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University of North Carolina School of the Arts
5.40 incidents / 1,000 students
Winston Salem, NC · Clery Act 2024 · Public
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Across 2022–2024, University of North Carolina School of the Arts reported 16 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: Mars Hill University.
- 5.40
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,654
- Rank of 2,072
- #91
- NC rank
- 1,111
- Enrolled students
5.40 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
University of North Carolina School of the Arts reports 5.40 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 114% above Hendrix College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Hendrix College (3.60/1k); Mars Hill University (4.50/1k); Marietta College (3.61/1k); Lake Erie College (0.90/1k); Suncoast Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Mars Hill University (4.50/1k); Guilford College (0.00/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte (4.22/1k); Barton College (2.43/1k); Greensboro College (8.27/1k); Shaw University (31.12/1k); Montreat College (1.04/1k); Livingstone College (5.34/1k). 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
- 5.40
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,654
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 80%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 2
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 199184 · University of North Carolina 5.40/1k score rate · #1,654/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HIGH 5.40/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,654/2,072
- ST-MID #91 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Mars Hill University · +0.90
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 33%
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-SMALL 1,111
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Mars Hill University (-0.90/1k)
University of North Carolina School of the Arts sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Mars Hill 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-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Mars Hill University (-0.90/1k). National rank #1,654 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 North Carolina School of the Arts reports 5.40 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 114% above Hendrix College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Hendrix College (3.60/1k); Mars Hill University (4.50/1k); Marietta College (3.61/1k); Lake Erie College (0.90/1k); Suncoast Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Mars Hill University (4.50/1k); Guilford College (0.00/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte (4.22/1k); Barton College (2.43/1k); Greensboro College (8.27/1k); Shaw University (31.12/1k); Montreat College (1.04/1k); Livingstone College (5.34/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around University of North
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest University on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Suncoast Technical College · lowest peer 0
Suncoast Technical College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Hendrix College · near
Hendrix College — near
3.6 per 1,000 students
- Marietta College · near
Marietta College — near
3.61 per 1,000 students
- Mars Hill University · near
Mars Hill University — near
4.5 per 1,000 students
- University of North Carolina · this campus · highest
University of North Carolina School of the Arts — this campus · highest
5.4 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around University of North Carolina School of the Arts's 5.40/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
University of North Carolina School of the Arts decreased from 11 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 NC 4-year peers in this comparison, University of North Carolina School of the Arts is larger than 69% and safer-reporting than 36% - 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 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- University of North Caroli…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood Theological Seminary | 115 | 0.00 | 0 | 64 |
| Watts College of Nursing | 124 | 0.00 | 3 | 64 |
| Mid-Atlantic Christian University | 140 | 0.00 | 6 | 64 |
| Saint Augustine's University | 175 | 0.00 | 8 | 64 |
| Bennett College | 180 | 11.11 | 11 | 11 |
| Shepherds Theological Seminary | 201 | 0.00 | 14 | 64 |
| Chamberlain University-North Carolina | 202 | 0.00 | 17 | 64 |
| Carolina College of Biblical Studies | 212 | 0.00 | 19 | 64 |
| Galen Health Institutes-Asheville | 253 | 0.00 | 22 | 64 |
| Manna University | 268 | 0.00 | 25 | 64 |
| Salem College | 549 | 12.75 | 28 | 8 |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts (this campus) | 1,111 | 5.40 | 69 | 36 |
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 North Carolina School of the Arts fell from 11 to 2 (-82%). The decrease shows up in Rape (4 to 0), Motor Vehicle Theft (3 to 0) and Fondling (4 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 North Carolina School of the Arts
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Fondling, Rape, Motor Vehicle Theft and Burglary.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, 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 onlyUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 33% (3 → 2 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Rape | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 2 | 8 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 1 | 5 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 5 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 1 | 10 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 9 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 1 | 1 |
University of North Carolina School of the Arts 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).
AR
Hendrix College
3.60 incidents / 1,000 students
NC
Mars Hill University
4.50 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where University of North Carolina School of the Arts sits on price and outcomes
At $14,906, University of North Carolina School of the Arts's reported average net price is cheaper than 52% among 145 North Carolina colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $14,086.
- $14,906
- average net price
- $14,086
- North Carolina median
- 1.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $22,007
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $3,165, while those above $110,000 record $25,172 - roughly 8.0 times as much. A published average of $14,906 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $24,537 run about 1.6 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
- $9,477
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $27,211
- Avg Net Price
- $14,906
- Median Debt
- $23,870
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 26%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 30%
- SAT Average
- 1260
- SAT Math Range
- 540-650
- ACT Average
- 25
- ACT Range
- 22-29
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 78%
- Retention Rate
- 93%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $24,537
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $38,357
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 68%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,254 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Hendrix College
Conway, AR · 1,110 enrolled
Safety Score 3.60
Mars Hill University
Mars Hill, NC · 1,110 enrolled
Safety Score 4.50
Marietta College
Marietta, OH · 1,109 enrolled
Safety Score 3.61
Lake Erie College
Painesville, OH · 1,108 enrolled
Safety Score 0.90
Suncoast Technical College
Sarasota, FL · 1,116 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (national rank #1654) sits near Indiana Institute of Technology (#1655) and Arclabs (#1653) 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 North Carolina School of the Arts, both outside NC so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Hendrix College
Conway, AR · 1,110 enrolled
Safety score 3.60
Marietta College
Marietta, OH · 1,109 enrolled
Safety score 3.61
Lake Erie College
Painesville, OH · 1,108 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
Laurus College
San Luis Obispo, CA · 1,116 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
Salus University
Elkins Park, PA · 1,106 enrolled
Safety score 0.90
Greenville University
Greenville, IL · 1,104 enrolled
Safety score 2.72
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
Shreveport, LA · 1,103 enrolled
Safety score 25.39
Spartanburg Methodist College
Spartanburg, SC · 1,119 enrolled
Safety score 14.30
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, IN · 2,770 enrolled
Safety score 5.42
Washington College
Chestertown, MD · 923 enrolled
Safety score 5.42
Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD · 2,210 enrolled
Safety score 5.43
Ozark Christian College
Joplin, MO · 736 enrolled
Safety score 5.43
Mercer University
Macon, GA · 9,196 enrolled
Safety score 5.44
Flagler College
Saint Augustine, FL · 2,425 enrolled
Safety score 5.36
Bradley University
Peoria, IL · 4,777 enrolled
Safety score 5.44
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN · 13,042 enrolled
Safety score 5.44
Frequently Asked Questions
Is University of North Carolina School of the Arts safe?
University of North Carolina School of the Arts has a safety score of 5.40 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,654 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Hendrix College (3.60/1k). Same-state same-level set: Mars Hill University (4.50/1k); Guilford College (0.00/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte (4.22/1k); Barton College (2.43/1k); Greensboro College (8.27/1k); Shaw University (31.12/1k); Montreat College (1.04/1k); Livingstone College (5.34/1k).
What crimes are reported at University of North Carolina School of the Arts?
For calendar year 2024, University of North Carolina School of the Arts 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 University of North Carolina School of the Arts compare to similar schools?
University of North Carolina School of the Arts reports 114% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Hendrix College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Hendrix College (3.60/1k); Mars Hill University (4.50/1k); Marietta College (3.61/1k); Lake Erie College (0.90/1k); Suncoast Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Mars Hill University (4.50/1k); Guilford College (0.00/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte (4.22/1k); Barton College (2.43/1k); Greensboro College (8.27/1k); Shaw University (31.12/1k); Montreat College (1.04/1k); Livingstone College (5.34/1k).
Does University of North Carolina School of the Arts have fire safety data?
Yes. University of North Carolina School of the Arts 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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