OH
Youngstown State University
1.39 incidents / 1,000 students
Youngstown, OH · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Youngstown State University
Across 2022–2024, Youngstown State University reported 31 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Motor Vehicle Theft). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Case Western Reserve University.
- 1.39
- Incidents / 1k students
- #794
- Rank of 2,072
- #79
- OH rank
- 12,204
- Enrolled students
1.39 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Youngstown State University reports 1.39 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 26% above Ventura College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Ventura College (0.25/1k); Georgia Gwinnett College (2.78/1k); Wayne County Community College District (0.08/1k); Community College of Rhode Island (0.16/1k); University of Idaho (2.28/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Case Western Reserve University (4.57/1k); University of Akron Main Campus (3.75/1k); Wright State University-Main Campus (2.36/1k); University of Dayton (10.09/1k); Cleveland State University (3.84/1k); University of Toledo (2.16/1k); Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (0.00/1k); University of Cincinnati-Clermont College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 1.39
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #794
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 62%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 6
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 206695 · Youngstown State University 1.39/1k score rate · #794/2,072
RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-LOW 1.39/1k
- RANK-MID #794/2,072
- ST-MID #79 in state
- BELOW-PEER University of Idaho · 0.89 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 40%
- CAT-LEAD Motor Vehicle Th…
- ENR-MID 12,204
- FIRE-REPORT 2 fires
Nearest enrollment peer: University of Idaho (+0.89/1k)
Youngstown State University sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-REPORT · peer University of Idaho. 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 · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is University of Idaho (+0.89/1k). National rank #794 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Youngstown State University reports 1.39 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 26% above Ventura College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Ventura College (0.25/1k); Georgia Gwinnett College (2.78/1k); Wayne County Community College District (0.08/1k); Community College of Rhode Island (0.16/1k); University of Idaho (2.28/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Case Western Reserve University (4.57/1k); University of Akron Main Campus (3.75/1k); Wright State University-Main Campus (2.36/1k); University of Dayton (10.09/1k); Cleveland State University (3.84/1k); University of Toledo (2.16/1k); Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (0.00/1k); University of Cincinnati-Clermont College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Youngstown State University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Youngstown on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Wayne County Community College · lowest peer 0.08
Wayne County Community College District — lowest peer
0.08 per 1,000 students
- Community College of Rhode · near 0.16
Community College of Rhode Island — near
0.16 per 1,000 students
- Ventura College · near 0.25
Ventura College — near
0.25 per 1,000 students
- Youngstown State University · this campus
Youngstown State University — this campus
1.39 per 1,000 students
- University of Idaho · near
University of Idaho — near
2.28 per 1,000 students
- Georgia Gwinnett College · highest peer
Georgia Gwinnett College — highest peer
2.78 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Youngstown State University's 1.39/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Youngstown State University decreased from 15 to 6 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 OH 4-year peers in this comparison, Youngstown State University is larger than 81% and safer-reporting than 39% - 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 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- 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) 19
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Youngstown State University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Mount Union | 2,461 | 0.41 | 0 | 81 |
| Miami University-Hamilton | 2,480 | 0.81 | 3 | 61 |
| University of Northwestern Ohio | 2,525 | 0.79 | 6 | 64 |
| Ohio State University-Newark Campus | 2,544 | 1.18 | 8 | 44 |
| North Central State College | 2,553 | 0.39 | 11 | 83 |
| Central State University | 2,708 | 1.11 | 14 | 50 |
| John Carroll University | 2,864 | 1.05 | 17 | 53 |
| Oberlin College | 2,909 | 3.78 | 19 | 14 |
| Ohio Northern University | 3,140 | 2.87 | 22 | 22 |
| Central Ohio Technical College | 3,182 | 0.63 | 25 | 72 |
| Shawnee State University | 3,231 | 1.55 | 28 | 36 |
| Youngstown State University (this campus) | 12,204 | 1.39 | 81 | 39 |
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 Youngstown State University fell from 15 to 6 (-60%). The decrease shows up in Burglary (7 to 2), Motor Vehicle Theft (7 to 4) and Rape (1 to 0).
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 Youngstown State University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Motor Vehicle Theft, Burglary, Rape, Fondling and Arson.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Incest, 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 onlyYoungstown State University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 40% (10 → 6 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Burglary | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Rape | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Fondling | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 11 | 10 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 25 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 10 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Youngstown 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).
CA
Ventura College
0.25 incidents / 1,000 students
GA
Georgia Gwinnett College
2.78 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Youngstown State University sits on price and outcomes
At $12,767, Youngstown State University's reported average net price is cheaper than 29% among 228 Ohio colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $17,989.
- $12,767
- average net price
- $17,989
- Ohio median
- 1.6×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $8,907
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $9,328, while those above $110,000 record $18,235 - roughly 2.0 times as much. A published average of $12,767 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 $37,590, roughly 2.9 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
- $11,113
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $11,473
- Avg Net Price
- $12,767
- Median Debt
- $24,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 34%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 84%
- SAT Average
- 1120
- SAT Math Range
- 500-610
- ACT Average
- 21
- ACT Range
- 19-25
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 52%
- Retention Rate
- 76%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $37,590
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $41,544
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 64%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 698 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Ventura College
Ventura, CA · 12,222 enrolled
Safety Score 0.25
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, GA · 12,230 enrolled
Safety Score 2.78
Wayne County Community College District
Detroit, MI · 12,137 enrolled
Safety Score 0.08
Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick, RI · 12,275 enrolled
Safety Score 0.16
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID · 12,286 enrolled
Safety Score 2.28
Closest by National Rank
Youngstown State University (national rank #794) sits near New York University (#793) and Peninsula College (#795) 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 Youngstown State University, both outside OH so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, GA · 12,230 enrolled
Safety score 2.78
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID · 12,286 enrolled
Safety score 2.28
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX · 12,116 enrolled
Safety score 6.03
American University
Washington, DC · 12,321 enrolled
Safety score 2.19
California State University-East Bay
Hayward, CA · 12,326 enrolled
Safety score 2.60
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD · 12,056 enrolled
Safety score 1.33
University of Maine
Orono, ME · 12,029 enrolled
Safety score 2.08
Greenville Technical College
Greenville, SC · 11,999 enrolled
Safety score 0.08
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Peninsula College
Port Angeles, WA · 2,153 enrolled
Safety score 1.39
New York University
New York, NY · 56,832 enrolled
Safety score 1.39
Northeastern University
Boston, MA · 32,553 enrolled
Safety score 1.38
Daytona State College
Daytona Beach, FL · 12,820 enrolled
Safety score 1.40
Benedictine University
Lisle, IL · 2,917 enrolled
Safety score 1.37
Suffolk University
Boston, MA · 6,356 enrolled
Safety score 1.42
Indiana University-Kokomo
Kokomo, IN · 2,921 enrolled
Safety score 1.37
Dickinson State University
Dickinson, ND · 1,410 enrolled
Safety score 1.42
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Youngstown State University safe?
Youngstown State University has a safety score of 1.39 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #794 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Ventura College (0.25/1k). Same-state same-level set: Case Western Reserve University (4.57/1k); University of Akron Main Campus (3.75/1k); Wright State University-Main Campus (2.36/1k); University of Dayton (10.09/1k); Cleveland State University (3.84/1k); University of Toledo (2.16/1k); Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (0.00/1k); University of Cincinnati-Clermont College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Youngstown State University?
For calendar year 2024, Youngstown State University reported Motor Vehicle Theft (4) and Burglary (2) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Youngstown State University compare to similar schools?
Youngstown State University reports 26% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Ventura College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Ventura College (0.25/1k); Georgia Gwinnett College (2.78/1k); Wayne County Community College District (0.08/1k); Community College of Rhode Island (0.16/1k); University of Idaho (2.28/1k). Same-state same-level set: Case Western Reserve University (4.57/1k); University of Akron Main Campus (3.75/1k); Wright State University-Main Campus (2.36/1k); University of Dayton (10.09/1k); Cleveland State University (3.84/1k); University of Toledo (2.16/1k); Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (0.00/1k); University of Cincinnati-Clermont College (0.00/1k).
Does Youngstown State University have fire safety data?
Yes. Youngstown State University reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 2 fires were reported in the most recent year.
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