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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

# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Full Sail University FL 27,169 0.04 29% of the leader · rank #1
2 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY 20,081 0.05 39% of the leader · rank #2
3 NUC University PR 30,794 0.06 51% of the leader · rank #3
4 Seminole State College of Florida FL 15,390 0.07 51% of the leader · rank #4
5 Oakland Community College MI 15,287 0.07 52% of the leader · rank #5
6 CUNY LaGuardia Community College NY 14,494 0.07 55% of the leader · rank #6
7 Grossmont College CA 14,440 0.07 55% of the leader · rank #7
8 Cape Fear Community College NC 14,082 0.07 56% of the leader · rank #8
9 Wilmington University DE 13,746 0.07 57% of the leader · rank #9
10 College of DuPage IL 26,224 0.08 60% of the leader · rank #10
11 Community College of Philadelphia PA 12,926 0.08 61% of the leader · rank #11
12 Delgado Community College LA 12,712 0.08 62% of the leader · rank #12
13 Harrisburg Area Community College PA 12,585 0.08 63% of the leader · rank #13
14 ECPI University VA 12,572 0.08 63% of the leader · rank #14
15 Long Beach City College CA 24,985 0.08 63% of the leader · rank #15
16 Tallahassee State College FL 12,455 0.08 63% of the leader · rank #16
17 Wake Technical Community College NC 24,609 0.08 64% of the leader · rank #17
18 Wayne County Community College District MI 12,137 0.08 65% of the leader · rank #18
19 Greenville Technical College SC 11,999 0.08 66% of the leader · rank #19
20 Ozarks Technical Community College MO 11,380 0.09 69% of the leader · rank #20
21 Norco College CA 11,351 0.09 70% of the leader · rank #21
22 University of the Cumberlands KY 22,120 0.09 71% of the leader · rank #22
23 Stark State College OH 10,128 0.10 78% of the leader · rank #23
24 Odessa College TX 9,981 0.10 79% of the leader · rank #24
25 College of San Mateo CA 9,901 0.10 80% of the leader · rank #25
26 Bunker Hill Community College MA 9,876 0.10 80% of the leader · rank #26
27 Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses IN 9,868 0.10 80% of the leader · rank #27
28 Beth Medrash Govoha NJ 9,657 0.10 82% of the leader · rank #28
29 CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY 9,536 0.10 83% of the leader · rank #29
30 Southern New Hampshire University NH 189,531 0.11 83% of the leader · rank #30
31 Montgomery County Community College PA 9,278 0.11 85% of the leader · rank #31
32 Jefferson State Community College AL 9,240 0.11 85% of the leader · rank #32
33 Santa Ana College CA 27,248 0.11 87% of the leader · rank #33
34 Arizona Western College AZ 8,964 0.11 88% of the leader · rank #34
35 Imperial Valley College CA 8,873 0.11 89% of the leader · rank #35
36 Hinds Community College MS 8,859 0.11 89% of the leader · rank #36
37 State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota FL 8,750 0.11 90% of the leader · rank #37
38 Century College MN 8,726 0.11 91% of the leader · rank #38
39 J Sargeant Reynolds Community College VA 8,681 0.12 91% of the leader · rank #39
40 Palm Beach State College FL 25,916 0.12 91% of the leader · rank #40
41 Aims Community College CO 8,542 0.12 92% of the leader · rank #41
42 Ivy Tech Community College IN 110,710 0.12 93% of the leader · rank #42
43 Victor Valley College CA 8,423 0.12 94% of the leader · rank #43
44 NorthWest Arkansas Community College AR 8,412 0.12 94% of the leader · rank #44
45 UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey NJ 8,330 0.12 95% of the leader · rank #45
46 Chippewa Valley Technical College WI 8,330 0.12 95% of the leader · rank #46
47 Oakton College IL 8,329 0.12 95% of the leader · rank #47
48 Waubonsee Community College IL 8,305 0.12 95% of the leader · rank #48
49 Las Positas College CA 8,103 0.12 97% of the leader · rank #49
50 Southern Maine Community College ME 7,900 0.13 100% 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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