this campus · highest
5.15 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Spalding University's 5.15/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Spalding University increased from 3 to 8 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 KY 4-year peers in this comparison, Spalding University is larger than 44% and safer-reporting than 19% - the smaller, 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 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Spalding University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Theological Seminary | 82 | 0.00 | 0 | 75 |
| Kentucky Mountain Bible College | 94 | 0.00 | 3 | 75 |
| Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary | 103 | 0.00 | 6 | 75 |
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible College | 183 | 21.86 | 8 | 0 |
| American National University-Pikeville | 444 | 2.25 | 11 | 42 |
| Simmons College of Kentucky | 506 | 3.95 | 14 | 28 |
| Beckfield College-Florence | 536 | 0.00 | 17 | 75 |
| Kentucky Christian University | 550 | 7.27 | 19 | 17 |
| Alice Lloyd College | 589 | 1.70 | 22 | 47 |
| Brescia University | 690 | 8.70 | 25 | 6 |
| Kentucky Wesleyan College | 887 | 0.00 | 28 | 75 |
| Spalding University (this campus) | 1,553 | 5.15 | 44 | 19 |
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 Spalding University rose from 3 to 8 (+167%). The increase shows up in Motor Vehicle Theft (1 to 8). Falling over the same period: Aggravated Assault (1 to 0) and Burglary (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 Spalding University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Motor Vehicle Theft, Burglary and Aggravated Assault. Motor Vehicle Theft accounts for most of them.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Fondling, Incest and Murder / Non-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 onlySpalding University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 700% (1 → 8 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 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
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 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Spalding 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).
CA
Universal Technical Institute of California Inc
1.93 incidents / 1,000 students
MT
Helena College University of Montana
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Spalding University sits on price and outcomes
At $25,491, Spalding University's reported average net price is cheaper than 86% among 79 Kentucky colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $16,512.
- $25,491
- average net price
- $16,512
- Kentucky median
- 1.7×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $8,769
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $20,509 for families reporting under $30,000 against $29,278 above $110,000, a difference of $8,769. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $25,491 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $42,870 run about 1.7 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
- $29,200
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $29,200
- Avg Net Price
- $25,491
- Median Debt
- $25,250
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 36%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 99%
- SAT Average
- 977
- SAT Math Range
- 435-525
- ACT Average
- 20
- ACT Range
- 15-22
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 54%
- Retention Rate
- 64%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $42,870
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $49,438
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 58%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,295 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Universal Technical Institute of California Inc
Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1,553 enrolled
Safety Score 1.93
Helena College University of Montana
Helena, MT · 1,554 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Southwestern Oregon Community College
Coos Bay, OR · 1,551 enrolled
Safety Score 3.87
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Atlanta, GA · 1,549 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Midland University
Fremont, NE · 1,558 enrolled
Safety Score 3.21
Closest by National Rank
Spalding University (national rank #1628) sits near Alabama State University (#1627) and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto (#1629) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Alabama State University
Montgomery, AL
National Rank #1627
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto
Mont Alto, PA
National Rank #1629
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
National Rank #1630
North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC
National Rank #1626
Concordia College at Moorhead
Moorhead, MN
National Rank #1631
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Spalding University, both outside KY so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Atlanta, GA · 1,549 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Midland University
Fremont, NE · 1,558 enrolled
Safety score 3.21
University of Mobile
Mobile, AL · 1,545 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA · 1,561 enrolled
Safety score 5.12
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus
Hartford, CT · 1,544 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
University of Maine at Fort Kent
Fort Kent, ME · 1,562 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Atlantic University
Guaynabo, PR · 1,540 enrolled
Safety score 1.95
Lake Superior State University
Sault Ste Marie, MI · 1,567 enrolled
Safety score 4.47
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto
Mont Alto, PA · 582 enrolled
Safety score 5.15
Alabama State University
Montgomery, AL · 4,081 enrolled
Safety score 5.15
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR · 3,485 enrolled
Safety score 5.17
Concordia College at Moorhead
Moorhead, MN · 1,935 enrolled
Safety score 5.17
North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC · 8,579 enrolled
Safety score 5.13
St Olaf College
Northfield, MN · 3,124 enrolled
Safety score 5.12
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · 35,173 enrolled
Safety score 5.12
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Spalding University safe?
Spalding University has a safety score of 5.15 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,628 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Universal Technical Institute of California Inc (1.93/1k). Same-state same-level set: Berea College (7.86/1k); Asbury Theological Seminary (2.37/1k); Centre College (10.68/1k); Georgetown College (0.74/1k); Union Commonwealth University (0.00/1k); Midway University (1.00/1k); Kentucky State University (4.46/1k); Asbury University (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Spalding University?
For calendar year 2024, Spalding University reported Motor Vehicle Theft (8) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Spalding University compare to similar schools?
Spalding University reports 186% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Universal Technical Institute of California Inc. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Universal Technical Institute of California Inc (1.93/1k); Helena College University of Montana (0.00/1k); Southwestern Oregon Community College (3.87/1k); Atlanta Metropolitan State College (0.00/1k); Midland University (3.21/1k). Same-state same-level set: Berea College (7.86/1k); Asbury Theological Seminary (2.37/1k); Centre College (10.68/1k); Georgetown College (0.74/1k); Union Commonwealth University (0.00/1k); Midway University (1.00/1k); Kentucky State University (4.46/1k); Asbury University (0.00/1k).
Does Spalding University have fire safety data?
Yes. Spalding 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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