National rankings · Clery Act

Campus 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.

100
Campuses ranked
51
States + DC

Data updated June 2026

Safest campuses →

The 50 lowest incident rates per 1,000 students.

Most-reported campuses →

The highest total on-campus report counts.
# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
955 University of Maryland Global Campus MD 60,084 0.03 25% of the leader · rank #955
956 Full Sail University FL 26,421 0.04 28% of the leader · rank #956
957 Palm Beach State College FL 24,369 0.04 31% of the leader · rank #957
958 Wake Technical Community College NC 22,763 0.04 33% of the leader · rank #958
959 Front Range Community College CO 21,096 0.05 35% of the leader · rank #959
960 University of the Cumberlands KY 20,327 0.05 37% of the leader · rank #960
961 Hillsborough Community College FL 20,004 0.05 37% of the leader · rank #961
962 Rio Hondo College CA 17,193 0.06 44% of the leader · rank #962
963 Tidewater Community College VA 15,912 0.06 47% of the leader · rank #963
964 Georgia State University-Perimeter College GA 15,522 0.06 48% of the leader · rank #964
965 Cape Fear Community College NC 14,119 0.07 53% of the leader · rank #965
966 Seminole State College of Florida FL 14,104 0.07 53% of the leader · rank #966
967 Florida SouthWestern State College FL 13,860 0.07 54% of the leader · rank #967
968 NUC University PR 27,423 0.07 55% of the leader · rank #968
969 San Diego Miramar College CA 13,569 0.07 55% of the leader · rank #969
970 Foothill College CA 12,931 0.08 58% of the leader · rank #970
971 CUNY Lehman College NY 12,894 0.08 58% of the leader · rank #971
972 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide NM 12,268 0.08 61% of the leader · rank #972
973 Merced College CA 11,835 0.08 63% of the leader · rank #973
974 Bergen Community College NJ 11,801 0.08 63% of the leader · rank #974
975 Middlesex College NJ 11,471 0.09 65% of the leader · rank #975
976 Henry Ford College MI 11,239 0.09 67% of the leader · rank #976
977 Glendale Community College CA 11,176 0.09 67% of the leader · rank #977
978 Southern New Hampshire University NH 184,099 0.09 69% of the leader · rank #978
979 Northeast Wisconsin Technical College WI 10,815 0.09 69% of the leader · rank #979
980 Norco College CA 10,787 0.09 69% of the leader · rank #980
981 Brigham Young University-Idaho ID 42,996 0.09 70% of the leader · rank #981
982 Washtenaw Community College MI 10,756 0.09 70% of the leader · rank #982
983 Laredo College TX 10,191 0.10 73% of the leader · rank #983
984 Estrella Mountain Community College AZ 10,069 0.10 74% of the leader · rank #984
985 Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale FL 20,102 0.10 74% of the leader · rank #985
986 Southeast Community College Area NE 9,799 0.10 76% of the leader · rank #986
987 Elgin Community College IL 9,614 0.10 78% of the leader · rank #987
988 Stark State College OH 9,616 0.10 78% of the leader · rank #988
989 Sacramento City College CA 19,031 0.11 79% of the leader · rank #989
990 Skyline College CA 9,428 0.11 79% of the leader · rank #990
991 Lorain County Community College OH 9,410 0.11 80% of the leader · rank #991
992 Lansing Community College MI 9,207 0.11 81% of the leader · rank #992
993 Lone Star College System TX 70,991 0.11 84% of the leader · rank #993
994 John C Calhoun State Community College AL 8,736 0.11 86% of the leader · rank #994
995 Coastline Community College CA 8,576 0.12 87% of the leader · rank #995
996 Modesto Junior College CA 17,152 0.12 87% of the leader · rank #996
997 Middlesex Community College MA 8,280 0.12 90% of the leader · rank #997
998 National Louis University IL 8,270 0.12 90% of the leader · rank #998
999 Monroe College NY 7,924 0.13 94% of the leader · rank #999
1000 Anoka-Ramsey Community College MN 7,843 0.13 95% of the leader · rank #1000
1001 Camden County College NJ 7,591 0.13 99% of the leader · rank #1001
1002 Thomas Edison State University NJ 7,587 0.13 99% of the leader · rank #1002
1003 Northwest Mississippi Community College MS 7,520 0.13 99% of the leader · rank #1003
1004 American River College CA 29,908 0.13 100% of the leader · rank #1004

Safety score = on-campus Clery incidents / (enrollment/1,000). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education, OPE Campus Safety & Security Survey.

This leaderboard starts above a rate of 0.00: 319 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.

What to do with this ranking

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

Figures reflect the June 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.