CA
Vanguard University of Southern California
1.78 incidents / 1,000 students
Costa Mesa, CA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Vanguard University of Southern California
Across 2022–2024, Vanguard University of Southern California reported 13 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: Carrington College-Sacramento.
- 1.78
- Incidents / 1k students
- #962
- Rank of 2,072
- #220
- CA rank
- 2,246
- Enrolled students
1.78 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Vanguard University of Southern California reports 1.78 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 53% below Sussex County Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Sussex County Community College (0.00/1k); University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton (0.00/1k); Neumann University (4.46/1k); Centralia College (5.79/1k); Kenyon College (8.89/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Carrington College-Sacramento (0.45/1k); Art Center College of Design (0.00/1k); Mount Saint Mary's University (18.60/1k); San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia (0.00/1k); Touro University Worldwide (0.00/1k); California Institute of Arts & Technology (0.00/1k); DeVry University-California (0.00/1k); California Institute of Technology (13.58/1k). 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
- 1.78
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #962
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 54%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 2
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 123651 · Vanguard University of Southern 1.78/1k score rate · #962/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-LOW 1.78/1k
- RANK-MID #962/2,072
- ST-MID #220 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Sussex County Community College · +1.78
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 33%
- CAT-LEAD Fondling
- ENR-SMALL 2,246
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Sussex County Community College (-1.78/1k)
Vanguard University of Southern California sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Sussex County Community 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-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Sussex County Community College (-1.78/1k). National rank #962 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Vanguard University of Southern California reports 1.78 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 53% below Sussex County Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Sussex County Community College (0.00/1k); University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton (0.00/1k); Neumann University (4.46/1k); Centralia College (5.79/1k); Kenyon College (8.89/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Carrington College-Sacramento (0.45/1k); Art Center College of Design (0.00/1k); Mount Saint Mary's University (18.60/1k); San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia (0.00/1k); Touro University Worldwide (0.00/1k); California Institute of Arts & Technology (0.00/1k); DeVry University-California (0.00/1k); California Institute of Technology (13.58/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Fondling.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Vanguard University of
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Vanguard on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Sussex County Community College · lowest peer 0
Sussex County Community College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- University of Arkansas Community · near 0
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Vanguard University of Southern · this campus 1.78
Vanguard University of Southern California — this campus
1.78 per 1,000 students
- Neumann University · near
Neumann University — near
4.46 per 1,000 students
- Kenyon College · highest peer
Kenyon College — highest peer
8.89 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Vanguard University of Southern California's 1.78/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Vanguard University of Southern California decreased from 8 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 CA 4-year peers in this comparison, Vanguard University of Southern California is larger than 53% and safer-reporting than 44% - 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 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Vanguard University of Sou…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of the Arts | 1,277 | 4.70 | 0 | 25 |
| California College of the Arts | 1,308 | 3.82 | 3 | 31 |
| Westmont College | 1,310 | 3.82 | 6 | 36 |
| Claremont McKenna College | 1,393 | 16.51 | 8 | 8 |
| La Sierra University | 1,574 | 8.26 | 11 | 14 |
| CBD College | 1,581 | 0.00 | 14 | 72 |
| Pomona College | 1,700 | 34.71 | 17 | 3 |
| Claremont Graduate University | 1,771 | 2.82 | 19 | 39 |
| William Jessup University | 1,865 | 1.07 | 22 | 53 |
| California Institute of Integral Studies | 1,874 | 1.60 | 25 | 47 |
| Los Angeles Pacific University | 1,881 | 0.00 | 28 | 72 |
| Vanguard University of Southern California (this campus) | 2,246 | 1.78 | 53 | 44 |
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 Vanguard University of Southern California fell from 8 to 2 (-75%). The decrease shows up in Fondling (4 to 0) and Burglary (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 Vanguard University of Southern California
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 2 Clery Act categories here: Fondling and Burglary. Fondling accounts for most of them.
The remaining 9 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Incest and Motor Vehicle Theft. 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 onlyVanguard University of Southern California: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 33% (3 → 2 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondling | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Burglary | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 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 |
| Rape | 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 | 0 | 16 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 18 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 25 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 15 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 18 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 35 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Vanguard University of Southern California 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).
NJ
Sussex County Community College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
AR
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Vanguard University of Southern California sits on price and outcomes
At $21,241, Vanguard University of Southern California's reported average net price is cheaper than 52% among 492 California colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $20,161.
- $21,241
- average net price
- $20,161
- California median
- 2.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $10,459
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $17,225 for families reporting under $30,000 against $27,684 above $110,000, a difference of $10,459. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $21,241 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $43,464 run about 2.0 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
- $41,700
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $41,700
- Avg Net Price
- $21,241
- Median Debt
- $22,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 44%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 62%
- ACT Average
- 22
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 56%
- Retention Rate
- 70%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $43,464
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $59,541
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 71%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,300 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Sussex County Community College
Newton, NJ · 2,247 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton
Morrilton, AR · 2,248 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Neumann University
Aston, PA · 2,244 enrolled
Safety Score 4.46
Centralia College
Centralia, WA · 2,244 enrolled
Safety Score 5.79
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH · 2,249 enrolled
Safety Score 8.89
Closest by National Rank
Vanguard University of Southern California (national rank #962) sits near Northeastern Junior College (#963) and Brooklyn Law School (#961) 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 Vanguard University of Southern California, both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Centralia College
Centralia, WA · 2,244 enrolled
Safety score 5.79
Neumann University
Aston, PA · 2,244 enrolled
Safety score 4.46
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH · 2,249 enrolled
Safety score 8.89
United Talmudical Seminary
Brooklyn, NY · 2,241 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA · 2,241 enrolled
Safety score 7.14
Chicago State University
Chicago, IL · 2,238 enrolled
Safety score 0.45
Trinity College
Hartford, CT · 2,238 enrolled
Safety score 10.28
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA · 2,255 enrolled
Safety score 10.20
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY · 1,125 enrolled
Safety score 1.78
Clarkson College
Omaha, NE · 1,121 enrolled
Safety score 1.78
Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, OK · 6,751 enrolled
Safety score 1.78
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR · 33,610 enrolled
Safety score 1.79
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ · 9,571 enrolled
Safety score 1.78
Iona University
New Rochelle, NY · 3,958 enrolled
Safety score 1.77
Minnesota State University-Mankato
Mankato, MN · 15,271 enrolled
Safety score 1.77
The University of Findlay
Findlay, OH · 5,016 enrolled
Safety score 1.79
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Vanguard University of Southern California safe?
Vanguard University of Southern California has a safety score of 1.78 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #962 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Sussex County Community College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Carrington College-Sacramento (0.45/1k); Art Center College of Design (0.00/1k); Mount Saint Mary's University (18.60/1k); San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia (0.00/1k); Touro University Worldwide (0.00/1k); California Institute of Arts & Technology (0.00/1k); DeVry University-California (0.00/1k); California Institute of Technology (13.58/1k).
What crimes are reported at Vanguard University of Southern California?
For calendar year 2024, Vanguard University of Southern California reported Burglary (2) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Vanguard University of Southern California compare to similar schools?
Vanguard University of Southern California reports 53% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Sussex County Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Sussex County Community College (0.00/1k); University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton (0.00/1k); Neumann University (4.46/1k); Centralia College (5.79/1k); Kenyon College (8.89/1k). Same-state same-level set: Carrington College-Sacramento (0.45/1k); Art Center College of Design (0.00/1k); Mount Saint Mary's University (18.60/1k); San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia (0.00/1k); Touro University Worldwide (0.00/1k); California Institute of Arts & Technology (0.00/1k); DeVry University-California (0.00/1k); California Institute of Technology (13.58/1k).
Does Vanguard University of Southern California have fire safety data?
Yes. Vanguard University of Southern California 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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