VT
University of Vermont
2.63 incidents / 1,000 students
Burlington, VT · Clery Act 2024 · Public
University of Vermont
Across 2022–2024, University of Vermont reported 100 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: Vermont State University.
- 2.63
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,209
- Rank of 2,072
- #5
- VT rank
- 14,476
- Enrolled students
2.63 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
University of Vermont reports 2.63 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 188% above CUNY New York City College of Technology. Similar-enrollment scored peers: CUNY New York City College of Technology (0.69/1k); Central Michigan University (3.11/1k); College of the Sequoias (0.62/1k); CUNY LaGuardia Community College (0.07/1k); Grossmont College (0.07/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Vermont State University (4.71/1k); Champlain College (2.45/1k); Norwich University (4.76/1k); Middlebury College (10.70/1k); Saint Michael's College (10.58/1k); Bennington College (63.65/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Landmark College (11.90/1k). 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
- 2.63
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,209
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 58%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 25
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 231174 · University of Vermont 2.63/1k score rate · #1,209/2,072
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-MID 2.63/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,209/2,072
- ST-UPPER #5 in state
- BELOW-PEER Central Michigan University · 0.48 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 32%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-MID 14,476
- FIRE-REPORT 3 fires
Nearest enrollment peer: Central Michigan University (+0.48/1k)
University of Vermont sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-REPORT · peer Central Michigan 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Central Michigan University (+0.48/1k). National rank #1,209 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 Vermont reports 2.63 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 188% above CUNY New York City College of Technology. Similar-enrollment scored peers: CUNY New York City College of Technology (0.69/1k); Central Michigan University (3.11/1k); College of the Sequoias (0.62/1k); CUNY LaGuardia Community College (0.07/1k); Grossmont College (0.07/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Vermont State University (4.71/1k); Champlain College (2.45/1k); Norwich University (4.76/1k); Middlebury College (10.70/1k); Saint Michael's College (10.58/1k); Bennington College (63.65/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Landmark College (11.90/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around University of Vermont
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest University on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- CUNY LaGuardia Community College · lowest peer 0.07
CUNY LaGuardia Community College — lowest peer
0.07 per 1,000 students
- College of the Sequoias · near 0.62
College of the Sequoias — near
0.62 per 1,000 students
- CUNY New York City · near 0.69
CUNY New York City College of Technology — near
0.69 per 1,000 students
- University of Vermont · this campus
University of Vermont — this campus
2.63 per 1,000 students
- Central Michigan University · highest peer
Central Michigan University — highest peer
3.11 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around University of Vermont's 2.63/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
University of Vermont decreased from 38 to 25 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 VT 4-year peers in this comparison, University of Vermont is larger than 100% and safer-reporting than 64% - 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) 55
- 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) 27
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 55, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 45, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 82
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 27, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 18
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 18, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 82
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 9, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 82
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 9
- University of Vermont: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling College | 57 | 35.09 | 0 | 9 |
| Vermont College of Fine Arts | 190 | 0.00 | 9 | 82 |
| SIT Graduate Institute | 644 | 0.00 | 18 | 82 |
| Landmark College | 672 | 11.90 | 27 | 18 |
| Vermont Law and Graduate School | 722 | 0.00 | 36 | 82 |
| Bennington College | 927 | 63.65 | 45 | 0 |
| Saint Michael's College | 1,323 | 10.58 | 55 | 36 |
| Middlebury College | 2,803 | 10.70 | 64 | 27 |
| Norwich University | 3,149 | 4.76 | 73 | 45 |
| Champlain College | 3,259 | 2.45 | 82 | 73 |
| Vermont State University | 5,093 | 4.71 | 91 | 55 |
| University of Vermont (this campus) | 14,476 | 2.63 | 100 | 64 |
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 Vermont fell from 38 to 25 (-34%). The increase shows up in Arson (1 to 2). Falling over the same period: Motor Vehicle Theft (11 to 4), Aggravated Assault (3 to 1) and Fondling (3 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 Vermont
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 6 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Burglary, Motor Vehicle Theft, Arson, Fondling and Aggravated Assault.
The remaining 5 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter, Negligent Manslaughter and Robbery. 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 Vermont: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 32% (37 → 25 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 37 |
| 2023 | 38 |
| 2024 | 25 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 12 | 14 | 8 |
| Burglary | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| Arson | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Fondling | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 3 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 1 | 130 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 352 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 164 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 1 | 367 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 1 | 141 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 290 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
University of Vermont 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).
NY
CUNY New York City College of Technology
0.69 incidents / 1,000 students
MI
Central Michigan University
3.11 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where University of Vermont sits on price and outcomes
At $19,343, University of Vermont's reported average net price is cheaper than 18% among 11 Vermont colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $25,239.
- $19,343
- average net price
- $25,239
- Vermont median
- 2.3×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $14,648
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $11,127, while those above $110,000 record $25,775 - roughly 2.3 times as much. A published average of $19,343 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $48,164 run about 2.5 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
- $19,058
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $45,502
- Avg Net Price
- $19,343
- Median Debt
- $20,951
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 13%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 65%
- SAT Average
- 1374
- SAT Math Range
- 630-710
- ACT Average
- 31
- ACT Range
- 30-32
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 79%
- Retention Rate
- 89%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $48,164
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $62,472
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 87%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 617 similar institutions by enrollment size.
CUNY New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY · 14,486 enrolled
Safety Score 0.69
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI · 14,488 enrolled
Safety Score 3.11
College of the Sequoias
Visalia, CA · 14,494 enrolled
Safety Score 0.62
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City, NY · 14,494 enrolled
Safety Score 0.07
Grossmont College
El Cajon, CA · 14,440 enrolled
Safety Score 0.07
Closest by National Rank
University of Vermont (national rank #1209) sits near Dominican University of California (#1210) and The University of Tampa (#1208) 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 Vermont, both outside VT so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
CUNY New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY · 14,486 enrolled
Safety score 0.69
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI · 14,488 enrolled
Safety score 3.11
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA · 14,426 enrolled
Safety score 3.74
CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY · 14,390 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH · 14,358 enrolled
Safety score 2.16
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA · 14,337 enrolled
Safety score 0.77
Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global
Marion, IN · 14,331 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, NC · 14,311 enrolled
Safety score 6.92
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
The University of Tampa
Tampa, FL · 11,433 enrolled
Safety score 2.62
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY · 26,689 enrolled
Safety score 2.62
Wilson College
Chambersburg, PA · 1,907 enrolled
Safety score 2.62
Dominican University of California
San Rafael, CA · 1,900 enrolled
Safety score 2.63
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA · 3,417 enrolled
Safety score 2.63
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL · 9,955 enrolled
Safety score 2.61
West Liberty University
West Liberty, WV · 2,299 enrolled
Safety score 2.61
University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT · 3,838 enrolled
Safety score 2.61
Frequently Asked Questions
Is University of Vermont safe?
University of Vermont has a safety score of 2.63 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,209 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: CUNY New York City College of Technology (0.69/1k). Same-state same-level set: Vermont State University (4.71/1k); Champlain College (2.45/1k); Norwich University (4.76/1k); Middlebury College (10.70/1k); Saint Michael's College (10.58/1k); Bennington College (63.65/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Landmark College (11.90/1k).
What crimes are reported at University of Vermont?
For calendar year 2024, University of Vermont reported Rape (12), Burglary (5), Motor Vehicle Theft (4), Arson (2) and Aggravated Assault (1), and 1 further category in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does University of Vermont compare to similar schools?
University of Vermont reports 188% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than CUNY New York City College of Technology. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: CUNY New York City College of Technology (0.69/1k); Central Michigan University (3.11/1k); College of the Sequoias (0.62/1k); CUNY LaGuardia Community College (0.07/1k); Grossmont College (0.07/1k). Same-state same-level set: Vermont State University (4.71/1k); Champlain College (2.45/1k); Norwich University (4.76/1k); Middlebury College (10.70/1k); Saint Michael's College (10.58/1k); Bennington College (63.65/1k); Vermont Law and Graduate School (0.00/1k); Landmark College (11.90/1k).
Does University of Vermont have fire safety data?
Yes. University of Vermont 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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