TN
Tusculum University
3.63 incidents / 1,000 students
Greeneville, TN · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Tusculum University
Across 2022–2024, Tusculum University reported 11 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: Maryville College.
- 3.63
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,417
- Rank of 2,072
- #63
- TN rank
- 1,103
- Enrolled students
3.63 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Tusculum University reports 3.63 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 44% below Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (25.39/1k); Greenville University (2.72/1k); Graceland University-Lamoni (4.54/1k); Northwestern Health Sciences University (0.00/1k); Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Maryville College (8.80/1k); Fisk University (10.39/1k); King University (5.19/1k); The University of Tennessee Southern (4.78/1k); Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus (0.00/1k); Tennessee Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); Meharry Medical College (3.26/1k); Johnson University (4.09/1k). 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
- 3.63
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,417
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 68%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 221953 · Tusculum University 3.63/1k score rate · #1,417/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HIGH 3.63/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,417/2,072
- ST-MID #63 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Greenville University · +0.91
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 86%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 1,103
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Greenville University (-0.91/1k)
Tusculum University sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Greenville University. 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 · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Greenville University (-0.91/1k). National rank #1,417 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Tusculum University reports 3.63 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 44% below Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (25.39/1k); Greenville University (2.72/1k); Graceland University-Lamoni (4.54/1k); Northwestern Health Sciences University (0.00/1k); Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Maryville College (8.80/1k); Fisk University (10.39/1k); King University (5.19/1k); The University of Tennessee Southern (4.78/1k); Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus (0.00/1k); Tennessee Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); Meharry Medical College (3.26/1k); Johnson University (4.09/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Tusculum University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Tusculum on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Northwestern Health Sciences University · lowest peer 0
Northwestern Health Sciences University — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Greenville University · near 2.72
Greenville University — near
2.72 per 1,000 students
- Tusculum University · this campus 3.63
Tusculum University — this campus
3.63 per 1,000 students
- Graceland University-Lamoni · near 4.54
Graceland University-Lamoni — near
4.54 per 1,000 students
- Louisiana State University Health · highest peer
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport — highest peer
25.39 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Tusculum University's 3.63/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Tusculum University decreased from 3 to 1 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 TN 4-year peers in this comparison, Tusculum University is larger than 53% and safer-reporting than 42% - 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 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Tusculum University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-South Christian College | 32 | 31.25 | 0 | 3 |
| American Baptist College | 46 | 0.00 | 3 | 69 |
| Williamson Christian College | 64 | 0.00 | 6 | 69 |
| Visible Music College | 89 | 89.89 | 8 | 0 |
| Memphis Theological Seminary | 157 | 0.00 | 11 | 69 |
| Herzing University-Nashville | 201 | 0.00 | 14 | 69 |
| Nossi College of Art and Design | 247 | 4.05 | 17 | 33 |
| Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia Inc | 319 | 0.00 | 19 | 69 |
| Richmont Graduate University | 329 | 0.00 | 22 | 69 |
| Welch College | 389 | 0.00 | 25 | 69 |
| Pentecostal Theological Seminary | 517 | 0.00 | 28 | 69 |
| Tusculum University (this campus) | 1,103 | 3.63 | 53 | 42 |
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 Tusculum University fell from 3 to 1 (-67%). The decrease shows up in 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 Tusculum University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Arson and Motor Vehicle Theft. Burglary accounts for most of them.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, 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 onlyTusculum University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 86% (7 → 1 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 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 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 9 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 5 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 7 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 7 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
Tusculum 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).
LA
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
25.39 incidents / 1,000 students
IL
Greenville University
2.72 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Tusculum University sits on price and outcomes
At $21,131, Tusculum University's reported average net price is cheaper than 76% among 124 Tennessee colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $15,269.
- $21,131
- average net price
- $15,269
- Tennessee median
- 1.7×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $4,797
- reported income-bracket spread
Price barely responds to income at this institution. Families under $30,000 report $20,766 and those above $110,000 report $25,563, a difference of just $4,797. Where the curve is this flat, need-based aid is doing little of the work and the sticker figure is close to what most families actually pay.
Six-year median earnings of $39,925 run about 1.9 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
- $29,250
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $29,250
- Avg Net Price
- $21,131
- Median Debt
- $23,250
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 46%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 72%
- ACT Average
- 22
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 28%
- Retention Rate
- 63%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $39,925
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $44,367
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 62%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,249 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
Shreveport, LA · 1,103 enrolled
Safety Score 25.39
Greenville University
Greenville, IL · 1,104 enrolled
Safety Score 2.72
Graceland University-Lamoni
Lamoni, IA · 1,102 enrolled
Safety Score 4.54
Northwestern Health Sciences University
Bloomington, MN · 1,101 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville
Nashville, TN · 1,101 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Tusculum University (national rank #1417) sits near Campbell University (#1418) and Marietta College (#1416) 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 Tusculum University, both outside TN so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
Shreveport, LA · 1,103 enrolled
Safety score 25.39
Graceland University-Lamoni
Lamoni, IA · 1,102 enrolled
Safety score 4.54
Greenville University
Greenville, IL · 1,104 enrolled
Safety score 2.72
Northwestern Health Sciences University
Bloomington, MN · 1,101 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Covenant College
Lookout Mountain, GA · 1,100 enrolled
Safety score 7.27
Salus University
Elkins Park, PA · 1,106 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
The Chicago School at Chicago
Chicago, IL · 1,100 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Lake Erie College
Painesville, OH · 1,108 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Campbell University
Buies Creek, NC · 4,963 enrolled
Safety score 3.63
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL · 6,332 enrolled
Safety score 3.63
Simmons University
Boston, MA · 4,666 enrolled
Safety score 3.64
Virginia Union University
Richmond, VA · 1,646 enrolled
Safety score 3.65
Marietta College
Marietta, OH · 1,109 enrolled
Safety score 3.61
Cairn University-Langhorne
Langhorne, PA · 1,097 enrolled
Safety score 3.65
University of North Texas
Denton, TX · 46,864 enrolled
Safety score 3.61
Hendrix College
Conway, AR · 1,110 enrolled
Safety score 3.60
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Tusculum University safe?
Tusculum University has a safety score of 3.63 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,417 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (25.39/1k). Same-state same-level set: Maryville College (8.80/1k); Fisk University (10.39/1k); King University (5.19/1k); The University of Tennessee Southern (4.78/1k); Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus (0.00/1k); Tennessee Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); Meharry Medical College (3.26/1k); Johnson University (4.09/1k).
What crimes are reported at Tusculum University?
For calendar year 2024, Tusculum University reported Burglary (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Tusculum University compare to similar schools?
Tusculum University reports 44% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (25.39/1k); Greenville University (2.72/1k); Graceland University-Lamoni (4.54/1k); Northwestern Health Sciences University (0.00/1k); Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Maryville College (8.80/1k); Fisk University (10.39/1k); King University (5.19/1k); The University of Tennessee Southern (4.78/1k); Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus (0.00/1k); Tennessee Wesleyan University (0.00/1k); Meharry Medical College (3.26/1k); Johnson University (4.09/1k).
Does Tusculum University have fire safety data?
Yes. Tusculum 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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