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College Safety Rankings

According to the U.S. Department of Education's Clery Act filings, US colleges and universities ranked by total on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students. Lower is safer. Filter by view, size, and state.

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Full Sail University leads the mid-to-large campus safety ranking at 0.04 incidents per 1,000

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, PlainCampus ranks mid-to-large campuses by on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students. Full Sail University currently leads at 0.04 against a national median near 1.58. Filter by size or state below, and treat rates as standardized reported floors with lag, not personal risk scores.

Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey

Lowest listed rate / 1,000
0.04
National median / 1,000
1.58
Campuses in this ranking set
100
Zero-incident eligible
358

The national picture

Full Sail University leads at 0.04 on-campus incidents per 1,000 students, against a 1.58 national median across 1,493 ranked mid-to-large campuses - 358 eligible campuses report zero incidents in the latest year.

0.04
lowest listed rate /1k
1.58
national median /1k
1,493
ranked mid-to-large campuses
358
zero-incident eligible

Rates cover on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA reports only. Filters below change the visible table; the national median above stays fixed to the mid-to-large ranked cohort.

Here is where the #50 cutoff on this list (0.13 per 1,000) lands among all 1,493 ranked campuses:

The bar to make this top-50 list

On-campus Clery incidents per 1,000 students, every ranked campus with 2,000+ students, 2024

0.13 Among the safest safer than 97% of 1,493 ranked campuses

Show national distribution 0.00–1.00: 568 ranked campuses (38%). This entry sits in this band. 1.00–2.00: 282 ranked campuses (19%). Above this entry. 2.00–3.00: 185 ranked campuses (12%). Above this entry. 3.00–4.00: 143 ranked campuses (10%). Above this entry. 4.00–5.00: 68 ranked campuses (5%). Above this entry. 5.00–6.00: 67 ranked campuses (4%). Above this entry. 6.00–7.00: 45 ranked campuses (3%). Above this entry. 7.00–8.00: 31 ranked campuses (2%). Above this entry. 8.00–9.00: 104 ranked campuses (7%). Above this entry. #50 cutoff 0.00 9.00 every ranked campus, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Department of Education, Campus Safety & Security Survey (Clery Act) · 2024

Data updated August 2026

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Full Sail UniversityFL27,1690.0429% of the leader · rank #1
2CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNY20,0810.0539% of the leader · rank #2
3NUC UniversityPR30,7940.0651% of the leader · rank #3
4Seminole State College of FloridaFL15,3900.0751% of the leader · rank #4
5Oakland Community CollegeMI15,2870.0752% of the leader · rank #5
6CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeNY14,4940.0755% of the leader · rank #6
7Grossmont CollegeCA14,4400.0755% of the leader · rank #7
8Cape Fear Community CollegeNC14,0820.0756% of the leader · rank #8
9Wilmington UniversityDE13,7460.0757% of the leader · rank #9
10College of DuPageIL26,2240.0860% of the leader · rank #10
11Community College of PhiladelphiaPA12,9260.0861% of the leader · rank #11
12Delgado Community CollegeLA12,7120.0862% of the leader · rank #12
13Harrisburg Area Community CollegePA12,5850.0863% of the leader · rank #13
14ECPI UniversityVA12,5720.0863% of the leader · rank #14
15Long Beach City CollegeCA24,9850.0863% of the leader · rank #15
16Tallahassee State CollegeFL12,4550.0863% of the leader · rank #16
17Wake Technical Community CollegeNC24,6090.0864% of the leader · rank #17
18Wayne County Community College DistrictMI12,1370.0865% of the leader · rank #18
19Greenville Technical CollegeSC11,9990.0866% of the leader · rank #19
20Ozarks Technical Community CollegeMO11,3800.0969% of the leader · rank #20
21Norco CollegeCA11,3510.0970% of the leader · rank #21
22University of the CumberlandsKY22,1200.0971% of the leader · rank #22
23Stark State CollegeOH10,1280.1078% of the leader · rank #23
24Odessa CollegeTX9,9810.1079% of the leader · rank #24
25College of San MateoCA9,9010.1080% of the leader · rank #25
26Bunker Hill Community CollegeMA9,8760.1080% of the leader · rank #26
27Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional CampusesIN9,8680.1080% of the leader · rank #27
28Beth Medrash GovohaNJ9,6570.1082% of the leader · rank #28
29CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNY9,5360.1083% of the leader · rank #29
30Southern New Hampshire UniversityNH189,5310.1183% of the leader · rank #30
31Montgomery County Community CollegePA9,2780.1185% of the leader · rank #31
32Jefferson State Community CollegeAL9,2400.1185% of the leader · rank #32
33Santa Ana CollegeCA27,2480.1187% of the leader · rank #33
34Arizona Western CollegeAZ8,9640.1188% of the leader · rank #34
35Imperial Valley CollegeCA8,8730.1189% of the leader · rank #35
36Hinds Community CollegeMS8,8590.1189% of the leader · rank #36
37State College of Florida-Manatee-SarasotaFL8,7500.1190% of the leader · rank #37
38Century CollegeMN8,7260.1191% of the leader · rank #38
39J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeVA8,6810.1291% of the leader · rank #39
40Palm Beach State CollegeFL25,9160.1291% of the leader · rank #40
41Aims Community CollegeCO8,5420.1292% of the leader · rank #41
42Ivy Tech Community CollegeIN110,7100.1293% of the leader · rank #42
43Victor Valley CollegeCA8,4230.1294% of the leader · rank #43
44NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeAR8,4120.1294% of the leader · rank #44
45UCNJ Union College of Union County, New JerseyNJ8,3300.1295% of the leader · rank #45
46Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeWI8,3300.1295% of the leader · rank #46
47Oakton CollegeIL8,3290.1295% of the leader · rank #47
48Waubonsee Community CollegeIL8,3050.1295% of the leader · rank #48
49Las Positas CollegeCA8,1030.1297% of the leader · rank #49
50Southern Maine Community CollegeME7,9000.13100% of the leader · rank #50

Showing the first 50 of 100 campuses in this filtered ranking. Refine the filters to focus the list, or download the complete institution extract to inspect the underlying records.

Safety score = on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA reports / (enrollment/1,000); arrests and disciplinary referrals are excluded. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education, OPE Campus Safety & Security Survey.

This leaderboard starts above a rate of 0.00: 358 eligible campuses reported zero on-campus incidents for the year, which can reflect genuine safety or incomplete reporting, so we don't rank a literal zero as "the safest" - those campuses are shown with their real reported number on their own profile pages instead. See methodology.

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What to do with this ranking

A national list is a starting point, not a verdict on any one campus.

Figures reflect the August 2026 Clery Act reporting release as filed with the U.S. Department of Education.

How PlainCampus rankings are compiled

Our rankings are computed directly from the upstream Clery Act dataset, not editorially curated and not influenced by advertisers. Each ranking surfaces a clear, reproducible metric (incident rate per 1,000 enrolled students), and the underlying numbers are visible on each campus page so you can verify them. We recompute rankings whenever the upstream data refreshes, and we publish the refresh cadence on the methodology page.

What rankings mean (and what they do not)

A ranking is a useful lens, it tells you where to start looking, but it is not a final judgment about safety. A high per-1,000 rate at a small campus can reflect a handful of reports, and a low rate at a large campus can mask localized risk. Rate-based rankings normalize for enrollment, but reporting culture, campus geography, and residential mix all shape the raw counts. Read every ranking alongside the campus detail page. These rankings are for informational purposes only and do not constitute safety, security, legal, or enrollment advice, and they cannot predict any individual student's experience; see our appropriate use guidance before drawing conclusions about any school.

Methodology, sources, and corrections

Every ranking is derived from the U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey linked on the methodology page. We do not blend proprietary signals or substitute editor opinion for data. If you believe a ranking is miscomputed or a campus is misclassified, contact us with the specific institution and the expected correction, and we will investigate within the next refresh cycle.

Every figure on PlainCampus is rendered directly from federal Clery Act source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal Clery Act source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

Download the institution extract behind these rankings: institutions.csv (same CSV as /data).

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