WV
University of Charleston
0.65 incidents / 1,000 students
Charleston, WV · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
University of Charleston
Across 2022–2024, University of Charleston reported 5 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: West Virginia State University.
- 0.65
- Incidents / 1k students
- #431
- Rank of 2,072
- #13
- WV rank
- 3,062
- Enrolled students
0.65 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
University of Charleston reports 0.65 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 77% below Toccoa Falls College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Toccoa Falls College (0.00/1k); Wenatchee Valley College (0.98/1k); SUNY College of Technology at Delhi (3.60/1k); University of North Carolina Asheville (8.84/1k); University of St Francis (0.65/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); Fairmont State University (3.03/1k); Shepherd University (1.50/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k); Concord University (4.63/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k); Bluefield State University (7.62/1k). 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
- 0.65
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #431
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 79%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 2
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 237312 · University of Charleston 0.65/1k score rate · #431/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-QUIET 0.65/1k
- RANK-UPPER #431/2,072
- ST-MID #13 in state
- PEER-FINISH University of St Francis · ±0.00
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 33%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 3,062
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: University of St Francis (-0.00/1k)
University of Charleston sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer University of St Francis. 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-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is University of St Francis (-0.00/1k). National rank #431 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
University of Charleston reports 0.65 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 77% below Toccoa Falls College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Toccoa Falls College (0.00/1k); Wenatchee Valley College (0.98/1k); SUNY College of Technology at Delhi (3.60/1k); University of North Carolina Asheville (8.84/1k); University of St Francis (0.65/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); Fairmont State University (3.03/1k); Shepherd University (1.50/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k); Concord University (4.63/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k); Bluefield State University (7.62/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around University of Charleston
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest University on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Toccoa Falls College · lowest peer 0
Toccoa Falls College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- University of Charleston · this campus 0.65
University of Charleston — this campus
0.65 per 1,000 students
- University of St Francis · near 0.65
University of St Francis — near
0.65 per 1,000 students
- Wenatchee Valley College · near 0.98
Wenatchee Valley College — near
0.98 per 1,000 students
- University of North Carolina · highest peer
University of North Carolina Asheville — highest peer
8.84 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around University of Charleston's 0.65/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
University of Charleston increased from 0 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 25 WV 4-year peers in this comparison, University of Charleston is larger than 75% and safer-reporting than 71% - 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.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- University of Charleston: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future Generations University | 48 | 0.00 | 0 | 75 |
| West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition | 64 | 328.13 | 4 | 0 |
| Appalachian Bible College | 223 | 0.00 | 8 | 75 |
| Bethany College | 640 | 21.88 | 13 | 4 |
| Davis & Elkins College | 661 | 7.56 | 17 | 17 |
| West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown | 673 | 0.00 | 21 | 75 |
| Valley College-Martinsburg | 765 | 0.00 | 25 | 75 |
| Wheeling University | 774 | 2.58 | 29 | 50 |
| West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine | 835 | 0.00 | 33 | 75 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan College | 1,055 | 13.27 | 38 | 8 |
| Potomac State College of West Virginia University | 1,077 | 5.57 | 42 | 25 |
| University of Charleston (this campus) | 3,062 | 0.65 | 75 | 71 |
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 University of Charleston rose from 0 to 2. The increase shows up in Rape (0 to 2).
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 University of Charleston
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Rape and Aggravated Assault.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Fondling, Incest and Motor Vehicle Theft. 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 onlyUniversity of Charleston: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 33% (3 → 2 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rape | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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
18 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 36 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 5 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 31 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 70 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
University of Charleston 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).
GA
Toccoa Falls College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
WA
Wenatchee Valley College
0.98 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where University of Charleston sits on price and outcomes
At $22,107, University of Charleston's reported average net price is cheaper than 93% among 60 West Virginia colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $9,988.
- $22,107
- average net price
- $9,988
- West Virginia median
- 2.2×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $2,368
- reported income-bracket spread
Price barely responds to income at this institution. Families under $30,000 report $21,427 and those above $110,000 report $23,795, a difference of just $2,368. 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 $42,698 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
- $33,800
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $33,800
- Avg Net Price
- $22,107
- Median Debt
- $19,500
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 31%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 62%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 46%
- Retention Rate
- 75%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $42,698
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $55,774
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 69%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,247 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Toccoa Falls College
Toccoa Falls, GA · 3,067 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Wenatchee Valley College
Wenatchee, WA · 3,067 enrolled
Safety Score 0.98
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
Delhi, NY · 3,056 enrolled
Safety Score 3.60
University of North Carolina Asheville
Asheville, NC · 3,056 enrolled
Safety Score 8.84
University of St Francis
Joliet, IL · 3,074 enrolled
Safety Score 0.65
Closest by National Rank
University of Charleston (national rank #431) sits near Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center (#430) and Pennsylvania College of Technology (#432) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center
West Des Moines, IA
National Rank #430
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Williamsport, PA
National Rank #432
College of Eastern Idaho
Idaho Falls, ID
National Rank #433
University of St Francis
Joliet, IL
National Rank #429
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
National Rank #434
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for University of Charleston, both outside WV so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Toccoa Falls College
Toccoa Falls, GA · 3,067 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Wenatchee Valley College
Wenatchee, WA · 3,067 enrolled
Safety score 0.98
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
Delhi, NY · 3,056 enrolled
Safety score 3.60
University of North Carolina Asheville
Asheville, NC · 3,056 enrolled
Safety score 8.84
University of St Francis
Joliet, IL · 3,074 enrolled
Safety score 0.65
Rollins College
Winter Park, FL · 3,046 enrolled
Safety score 13.13
Indiana University-Northwest
Gary, IN · 3,041 enrolled
Safety score 0.33
Faulkner University
Montgomery, AL · 3,086 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center
West Des Moines, IA · 1,534 enrolled
Safety score 0.65
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Williamsport, PA · 4,575 enrolled
Safety score 0.66
Cedarville University
Cedarville, OH · 6,318 enrolled
Safety score 0.63
Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA · 4,454 enrolled
Safety score 0.67
Aurora University
Aurora, IL · 5,923 enrolled
Safety score 0.68
Central Ohio Technical College
Newark, OH · 3,182 enrolled
Safety score 0.63
University of Missouri-St Louis
Saint Louis, MO · 14,736 enrolled
Safety score 0.68
Frequently Asked Questions
Is University of Charleston safe?
University of Charleston has a safety score of 0.65 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #431 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Toccoa Falls College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); Fairmont State University (3.03/1k); Shepherd University (1.50/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k); Concord University (4.63/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k); Bluefield State University (7.62/1k).
What crimes are reported at University of Charleston?
For calendar year 2024, University of Charleston reported Rape (2) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does University of Charleston compare to similar schools?
University of Charleston reports 77% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Toccoa Falls College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Toccoa Falls College (0.00/1k); Wenatchee Valley College (0.98/1k); SUNY College of Technology at Delhi (3.60/1k); University of North Carolina Asheville (8.84/1k); University of St Francis (0.65/1k). Same-state same-level set: West Virginia State University (4.00/1k); Fairmont State University (3.03/1k); Shepherd University (1.50/1k); West Virginia University at Parkersburg (0.00/1k); West Liberty University (2.61/1k); Concord University (4.63/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k); Bluefield State University (7.62/1k).
Does University of Charleston have fire safety data?
Yes. University of Charleston 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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