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University of Rhode Island
1.22 incidents / 1,000 students
Kingston, RI · Clery Act 2024 · Public
University of Rhode Island
Across 2022–2024, University of Rhode Island reported 46 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: Brown University.
- 1.22
- Incidents / 1k students
- #742
- Rank of 2,072
- #5
- RI rank
- 17,210
- Enrolled students
1.22 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
University of Rhode Island reports 1.22 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 34% below Diablo Valley College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Diablo Valley College (0.35/1k); West Chester University of Pennsylvania (2.50/1k); Montana State University (2.98/1k); St Philip's College (0.29/1k); Rochester Institute of Technology (3.10/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Brown University (5.10/1k); Rhode Island College (2.27/1k); Providence College (3.86/1k); Roger Williams University (5.75/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Providence (5.35/1k); Bryant University (3.30/1k); Salve Regina University (3.58/1k); Rhode Island School of Design (19.05/1k). 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
- 1.22
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #742
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 64%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 13
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 217484 · University of Rhode Island 1.22/1k score rate · #742/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-LOW 1.22/1k
- RANK-MID #742/2,072
- ST-UPPER #5 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Diablo Valley College · +0.87
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 28%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-MID 17,210
- FIRE-REPORT 3 fires
Nearest enrollment peer: Diablo Valley College (-0.87/1k)
University of Rhode Island sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-REPORT · peer Diablo Valley 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-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Diablo Valley College (-0.87/1k). National rank #742 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 Rhode Island reports 1.22 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 34% below Diablo Valley College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Diablo Valley College (0.35/1k); West Chester University of Pennsylvania (2.50/1k); Montana State University (2.98/1k); St Philip's College (0.29/1k); Rochester Institute of Technology (3.10/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Brown University (5.10/1k); Rhode Island College (2.27/1k); Providence College (3.86/1k); Roger Williams University (5.75/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Providence (5.35/1k); Bryant University (3.30/1k); Salve Regina University (3.58/1k); Rhode Island School of Design (19.05/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around University of Rhode
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest University on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- St Philip's College · lowest peer 0.29
St Philip's College — lowest peer
0.29 per 1,000 students
- Diablo Valley College · near 0.35
Diablo Valley College — near
0.35 per 1,000 students
- University of Rhode Island · this campus 1.22
University of Rhode Island — this campus
1.22 per 1,000 students
- West Chester University of · near
West Chester University of Pennsylvania — near
2.5 per 1,000 students
- Rochester Institute of Technology · highest peer
Rochester Institute of Technology — highest peer
3.1 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around University of Rhode Island's 1.22/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
University of Rhode Island decreased from 15 to 13 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 12 RI 4-year peers in this comparison, University of Rhode Island is larger than 100% and safer-reporting than 82% - 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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 91, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 82, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 73
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 73, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 45
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 18
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 55, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 27
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 45, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 55
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 27, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 9
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 18, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 91
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 9, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 91
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- University of Rhode Island: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 82
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Williams University School of Law | 484 | 47.52 | 0 | 0 |
| College Unbound | 494 | 0.00 | 9 | 91 |
| New England Institute of Technology | 1,922 | 0.00 | 18 | 91 |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 2,520 | 19.05 | 27 | 9 |
| Salve Regina University | 2,791 | 3.58 | 36 | 55 |
| Bryant University | 3,636 | 3.30 | 45 | 64 |
| Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 4,303 | 5.35 | 55 | 27 |
| Roger Williams University | 4,350 | 5.75 | 64 | 18 |
| Providence College | 4,666 | 3.86 | 73 | 45 |
| Rhode Island College | 6,155 | 2.27 | 82 | 73 |
| Brown University | 11,956 | 5.10 | 91 | 36 |
| University of Rhode Island (this campus) | 17,210 | 1.22 | 100 | 82 |
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 17,210 enrolled students, University of Rhode Island is the 258th largest of the 5,585 institutions in this dataset with a reported enrollment, ahead of 5,327 of them. Closest same-state same-level scored peers by enrollment: Brown University (5.10/1k); Rhode Island College (2.27/1k); Providence College (3.86/1k); Roger Williams University (5.75/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Providence (5.35/1k); Bryant University (3.30/1k); Salve Regina University (3.58/1k); Rhode Island School of Design (19.05/1k). 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 (Diablo Valley College is the nearest similar-enrollment comparison on this profile).
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at University of Rhode Island fell from 15 to 13 (-13%). The increase shows up in Arson (0 to 2). Falling over the same period: Fondling (2 to 0) and Rape (10 to 8).
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 Rhode Island
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Aggravated Assault, Arson, Burglary and Fondling. Rape accounts for most of them.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Incest, Motor Vehicle Theft, 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 Rhode Island: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 28% (18 → 13 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 18 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Arson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
45 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 29 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 22 | 116 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
University of Rhode Island 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).
CA
Diablo Valley College
0.35 incidents / 1,000 students
PA
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
2.50 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where University of Rhode Island sits on price and outcomes
At $21,440, University of Rhode Island's reported average net price is cheaper than 32% among 19 Rhode Island colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $25,666.
- $21,440
- average net price
- $25,666
- Rhode Island median
- 2.6×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $14,092
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $14,368, while those above $110,000 record $28,460 - roughly 2.0 times as much. A published average of $21,440 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $57,446, roughly 2.7 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
- $16,942
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $37,146
- Avg Net Price
- $21,440
- Median Debt
- $22,250
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 22%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 72%
- SAT Average
- 1160
- SAT Math Range
- 500-630
- ACT Average
- 28
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 72%
- Retention Rate
- 84%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $57,446
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $69,743
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 78%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 548 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill, CA · 17,228 enrolled
Safety Score 0.35
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA · 17,171 enrolled
Safety Score 2.50
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT · 17,135 enrolled
Safety Score 2.98
St Philip's College
San Antonio, TX · 17,299 enrolled
Safety Score 0.29
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY · 17,098 enrolled
Safety Score 3.10
Closest by National Rank
University of Rhode Island (national rank #742) sits near Alexandria Technical & Community College (#741) and Victoria College (#743) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Alexandria Technical & Community College
Alexandria, MN
National Rank #741
Victoria College
Victoria, TX
National Rank #743
University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL
National Rank #740
Mercy University
Dobbs Ferry, NY
National Rank #744
Texas A & M International University
Laredo, TX
National Rank #745
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for University of Rhode Island, both outside RI so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA · 17,171 enrolled
Safety score 2.50
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT · 17,135 enrolled
Safety score 2.98
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY · 17,098 enrolled
Safety score 3.10
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO · 17,059 enrolled
Safety score 5.22
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL · 17,384 enrolled
Safety score 2.36
Tarleton State University
Stephenville, TX · 17,433 enrolled
Safety score 1.15
Rio Hondo College
Whittier, CA · 17,441 enrolled
Safety score 0.17
Duke University
Durham, NC · 17,499 enrolled
Safety score 7.83
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Mercy University
Dobbs Ferry, NY · 8,991 enrolled
Safety score 1.22
Texas A & M International University
Laredo, TX · 8,991 enrolled
Safety score 1.22
University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL · 14,822 enrolled
Safety score 1.21
Bemidji State University
Bemidji, MN · 4,072 enrolled
Safety score 1.23
Louisiana State University-Shreveport
Shreveport, LA · 10,749 enrolled
Safety score 1.21
Menlo College
Atherton, CA · 810 enrolled
Safety score 1.23
St. Augustine College
Chicago, IL · 810 enrolled
Safety score 1.23
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX · 29,886 enrolled
Safety score 1.20
Frequently Asked Questions
Is University of Rhode Island safe?
University of Rhode Island has a safety score of 1.22 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #742 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Diablo Valley College (0.35/1k). Same-state same-level set: Brown University (5.10/1k); Rhode Island College (2.27/1k); Providence College (3.86/1k); Roger Williams University (5.75/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Providence (5.35/1k); Bryant University (3.30/1k); Salve Regina University (3.58/1k); Rhode Island School of Design (19.05/1k).
What crimes are reported at University of Rhode Island?
For calendar year 2024, University of Rhode Island reported Rape (8), Arson (2), Burglary (2) and Aggravated Assault (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 Rhode Island compare to similar schools?
University of Rhode Island reports 34% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Diablo Valley College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Diablo Valley College (0.35/1k); West Chester University of Pennsylvania (2.50/1k); Montana State University (2.98/1k); St Philip's College (0.29/1k); Rochester Institute of Technology (3.10/1k). Same-state same-level set: Brown University (5.10/1k); Rhode Island College (2.27/1k); Providence College (3.86/1k); Roger Williams University (5.75/1k); Johnson & Wales University-Providence (5.35/1k); Bryant University (3.30/1k); Salve Regina University (3.58/1k); Rhode Island School of Design (19.05/1k).
Does University of Rhode Island have fire safety data?
Yes. University of Rhode Island reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 3 fires were reported in the most recent year.
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