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The Catholic University of America
0.57 incidents / 1,000 students
Washington, DC · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
The Catholic University of America
Across 2022–2024, The Catholic University of America reported 15 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, with no net change between the first and last filed year; largest filed category is Rape.
- 0.57
- Incidents / 1k students
- #385
- Rank of 2,072
- #4
- DC rank
- 5,243
- Enrolled students
0.57 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
The Catholic University of America reports 0.57 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 77% below University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Similar-enrollment scored peers: University of Wisconsin-River Falls (7.82/1k); Linn-Benton Community College (0.19/1k); Concordia University-Wisconsin (0.19/1k); Compton College (2.49/1k); Emerson College (1.71/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes University of the District of Columbia (3.57/1k); Trinity Washington University (0.00/1k); Gallaudet University (100.37/1k); University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus (0.00/1k); The Chicago School at Washington DC (0.00/1k); Wesley Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Strayer University-District of Columbia (0.00/1k); Institute of World Politics (0.00/1k). 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
- 0.57
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #385
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 81%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 3
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 131283 · The Catholic University of 0.57/1k score rate · #385/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-QUIET 0.57/1k
- RANK-UPPER #385/2,072
- ST-UPPER #4 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Linn-Benton Community College · +0.38
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-FLAT Flat
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-MID 5,243
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Linn-Benton Community College (-0.38/1k)
The Catholic University of America sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO · peer Linn-Benton 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-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-FLAT · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Linn-Benton Community College (-0.38/1k). National rank #385 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
The Catholic University of America reports 0.57 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 77% below University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Similar-enrollment scored peers: University of Wisconsin-River Falls (7.82/1k); Linn-Benton Community College (0.19/1k); Concordia University-Wisconsin (0.19/1k); Compton College (2.49/1k); Emerson College (1.71/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes University of the District of Columbia (3.57/1k); Trinity Washington University (0.00/1k); Gallaudet University (100.37/1k); University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus (0.00/1k); The Chicago School at Washington DC (0.00/1k); Wesley Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Strayer University-District of Columbia (0.00/1k); Institute of World Politics (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around The Catholic University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest The on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Concordia University-Wisconsin · lowest peer 0.19
Concordia University-Wisconsin — lowest peer
0.19 per 1,000 students
- Linn-Benton Community College · near 0.19
Linn-Benton Community College — near
0.19 per 1,000 students
- The Catholic University of · this campus 0.57
The Catholic University of America — this campus
0.57 per 1,000 students
- Emerson College · near 1.71
Emerson College — near
1.71 per 1,000 students
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls · highest peer
University of Wisconsin-River Falls — highest peer
7.82 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around The Catholic University of America's 0.57/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
The Catholic University of America decreased from 9 to 3 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 15 DC 4-year peers in this comparison, The Catholic University of America is larger than 71% and safer-reporting than 50% - 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 43
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- The Catholic University of…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family | 65 | 46.15 | 0 | 7 |
| Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies | 74 | 0.00 | 7 | 57 |
| Institute of World Politics | 173 | 0.00 | 14 | 57 |
| Strayer University-District of Columbia | 188 | 0.00 | 21 | 57 |
| Wesley Theological Seminary | 374 | 0.00 | 29 | 57 |
| The Chicago School at Washington DC | 564 | 0.00 | 36 | 57 |
| University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus | 1,241 | 0.00 | 43 | 57 |
| Gallaudet University | 1,335 | 100.37 | 50 | 0 |
| Trinity Washington University | 1,948 | 0.00 | 57 | 57 |
| University of the District of Columbia | 4,202 | 3.57 | 64 | 21 |
| The Catholic University of America (this campus) | 5,243 | 0.57 | 71 | 50 |
| American University | 12,321 | 2.19 | 79 | 43 |
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 The Catholic University of America fell from 9 to 3 (-67%). The increase shows up in Fondling (0 to 2). Falling over the same period: Rape (5 to 0), Burglary (2 to 1) and Motor Vehicle Theft (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 The Catholic University of America
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Burglary, Fondling, Motor Vehicle Theft and Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter. Rape accounts for most of them.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Incest 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 onlyThe Catholic University of America: Criminal Offenses by year
Stable 0% (3 → 3 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Burglary | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Fondling | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 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
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 14 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 167 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 36 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 248 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 10 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 129 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
The Catholic University of America 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).
WI
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
7.82 incidents / 1,000 students
OR
Linn-Benton Community College
0.19 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where The Catholic University of America sits on price and outcomes
At $29,561, The Catholic University of America's reported average net price is cheaper than 45% among 11 District of Columbia colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $29,561.
- $29,561
- average net price
- $29,561
- District of Columbia median
- 2.4×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $20,293
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $17,358, while those above $110,000 record $37,651 - roughly 2.2 times as much. A published average of $29,561 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $63,217 run about 2.1 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
- $58,378
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $58,378
- Avg Net Price
- $29,561
- Median Debt
- $26,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 20%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 80%
- Retention Rate
- 87%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $63,217
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $73,250
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 83%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,071 similar institutions by enrollment size.
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
River Falls, WI · 5,243 enrolled
Safety Score 7.82
Linn-Benton Community College
Albany, OR · 5,242 enrolled
Safety Score 0.19
Concordia University-Wisconsin
Mequon, WI · 5,253 enrolled
Safety Score 0.19
Compton College
Compton, CA · 5,225 enrolled
Safety Score 2.49
Emerson College
Boston, MA · 5,263 enrolled
Safety Score 1.71
Closest by National Rank
The Catholic University of America (national rank #385) sits near Southwest Tennessee Community College (#384) and Georgia State University-Perimeter College (#386) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Southwest Tennessee Community College
Memphis, TN
National Rank #384
Georgia State University-Perimeter College
Atlanta, GA
National Rank #386
Volunteer State Community College
Gallatin, TN
National Rank #387
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Charlottesville, VA
National Rank #383
Glendale Community College
Glendale, AZ
National Rank #388
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for The Catholic University of America, both outside DC so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
River Falls, WI · 5,243 enrolled
Safety score 7.82
Concordia University-Wisconsin
Mequon, WI · 5,253 enrolled
Safety score 0.19
Emerson College
Boston, MA · 5,263 enrolled
Safety score 1.71
Abilene Christian University
Abilene, TX · 5,219 enrolled
Safety score 1.53
Auburn University at Montgomery
Montgomery, AL · 5,217 enrolled
Safety score 2.11
Herzing University-Madison
Madison, WI · 5,274 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Robert Morris University
Moon Township, PA · 5,275 enrolled
Safety score 1.14
South Seattle College
Seattle, WA · 5,210 enrolled
Safety score 1.15
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Glendale Community College
Glendale, AZ · 13,914 enrolled
Safety score 0.57
Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR · 5,299 enrolled
Safety score 0.57
Kent State University at Stark
North Canton, OH · 3,569 enrolled
Safety score 0.56
SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville
Nashville, TN · 1,712 enrolled
Safety score 0.58
Florida SouthWestern State College
Fort Myers, FL · 14,301 enrolled
Safety score 0.56
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
Cloquet, MN · 1,789 enrolled
Safety score 0.56
Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood, WA · 3,408 enrolled
Safety score 0.59
Spokane Community College
Spokane, WA · 6,813 enrolled
Safety score 0.59
Frequently Asked Questions
Is The Catholic University of America safe?
The Catholic University of America has a safety score of 0.57 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #385 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: University of Wisconsin-River Falls (7.82/1k). Same-state same-level set: University of the District of Columbia (3.57/1k); Trinity Washington University (0.00/1k); Gallaudet University (100.37/1k); University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus (0.00/1k); The Chicago School at Washington DC (0.00/1k); Wesley Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Strayer University-District of Columbia (0.00/1k); Institute of World Politics (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at The Catholic University of America?
For calendar year 2024, The Catholic University of America reported Fondling (2) and Burglary (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does The Catholic University of America compare to similar schools?
The Catholic University of America reports 77% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: University of Wisconsin-River Falls (7.82/1k); Linn-Benton Community College (0.19/1k); Concordia University-Wisconsin (0.19/1k); Compton College (2.49/1k); Emerson College (1.71/1k). Same-state same-level set: University of the District of Columbia (3.57/1k); Trinity Washington University (0.00/1k); Gallaudet University (100.37/1k); University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus (0.00/1k); The Chicago School at Washington DC (0.00/1k); Wesley Theological Seminary (0.00/1k); Strayer University-District of Columbia (0.00/1k); Institute of World Politics (0.00/1k).
Does The Catholic University of America have fire safety data?
Yes. The Catholic University of America 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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