ND
Valley City State University
1.66 incidents / 1,000 students
Valley City, ND · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Valley City State University
Across 2022–2024, Valley City State University reported 3 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Dickinson State University.
- 1.66
- Incidents / 1k students
- #912
- Rank of 2,072
- #9
- ND rank
- 1,806
- Enrolled students
1.66 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Valley City State University reports 1.66 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 37% below National Park College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: National Park College (0.00/1k); Franklin and Marshall College (8.85/1k); Roanoke College (4.43/1k); Rockingham Community College (0.00/1k); Frank Phillips College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k); Turtle Mountain Community College (0.00/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); United Tribes Technical College (34.72/1k); Sitting Bull College (0.00/1k); Trinity Bible College and Graduate School (0.00/1k). 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
- 1.66
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #912
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 56%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 3
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 200572 · Valley City State University 1.66/1k score rate · #912/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-LOW 1.66/1k
- RANK-MID #912/2,072
- ST-UPPER #9 in state
- ABOVE-PEER National Park College · +1.66
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ trend
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 1,806
- FIRE-REPORT 1 fire
Nearest enrollment peer: National Park College (-1.66/1k)
Valley City State University sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer National Park 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-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is National Park College (-1.66/1k). National rank #912 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Valley City State University reports 1.66 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 37% below National Park College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: National Park College (0.00/1k); Franklin and Marshall College (8.85/1k); Roanoke College (4.43/1k); Rockingham Community College (0.00/1k); Frank Phillips College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k); Turtle Mountain Community College (0.00/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); United Tribes Technical College (34.72/1k); Sitting Bull College (0.00/1k); Trinity Bible College and Graduate School (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Valley City State
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Valley on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- National Park College · lowest peer 0
National Park College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Rockingham Community College · near 0
Rockingham Community College — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Frank Phillips College · near 0
Frank Phillips College — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Valley City State University · this campus 1.66
Valley City State University — this campus
1.66 per 1,000 students
- Franklin and Marshall College · highest peer
Franklin and Marshall College — highest peer
8.85 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Valley City State University's 1.66/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Valley City State University increased from 0 to 3 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, Valley City State University is larger than 64% 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 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- 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
- Valley City State University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
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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 (this campus) | 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 Valley City State University rose from 0 to 3. The increase shows up in Rape (0 to 2) and Aggravated Assault (0 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 Valley City State University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 2 Clery Act categories here: Rape and Aggravated Assault. Rape accounts for most of them.
The remaining 9 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Burglary, Fondling and Incest. 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 onlyValley City State University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Valley City State University 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
National Park College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
PA
Franklin and Marshall College
8.85 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Valley City State University sits on price and outcomes
At $11,890, Valley City State University's reported average net price is cheaper than 42% among 24 North Dakota colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $12,773.
- $11,890
- average net price
- $12,773
- North Dakota median
- 2.2×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $6,691
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $7,879, while those above $110,000 record $14,570 - roughly 1.8 times as much. A published average of $11,890 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 $45,820, roughly 3.9 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
- $8,514
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $13,544
- Avg Net Price
- $11,890
- Median Debt
- $20,369
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 17%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 99%
- SAT Average
- 1041
- SAT Math Range
- 410-540
- ACT Average
- 20
- ACT Range
- 17-24
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 51%
- Retention Rate
- 71%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $45,820
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $52,725
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 89%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,313 similar institutions by enrollment size.
National Park College
Hot Springs, AR · 1,805 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA · 1,808 enrolled
Safety Score 8.85
Roanoke College
Salem, VA · 1,804 enrolled
Safety Score 4.43
Rockingham Community College
Wentworth, NC · 1,803 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Frank Phillips College
Borger, TX · 1,801 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Valley City State University (national rank #912) sits near University of Maryland, Baltimore (#911) and Texas A&M University-Central Texas (#913) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
National Rank #911
Texas A&M University-Central Texas
Killeen, TX
National Rank #913
Saint Leo University
Saint Leo, FL
National Rank #910
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN
National Rank #914
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
National Rank #909
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Valley City State University, 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)
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA · 1,808 enrolled
Safety score 8.85
Roanoke College
Salem, VA · 1,804 enrolled
Safety score 4.43
East Texas Baptist University
Marshall, TX · 1,813 enrolled
Safety score 2.76
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Johnstown, PA · 1,813 enrolled
Safety score 1.10
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY · 1,798 enrolled
Safety score 8.90
Wofford College
Spartanburg, SC · 1,817 enrolled
Safety score 7.15
Nelson University
Waxahachie, TX · 1,794 enrolled
Safety score 1.67
East Georgia State College
Swainsboro, GA · 1,820 enrolled
Safety score 21.98
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Texas A&M University-Central Texas
Killeen, TX · 2,403 enrolled
Safety score 1.66
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, MD · 6,636 enrolled
Safety score 1.66
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN · 7,206 enrolled
Safety score 1.67
Boston University
Boston, MA · 37,737 enrolled
Safety score 1.67
Saint Leo University
Saint Leo, FL · 9,692 enrolled
Safety score 1.65
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Mahwah, NJ · 5,981 enrolled
Safety score 1.67
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco
San Francisco, CA · 1,195 enrolled
Safety score 1.67
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Valley City State University safe?
Valley City State University has a safety score of 1.66 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #912 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: National Park College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k); Turtle Mountain Community College (0.00/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); United Tribes Technical College (34.72/1k); Sitting Bull College (0.00/1k); Trinity Bible College and Graduate School (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Valley City State University?
For calendar year 2024, Valley City State University reported Rape (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 Valley City State University compare to similar schools?
Valley City State University reports 37% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than National Park College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: National Park College (0.00/1k); Franklin and Marshall College (8.85/1k); Roanoke College (4.43/1k); Rockingham Community College (0.00/1k); Frank Phillips College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Dickinson State University (1.42/1k); University of Jamestown (8.72/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k); Turtle Mountain Community College (0.00/1k); Minot State University (2.54/1k); United Tribes Technical College (34.72/1k); Sitting Bull College (0.00/1k); Trinity Bible College and Graduate School (0.00/1k).
Does Valley City State University have fire safety data?
Yes. Valley City State University reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 1 fire was reported in the most recent year.
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