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University of North Dakota
1.80 incidents / 1,000 students
Grand Forks, ND · Clery Act 2024 · Public
University of North Dakota
Across 2022–2024, University of North Dakota reported 60 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: North Dakota State University-Main Campus.
- 1.80
- Incidents / 1k students
- #971
- Rank of 2,072
- #10
- ND rank
- 15,019
- Enrolled students
1.80 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
University of North Dakota reports 1.80 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 45% below Arapahoe Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Arapahoe Community College (0.20/1k); University of Nebraska at Omaha (2.00/1k); Chandler-Gilbert Community College (0.20/1k); Howard University (2.22/1k); Emory University (11.86/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes North Dakota State University-Main Campus (2.09/1k); Bismarck State College (0.95/1k); University of Mary (1.55/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k). 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
- 1.80
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #971
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 53%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 18
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 200280 · University of North Dakota 1.80/1k score rate · #971/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-LOW 1.80/1k
- RANK-MID #971/2,072
- ST-UPPER #10 in state
- BELOW-PEER University of Nebraska at · 0.21 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 5%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-MID 15,019
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: University of Nebraska at Omaha (+0.21/1k)
University of North Dakota sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO · peer University of Nebraska at Omaha. 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-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is University of Nebraska at Omaha (+0.21/1k). National rank #971 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 Dakota reports 1.80 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 45% below Arapahoe Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Arapahoe Community College (0.20/1k); University of Nebraska at Omaha (2.00/1k); Chandler-Gilbert Community College (0.20/1k); Howard University (2.22/1k); Emory University (11.86/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes North Dakota State University-Main Campus (2.09/1k); Bismarck State College (0.95/1k); University of Mary (1.55/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around University of North
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest University on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Chandler-Gilbert Community College · lowest peer 0.2
Chandler-Gilbert Community College — lowest peer
0.2 per 1,000 students
- Arapahoe Community College · near 0.2
Arapahoe Community College — near
0.2 per 1,000 students
- University of North Dakota · this campus 1.8
University of North Dakota — this campus
1.8 per 1,000 students
- University of Nebraska at · near 2
University of Nebraska at Omaha — near
2 per 1,000 students
- Howard University · near 2.22
Howard University — near
2.22 per 1,000 students
- Emory University · highest peer
Emory University — highest peer
11.86 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around University of North Dakota's 1.80/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
University of North Dakota decreased from 23 to 18 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 North Dakota is larger than 100% and safer-reporting than 29% - 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 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 43
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- University of North Dakota: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
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| 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 | 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 North Dakota (this campus) | 15,019 | 1.80 | 100 | 29 |
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.
Enrollment scale
How campus size shapes the safety figures
With 15,019 enrolled students, University of North Dakota is the 310th largest of the 5,585 institutions in this dataset with a reported enrollment, ahead of 5,275 of them. Closest same-state same-level scored peers by enrollment: North Dakota State University-Main Campus (2.09/1k); Bismarck State College (0.95/1k); University of Mary (1.55/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k). The score above normalizes 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students, so compare it with similarly sized campuses instead of treating a higher raw count as evidence that a campus is less safe (Arapahoe Community College is the nearest similar-enrollment comparison on this profile).
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at University of North Dakota fell from 23 to 18 (-22%). The increase shows up in Motor Vehicle Theft (0 to 9). Falling over the same period: Burglary (9 to 1), Rape (9 to 4) and Fondling (4 to 3).
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 Dakota
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Burglary, Fondling, Motor Vehicle Theft and Aggravated Assault.
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 North Dakota: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 5% (19 → 18 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 19 |
| 2023 | 23 |
| 2024 | 18 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Burglary | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Fondling | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 1 | 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
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 7 | 12 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 30 | 127 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 6 | 16 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 4 | 122 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 17 | 15 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 19 | 100 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
University of North Dakota 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).
CO
Arapahoe Community College
0.20 incidents / 1,000 students
NE
University of Nebraska at Omaha
2.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where University of North Dakota sits on price and outcomes
At $18,551, University of North Dakota's reported average net price is cheaper than 79% among 24 North Dakota colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $12,773.
- $18,551
- average net price
- $12,773
- North Dakota median
- 2.5×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $7,604
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $13,126 for families reporting under $30,000 against $20,730 above $110,000, a difference of $7,604. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $18,551 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $54,588, roughly 2.9 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
- $10,951
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $15,570
- Avg Net Price
- $18,551
- Median Debt
- $22,057
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 17%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 77%
- ACT Average
- 23
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 62%
- Retention Rate
- 84%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $54,588
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $63,552
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 88%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 607 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Arapahoe Community College
Littleton, CO · 15,012 enrolled
Safety Score 0.20
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE · 14,972 enrolled
Safety Score 2.00
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Chandler, AZ · 15,085 enrolled
Safety Score 0.20
Howard University
Washington, DC · 14,890 enrolled
Safety Score 2.22
Emory University
Atlanta, GA · 15,175 enrolled
Safety Score 11.86
Closest by National Rank
University of North Dakota (national rank #971) sits near Ball State University (#972) and Chamberlain University-Virginia (#970) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
National Rank #972
Chamberlain University-Virginia
Vienna, VA
National Rank #970
East Central Community College
Decatur, MS
National Rank #969
Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate, TN
National Rank #973
William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ
National Rank #974
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for University of North Dakota, 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)
Arapahoe Community College
Littleton, CO · 15,012 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE · 14,972 enrolled
Safety score 2.00
Howard University
Washington, DC · 14,890 enrolled
Safety score 2.22
Emory University
Atlanta, GA · 15,175 enrolled
Safety score 11.86
California State University-Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA · 15,182 enrolled
Safety score 4.22
University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL · 14,822 enrolled
Safety score 1.21
California State University-Chico
Chico, CA · 15,257 enrolled
Safety score 2.16
Minnesota State University-Mankato
Mankato, MN · 15,271 enrolled
Safety score 1.77
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Chamberlain University-Virginia
Vienna, VA · 557 enrolled
Safety score 1.80
The University of Findlay
Findlay, OH · 5,016 enrolled
Safety score 1.79
Ball State University
Muncie, IN · 21,089 enrolled
Safety score 1.80
Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate, TN · 6,081 enrolled
Safety score 1.81
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR · 33,610 enrolled
Safety score 1.79
William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ · 9,942 enrolled
Safety score 1.81
Clarkson College
Omaha, NE · 1,121 enrolled
Safety score 1.78
Vanguard University of Southern California
Costa Mesa, CA · 2,246 enrolled
Safety score 1.78
Frequently Asked Questions
Is University of North Dakota safe?
University of North Dakota has a safety score of 1.80 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #971 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Arapahoe Community College (0.20/1k). Same-state same-level set: North Dakota State University-Main Campus (2.09/1k); Bismarck State College (0.95/1k); University of Mary (1.55/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k).
What crimes are reported at University of North Dakota?
For calendar year 2024, University of North Dakota reported Motor Vehicle Theft (9), Rape (4), Fondling (3), Aggravated Assault (1) and Burglary (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 North Dakota compare to similar schools?
University of North Dakota reports 45% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Arapahoe Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Arapahoe Community College (0.20/1k); University of Nebraska at Omaha (2.00/1k); Chandler-Gilbert Community College (0.20/1k); Howard University (2.22/1k); Emory University (11.86/1k). Same-state same-level set: North Dakota State University-Main Campus (2.09/1k); Bismarck State College (0.95/1k); University of Mary (1.55/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); Valley City State University (1.66/1k); Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k).
Does University of North Dakota have fire safety data?
Yes. University of North Dakota 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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