KY
Transylvania University
2.98 incidents / 1,000 students
Lexington, KY · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Transylvania University
Across 2022–2024, Transylvania University reported 40 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Kentucky Wesleyan College.
- 2.98
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,276
- Rank of 2,072
- #37
- KY rank
- 1,006
- Enrolled students
2.98 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Transylvania University reports 2.98 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 25% above Southwestern Law School. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Southwestern Law School (1.99/1k); Lincoln Technical Institute-East Windsor (0.00/1k); Cleary University (0.00/1k); Beloit College (4.98/1k); University of Pittsburgh-Bradford (4.96/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Kentucky Wesleyan College (0.00/1k); Brescia University (8.70/1k); Union Commonwealth University (0.00/1k); Georgetown College (0.74/1k); Centre College (10.68/1k); Alice Lloyd College (1.70/1k); Kentucky Christian University (7.27/1k); Beckfield College-Florence (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
- 2.98
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,276
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 62%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 2
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 157818 · Transylvania University 2.98/1k score rate · #1,276/2,072
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-MID 2.98/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,276/2,072
- ST-MID #37 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Southwestern Law School · +0.99
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 94%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 1,006
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Southwestern Law School (-0.99/1k)
Transylvania University sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Southwestern Law School. 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Southwestern Law School (-0.99/1k). National rank #1,276 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Transylvania University reports 2.98 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 25% above Southwestern Law School. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Southwestern Law School (1.99/1k); Lincoln Technical Institute-East Windsor (0.00/1k); Cleary University (0.00/1k); Beloit College (4.98/1k); University of Pittsburgh-Bradford (4.96/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Kentucky Wesleyan College (0.00/1k); Brescia University (8.70/1k); Union Commonwealth University (0.00/1k); Georgetown College (0.74/1k); Centre College (10.68/1k); Alice Lloyd College (1.70/1k); Kentucky Christian University (7.27/1k); Beckfield College-Florence (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Transylvania University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Transylvania on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Lincoln Technical Institute-East Windsor · lowest peer 0
Lincoln Technical Institute-East Windsor — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Southwestern Law School · near 1.99
Southwestern Law School — near
1.99 per 1,000 students
- Transylvania University · this campus
Transylvania University — this campus
2.98 per 1,000 students
- University of Pittsburgh-Bradford · near
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford — near
4.96 per 1,000 students
- Beloit College · highest peer
Beloit College — highest peer
4.98 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Transylvania University's 2.98/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Transylvania University decreased from 5 to 2 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, Transylvania University is larger than 31% and safer-reporting than 33% - 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 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- 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
- Transylvania University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
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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 |
| Transylvania University (this campus) | 1,006 | 2.98 | 31 | 33 |
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 Transylvania University fell from 5 to 2 (-60%). The increase shows up in Fondling (1 to 2). Falling over the same period: Burglary (2 to 0) and Rape (2 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 Transylvania University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Fondling, Burglary and Aggravated Assault.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Incest, Motor Vehicle Theft 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 onlyTransylvania University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 94% (33 → 2 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 33 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Fondling | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Burglary | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arson | 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
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 2 | 5 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 4 | 10 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 4 | 8 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 16 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Transylvania 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
Southwestern Law School
1.99 incidents / 1,000 students
CT
Lincoln Technical Institute-East Windsor
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Transylvania University sits on price and outcomes
At $21,913, Transylvania University's reported average net price is cheaper than 80% among 79 Kentucky colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $16,512.
- $21,913
- average net price
- $16,512
- Kentucky median
- 1.5×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $14,761
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $14,551, while those above $110,000 record $29,312 - roughly 2.0 times as much. A published average of $21,913 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $40,447 run about 1.8 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
- $46,870
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $46,870
- Avg Net Price
- $21,913
- Median Debt
- $27,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 26%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 87%
- SAT Average
- 1287
- SAT Math Range
- 540-690
- ACT Average
- 27
- ACT Range
- 24-30
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 71%
- Retention Rate
- 87%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $40,447
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $54,705
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 80%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,240 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA · 1,006 enrolled
Safety Score 1.99
Lincoln Technical Institute-East Windsor
East Windsor, CT · 1,008 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Cleary University
Howell, MI · 1,004 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Beloit College
Beloit, WI · 1,004 enrolled
Safety Score 4.98
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford
Bradford, PA · 1,009 enrolled
Safety Score 4.96
Closest by National Rank
Transylvania University (national rank #1276) sits near Montana State University (#1275) and Middle Georgia State University (#1277) 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 Transylvania 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)
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA · 1,006 enrolled
Safety score 1.99
Beloit College
Beloit, WI · 1,004 enrolled
Safety score 4.98
Cleary University
Howell, MI · 1,004 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford
Bradford, PA · 1,009 enrolled
Safety score 4.96
Harris-Stowe State University
Saint Louis, MO · 1,002 enrolled
Safety score 9.98
Plaza College
Forest Hills, NY · 1,002 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
College of the Marshall Islands
Majuro, MH · 1,011 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Goldey-Beacom College
Wilmington, DE · 1,001 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT · 17,135 enrolled
Safety score 2.98
Middle Georgia State University
Macon, GA · 8,363 enrolled
Safety score 2.99
Alfred University
Alfred, NY · 2,007 enrolled
Safety score 2.99
Gwynedd Mercy University
Gwynedd Valley, PA · 2,017 enrolled
Safety score 2.97
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC · 38,464 enrolled
Safety score 2.99
Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Mount Vernon, OH · 1,671 enrolled
Safety score 2.99
Chapman University
Orange, CA · 9,760 enrolled
Safety score 2.97
North Central College
Naperville, IL · 3,003 enrolled
Safety score 3.00
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Transylvania University safe?
Transylvania University has a safety score of 2.98 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,276 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Southwestern Law School (1.99/1k). Same-state same-level set: Kentucky Wesleyan College (0.00/1k); Brescia University (8.70/1k); Union Commonwealth University (0.00/1k); Georgetown College (0.74/1k); Centre College (10.68/1k); Alice Lloyd College (1.70/1k); Kentucky Christian University (7.27/1k); Beckfield College-Florence (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Transylvania University?
For calendar year 2024, Transylvania University reported Fondling (2) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Transylvania University compare to similar schools?
Transylvania University reports 25% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Southwestern Law School. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Southwestern Law School (1.99/1k); Lincoln Technical Institute-East Windsor (0.00/1k); Cleary University (0.00/1k); Beloit College (4.98/1k); University of Pittsburgh-Bradford (4.96/1k). Same-state same-level set: Kentucky Wesleyan College (0.00/1k); Brescia University (8.70/1k); Union Commonwealth University (0.00/1k); Georgetown College (0.74/1k); Centre College (10.68/1k); Alice Lloyd College (1.70/1k); Kentucky Christian University (7.27/1k); Beckfield College-Florence (0.00/1k).
Does Transylvania University have fire safety data?
Yes. Transylvania 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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