IL
William Rainey Harper College
0.29 incidents / 1,000 students
Palatine, IL · Clery Act 2024 · Public
William Rainey Harper College
Across 2022–2024, William Rainey Harper College reported 3 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Burglary). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Joliet Junior College.
- 0.29
- Incidents / 1k students
- #175
- Rank of 2,072
- #46
- IL rank
- 13,988
- Enrolled students
0.29 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
William Rainey Harper College reports 0.29 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 87% below University of South Alabama. Similar-enrollment scored peers: University of South Alabama (3.21/1k); Eastern Florida State College (0.14/1k); San Bernardino Valley College (1.00/1k); Glendale Community College (0.57/1k); University of Maryland-Baltimore County (6.11/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Joliet Junior College (0.00/1k); College of Lake County (0.56/1k); Moraine Valley Community College (1.15/1k); Elgin Community College (0.00/1k); Triton College (0.00/1k); McHenry County College (0.00/1k); City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College (0.43/1k); Southwestern Illinois College (1.53/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.29
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #175
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 92%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 149842 · William Rainey Harper College 0.29/1k score rate · #175/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-QUIET 0.29/1k
- RANK-TOP #175/2,072
- ST-MID #46 in state
- PEER-FINISH Eastern Florida State College · ±0.14
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ trend
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-MID 13,988
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: Eastern Florida State College (-0.14/1k)
William Rainey Harper College sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE · peer Eastern Florida State 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-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Eastern Florida State College (-0.14/1k). National rank #175 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
William Rainey Harper College reports 0.29 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 87% below University of South Alabama. Similar-enrollment scored peers: University of South Alabama (3.21/1k); Eastern Florida State College (0.14/1k); San Bernardino Valley College (1.00/1k); Glendale Community College (0.57/1k); University of Maryland-Baltimore County (6.11/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Joliet Junior College (0.00/1k); College of Lake County (0.56/1k); Moraine Valley Community College (1.15/1k); Elgin Community College (0.00/1k); Triton College (0.00/1k); McHenry County College (0.00/1k); City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College (0.43/1k); Southwestern Illinois College (1.53/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around William Rainey Harper
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest William on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Eastern Florida State College · lowest peer 0.14
Eastern Florida State College — lowest peer
0.14 per 1,000 students
- William Rainey Harper College · this campus 0.29
William Rainey Harper College — this campus
0.29 per 1,000 students
- Glendale Community College · near 0.57
Glendale Community College — near
0.57 per 1,000 students
- San Bernardino Valley College · near 1
San Bernardino Valley College — near
1 per 1,000 students
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County · highest peer
University of Maryland-Baltimore County — highest peer
6.11 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around William Rainey Harper College's 0.29/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
William Rainey Harper College decreased from 2 to 1 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 IL 2-year peers in this comparison, William Rainey Harper College is larger than 97% and safer-reporting than 53% - 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.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- William Rainey Harper Coll…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rend Lake College | 2,015 | 0.00 | 0 | 67 |
| Danville Area Community College | 2,297 | 0.44 | 3 | 42 |
| Richland Community College | 2,388 | 0.00 | 6 | 67 |
| Kankakee Community College | 2,564 | 0.00 | 8 | 67 |
| Illinois Valley Community College | 2,720 | 0.00 | 11 | 67 |
| Prairie State College | 2,953 | 0.00 | 14 | 67 |
| Kishwaukee College | 2,969 | 0.00 | 17 | 67 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College | 3,137 | 2.23 | 19 | 0 |
| John A Logan College | 3,224 | 0.31 | 22 | 50 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College | 3,274 | 1.53 | 25 | 6 |
| Morton College | 3,562 | 0.28 | 28 | 56 |
| William Rainey Harper College (this campus) | 13,988 | 0.29 | 97 | 53 |
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 William Rainey Harper College fell from 2 to 1 (-50%). The decrease shows up in Burglary (2 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 William Rainey Harper College
Across 3 reporting years, the only Clery Act category with a recorded on-campus incident here is Burglary.
The remaining 10 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, 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 onlyWilliam Rainey Harper College: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 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 |
| 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
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
27 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
William Rainey Harper College 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).
AL
University of South Alabama
3.21 incidents / 1,000 students
FL
Eastern Florida State College
0.14 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where William Rainey Harper College sits on price and outcomes
At $11,607, William Rainey Harper College's reported average net price is cheaper than 32% among 178 Illinois colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $15,405.
- $11,607
- average net price
- $15,405
- Illinois median
- 3.9×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $9,230
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $9,446, while those above $110,000 record $18,676 - roughly 2.0 times as much. A published average of $11,607 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 $40,035, roughly 3.4 times a year of net price. That is a workable ratio, though it says nothing about how long the programme takes to finish. Only 47% complete within six years. Most students here do not finish, which is the single most important number on this page for anyone weighing the cost.
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
- $3,894
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $11,874
- Avg Net Price
- $11,607
- Median Debt
- $10,184
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 20%
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $40,035
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $48,071
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 58%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 630 similar institutions by enrollment size.
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL · 14,003 enrolled
Safety Score 3.21
Eastern Florida State College
Melbourne, FL · 14,053 enrolled
Safety Score 0.14
San Bernardino Valley College
San Bernardino, CA · 14,055 enrolled
Safety Score 1.00
Glendale Community College
Glendale, AZ · 13,914 enrolled
Safety Score 0.57
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD · 13,906 enrolled
Safety Score 6.11
Closest by National Rank
William Rainey Harper College (national rank #175) sits near Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale (#176) and Jackson State Community College (#174) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL
National Rank #176
Jackson State Community College
Jackson, TN
National Rank #174
Morton College
Cicero, IL
National Rank #173
Central Virginia Community College
Lynchburg, VA
National Rank #177
St Philip's College
San Antonio, TX
National Rank #178
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for William Rainey Harper College, both outside IL so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
San Bernardino Valley College
San Bernardino, CA · 14,055 enrolled
Safety score 1.00
Cape Fear Community College
Wilmington, NC · 14,082 enrolled
Safety score 0.07
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, WI · 13,792 enrolled
Safety score 2.47
San Diego Miramar College
San Diego, CA · 14,257 enrolled
Safety score 0.42
Trident Technical College
Charleston, SC · 13,552 enrolled
Safety score 0.15
Grossmont College
El Cajon, CA · 14,440 enrolled
Safety score 0.07
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO · 13,523 enrolled
Safety score 0.67
College of the Sequoias
Visalia, CA · 14,494 enrolled
Safety score 0.62
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Central Virginia Community College
Lynchburg, VA · 3,481 enrolled
Safety score 0.29
Jackson State Community College
Jackson, TN · 3,518 enrolled
Safety score 0.28
St Philip's College
San Antonio, TX · 17,299 enrolled
Safety score 0.29
Los Angeles Pierce College
Woodland Hills, CA · 16,906 enrolled
Safety score 0.30
Gateway Technical College
Kenosha, WI · 10,100 enrolled
Safety score 0.30
Butte College
Oroville, CA · 10,968 enrolled
Safety score 0.27
Mt San Antonio College
Walnut, CA · 29,971 enrolled
Safety score 0.30
Mid Michigan College
Harrison, MI · 3,692 enrolled
Safety score 0.27
Frequently Asked Questions
Is William Rainey Harper College safe?
William Rainey Harper College has a safety score of 0.29 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #175 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: University of South Alabama (3.21/1k). Same-state same-level set: Joliet Junior College (0.00/1k); College of Lake County (0.56/1k); Moraine Valley Community College (1.15/1k); Elgin Community College (0.00/1k); Triton College (0.00/1k); McHenry County College (0.00/1k); City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College (0.43/1k); Southwestern Illinois College (1.53/1k).
What crimes are reported at William Rainey Harper College?
For calendar year 2024, William Rainey Harper College reported Burglary (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does William Rainey Harper College compare to similar schools?
William Rainey Harper College reports 87% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than University of South Alabama. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: University of South Alabama (3.21/1k); Eastern Florida State College (0.14/1k); San Bernardino Valley College (1.00/1k); Glendale Community College (0.57/1k); University of Maryland-Baltimore County (6.11/1k). Same-state same-level set: Joliet Junior College (0.00/1k); College of Lake County (0.56/1k); Moraine Valley Community College (1.15/1k); Elgin Community College (0.00/1k); Triton College (0.00/1k); McHenry County College (0.00/1k); City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College (0.43/1k); Southwestern Illinois College (1.53/1k).
Does William Rainey Harper College have fire safety data?
William Rainey Harper College has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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