ND
University of Jamestown
8.72 incidents / 1,000 students
Jamestown, ND · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
University of Jamestown
Across 2022–2024, University of Jamestown reported 24 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Fondling). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Dickinson State University.
- 8.72
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,887
- Rank of 2,072
- #14
- ND rank
- 1,376
- Enrolled students
8.72 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
University of Jamestown reports 8.72 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 400% above Fort Scott Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Fort Scott Community College (0.73/1k); Catawba College (6.54/1k); Institute of Technology (1.45/1k); Porter & Chester Institute (0.00/1k); UEI College-Chula Vista (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Turtle Mountain Community College (0.00/1k); United Tribes Technical College (34.72/1k); Sitting Bull College (0.00/1k); Trinity Bible College and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 8.72
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,887
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 91%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 8
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 200156 · University of Jamestown 8.72/1k score rate · #1,887/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HOT 8.72/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,887/2,072
- ST-MID #14 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Catawba College · +2.18
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 11%
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-SMALL 1,376
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Catawba College (-2.18/1k)
University of Jamestown sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Catawba 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-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Catawba College (-2.18/1k). National rank #1,887 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 Jamestown reports 8.72 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 400% above Fort Scott Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Fort Scott Community College (0.73/1k); Catawba College (6.54/1k); Institute of Technology (1.45/1k); Porter & Chester Institute (0.00/1k); UEI College-Chula Vista (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Turtle Mountain Community College (0.00/1k); United Tribes Technical College (34.72/1k); Sitting Bull College (0.00/1k); Trinity Bible College and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around University of Jamestown
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest University on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Porter & Chester Institute · lowest peer 0
Porter & Chester Institute — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Fort Scott Community College · near 0.73
Fort Scott Community College — near
0.73 per 1,000 students
- Institute of Technology · near 1.45
Institute of Technology — near
1.45 per 1,000 students
- Catawba College · near
Catawba College — near
6.54 per 1,000 students
- University of Jamestown · this campus · highest
University of Jamestown — this campus · highest
8.72 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around University of Jamestown's 8.72/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
University of Jamestown increased from 7 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 15 ND 4-year peers in this comparison, University of Jamestown is larger than 50% and safer-reporting than 7% - 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- 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) 57
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- University of Jamestown: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmussen University-North Dakota | 52 | 0.00 | 0 | 71 |
| Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College | 233 | 0.00 | 7 | 71 |
| Trinity Bible College and Graduate School | 275 | 0.00 | 14 | 71 |
| Sitting Bull College | 309 | 0.00 | 21 | 71 |
| United Tribes Technical College | 576 | 34.72 | 29 | 0 |
| Turtle Mountain Community College | 872 | 0.00 | 36 | 71 |
| Mayville State University | 1,134 | 0.88 | 43 | 64 |
| University of Jamestown (this campus) | 1,376 | 8.72 | 50 | 7 |
| Dickinson State University | 1,410 | 1.42 | 57 | 50 |
| Valley City State University | 1,806 | 1.66 | 64 | 36 |
| Minot State University | 2,751 | 2.54 | 71 | 14 |
| University of Mary | 3,861 | 1.55 | 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 University of Jamestown rose from 7 to 8 (+14%). The increase shows up in Burglary (0 to 4). Falling over the same period: Rape (3 to 1) and Fondling (2 to 1).
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 Jamestown
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Fondling, Rape, Aggravated Assault, Burglary and Motor Vehicle Theft.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter 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 onlyUniversity of Jamestown: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 11% (9 → 8 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Rape | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Aggravated Assault | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Burglary | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 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 | 16 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 49 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 1 | 7 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 114 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 10 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 4 | 49 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
University of Jamestown 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).
KS
Fort Scott Community College
0.73 incidents / 1,000 students
NC
Catawba College
6.54 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where University of Jamestown sits on price and outcomes
At $19,567, University of Jamestown's reported average net price is cheaper than 92% among 24 North Dakota colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $12,773.
- $19,567
- average net price
- $12,773
- North Dakota median
- 1.9×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $6,660
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $14,788 for families reporting under $30,000 against $21,448 above $110,000, a difference of $6,660. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $19,567 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $51,151, roughly 2.6 times a year of net price. That is a workable ratio, though it says nothing about how long the programme takes to finish.
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
- $24,990
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $24,990
- Avg Net Price
- $19,567
- Median Debt
- $27,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 26%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 88%
- ACT Average
- 21
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 47%
- Retention Rate
- 67%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $51,151
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $56,621
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 90%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,271 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Fort Scott Community College
Fort Scott, KS · 1,376 enrolled
Safety Score 0.73
Catawba College
Salisbury, NC · 1,376 enrolled
Safety Score 6.54
Institute of Technology
Clovis, CA · 1,377 enrolled
Safety Score 1.45
Porter & Chester Institute
Bridgeport, CT · 1,373 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
UEI College-Chula Vista
Chula Vista, CA · 1,373 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
University of Jamestown (national rank #1887) sits near Azusa Pacific University (#1888) and Willamette University (#1886) 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 University of Jamestown, both outside ND so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Catawba College
Salisbury, NC · 1,376 enrolled
Safety score 6.54
Albright College
Reading, PA · 1,380 enrolled
Safety score 2.90
Luther College
Decorah, IA · 1,384 enrolled
Safety score 5.06
Strayer University-Pennsylvania
Trevose, PA · 1,384 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Roseman University of Health Sciences
Henderson, NV · 1,367 enrolled
Safety score 1.46
Geneva College
Beaver Falls, PA · 1,366 enrolled
Safety score 2.20
Keuka College
Keuka Park, NY · 1,366 enrolled
Safety score 19.03
Belmont Abbey College
Belmont, NC · 1,388 enrolled
Safety score 5.76
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Willamette University
Salem, OR · 2,180 enrolled
Safety score 8.72
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Durham, NH · 13,554 enrolled
Safety score 8.71
Brescia University
Owensboro, KY · 690 enrolled
Safety score 8.70
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA · 6,272 enrolled
Safety score 8.77
Augustana University
Sioux Falls, SD · 2,390 enrolled
Safety score 8.79
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston, TX · 3,241 enrolled
Safety score 8.64
Maryville College
Maryville, TN · 1,136 enrolled
Safety score 8.80
Grand View University
Des Moines, IA · 1,856 enrolled
Safety score 8.62
Frequently Asked Questions
Is University of Jamestown safe?
University of Jamestown has a safety score of 8.72 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,887 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Fort Scott Community College (0.73/1k). Same-state same-level set: Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Turtle Mountain Community College (0.00/1k); United Tribes Technical College (34.72/1k); Sitting Bull College (0.00/1k); Trinity Bible College and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at University of Jamestown?
For calendar year 2024, University of Jamestown reported Burglary (4), Aggravated Assault (2), Fondling (1) and Rape (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does University of Jamestown compare to similar schools?
University of Jamestown reports 400% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Fort Scott Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Fort Scott Community College (0.73/1k); Catawba College (6.54/1k); Institute of Technology (1.45/1k); Porter & Chester Institute (0.00/1k); UEI College-Chula Vista (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Turtle Mountain Community College (0.00/1k); United Tribes Technical College (34.72/1k); Sitting Bull College (0.00/1k); Trinity Bible College and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (0.00/1k).
Does University of Jamestown have fire safety data?
Yes. University of Jamestown 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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