1
Full Sail University Winter Park, FL · Private for-profit
- Enrollment
- 27,169
- Incidents /1k
- 0.04
National ranking · Clery Act 2024
The 50 Safest Large U.S. College Campuses
According to the U.S. Department of Education's Clery Act filings, ranked by the lowest reported on-campus incident rate per 1,000 enrolled students, among campuses with 2,000 or more students. Lower is safer.
- 0.04
- Safest rate (Very low)
- 50
- Campuses ranked
- 0.13
- #50 cutoff (Very low)
- 1,493
- Total ranked
Full Sail University ranks #1 among large U.S. campuses by lowest Clery incident rate
According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, Full Sail University reports 0.04 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, the lowest rate among campuses with at least 2,000 students in this ranking. The national median sits near 1.58. Rates exclude some Clery tables and nearby off-campus crime, so compare enrollment and category detail before treating the list as a personal safety verdict.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- Safest rate / 1,000 (Very low)
- 0.04
- #50 cutoff (Very low)
- 0.13
- National median (Typical)
- 1.58
- Campuses on this list
- 50
The list in one line
Every campus on this list has under 0.13 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA reports per 1,000 students, a fraction of the 1.58 national median, and the #1 campus has just 0.04.
- 0.04
- safest campus, per 1,000
- 0.13
- rate to make this top 50
- 1.58
- national median, per 1,000
- Top 3%
- even the #50 campus, nationally
Safety score = on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA reports per 1,000 enrolled students. Arrests and disciplinary referrals are excluded. A score of 0 can reflect genuinely few reports or under-reporting; read alongside campus modality and reporting culture.
Even the 50th-safest campus is well below the typical campus. Here is where the #50 cutoff (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
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more ranked campuses. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, Campus Safety & Security Survey (Clery Act) · 2024
Signature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among ranked four-year campuses in the federal filings, sub-2,500-student schools average about 5.6 Clery incidents per 1,000 vs about 2.9 for the 10k-25k band - so the smallest campuses are not systematically the safest reporters. This plot of 64 four-year campuses (enrollment percentile vs safer-reporting percentile) makes that pattern visible; size alone is a weak predictor of the normalized rate.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 13, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 13
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 16
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 5, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 10, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 24, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 5
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 2, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 2
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 24
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 16, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 60
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 32, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 59
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 62
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 30, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 27, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 63
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 40, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 65
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 38, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 52
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 35, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 49, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 68
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 37, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 70
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 41, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 71
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 48, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 51
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 73
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 65, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 52, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 87
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 59, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 90
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 37: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 84
- Point 38: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 68, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
- Point 39: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 70, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 40: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 51, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 94
- Point 41: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 63, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 42: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 60, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 79
- Point 43: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 62, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 95
- Point 44: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 45: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 73, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 46: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 98
- Point 47: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 76
- Point 48: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 100
- Point 49: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 50: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 32
- Point 51: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 87, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 52: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 84, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 35
- Point 53: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 95, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 37
- Point 54: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 98, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- Point 55: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 38
- Point 56: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 40
- Point 57: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 76, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 27
- Point 58: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 59: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 90, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 41
- Point 60: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 43
- Point 61: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 62: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
- Point 63: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 48
- Point 64: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 49
Read the chart as a table
| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Maria College | 611 | 6.55 | 0 | 13 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 624 | 6.41 | 2 | 21 |
| Talladega College | 760 | 6.58 | 3 | 8 |
| Bushnell University | 761 | 6.57 | 5 | 11 |
| University of the Ozarks | 778 | 6.43 | 6 | 19 |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 896 | 6.70 | 8 | 2 |
| Ottawa University-Surprise | 912 | 6.58 | 10 | 8 |
| Presbyterian College | 1,095 | 6.39 | 11 | 22 |
| Catawba College | 1,376 | 6.54 | 13 | 14 |
| Maryland Institute College of Art | 1,687 | 6.52 | 14 | 16 |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 1,785 | 6.72 | 16 | 0 |
| Claflin University | 1,852 | 6.48 | 17 | 17 |
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.
The full top 50
2
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY · Public
- Enrollment
- 20,081
- Incidents /1k
- 0.05
3
NUC University Bayamon, PR · Private for-profit
- Enrollment
- 30,794
- Incidents /1k
- 0.06
4
Seminole State College of Florida Sanford, FL · Public
- Enrollment
- 15,390
- Incidents /1k
- 0.07
5
Oakland Community College Auburn Hills, MI · Public
- Enrollment
- 15,287
- Incidents /1k
- 0.07
6
CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY · Public
- Enrollment
- 14,494
- Incidents /1k
- 0.07
7
Grossmont College El Cajon, CA · Public
- Enrollment
- 14,440
- Incidents /1k
- 0.07
8
Cape Fear Community College Wilmington, NC · Public
- Enrollment
- 14,082
- Incidents /1k
- 0.07
9
Wilmington University New Castle, DE · Private nonprofit
- Enrollment
- 13,746
- Incidents /1k
- 0.07
10
College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL · Public
- Enrollment
- 26,224
- Incidents /1k
- 0.08
11
Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · Public
- Enrollment
- 12,926
- Incidents /1k
- 0.08
12
Delgado Community College New Orleans, LA · Public
- Enrollment
- 12,712
- Incidents /1k
- 0.08
13
Harrisburg Area Community College Harrisburg, PA · Public
- Enrollment
- 12,585
- Incidents /1k
- 0.08
14
ECPI University Virginia Beach, VA · Private for-profit
- Enrollment
- 12,572
- Incidents /1k
- 0.08
15
Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA · Public
- Enrollment
- 24,985
- Incidents /1k
- 0.08
16
Tallahassee State College Tallahassee, FL · Public
- Enrollment
- 12,455
- Incidents /1k
- 0.08
17
Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC · Public
- Enrollment
- 24,609
- Incidents /1k
- 0.08
18
Wayne County Community College District Detroit, MI · Public
- Enrollment
- 12,137
- Incidents /1k
- 0.08
19
Greenville Technical College Greenville, SC · Public
- Enrollment
- 11,999
- Incidents /1k
- 0.08
20
Ozarks Technical Community College Springfield, MO · Public
- Enrollment
- 11,380
- Incidents /1k
- 0.09
21
Norco College Norco, CA · Public
- Enrollment
- 11,351
- Incidents /1k
- 0.09
22
University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KY · Private nonprofit
- Enrollment
- 22,120
- Incidents /1k
- 0.09
23
Stark State College North Canton, OH · Public
- Enrollment
- 10,128
- Incidents /1k
- 0.10
24
Odessa College Odessa, TX · Public
- Enrollment
- 9,981
- Incidents /1k
- 0.10
25
College of San Mateo San Mateo, CA · Public
- Enrollment
- 9,901
- Incidents /1k
- 0.10
26
Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA · Public
- Enrollment
- 9,876
- Incidents /1k
- 0.10
27
Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Angola, IN · Private nonprofit
- Enrollment
- 9,868
- Incidents /1k
- 0.10
28
Beth Medrash Govoha Lakewood, NJ · Private nonprofit
- Enrollment
- 9,657
- Incidents /1k
- 0.10
29
CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY · Public
- Enrollment
- 9,536
- Incidents /1k
- 0.10
30
Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH · Private nonprofit
- Enrollment
- 189,531
- Incidents /1k
- 0.11
31
Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell, PA · Public
- Enrollment
- 9,278
- Incidents /1k
- 0.11
32
Jefferson State Community College Birmingham, AL · Public
- Enrollment
- 9,240
- Incidents /1k
- 0.11
33
Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CA · Public
- Enrollment
- 27,248
- Incidents /1k
- 0.11
34
Arizona Western College Yuma, AZ · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,964
- Incidents /1k
- 0.11
35
Imperial Valley College Imperial, CA · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,873
- Incidents /1k
- 0.11
36
Hinds Community College Raymond, MS · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,859
- Incidents /1k
- 0.11
37
State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota Bradenton, FL · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,750
- Incidents /1k
- 0.11
38
Century College White Bear Lake, MN · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,726
- Incidents /1k
- 0.11
39
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,681
- Incidents /1k
- 0.12
40
Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, FL · Public
- Enrollment
- 25,916
- Incidents /1k
- 0.12
41
Aims Community College Greeley, CO · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,542
- Incidents /1k
- 0.12
42
Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN · Public
- Enrollment
- 110,710
- Incidents /1k
- 0.12
43
Victor Valley College Victorville, CA · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,423
- Incidents /1k
- 0.12
44
NorthWest Arkansas Community College Bentonville, AR · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,412
- Incidents /1k
- 0.12
45
UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Cranford, NJ · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,330
- Incidents /1k
- 0.12
46
Chippewa Valley Technical College Eau Claire, WI · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,330
- Incidents /1k
- 0.12
47
Oakton College Des Plaines, IL · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,329
- Incidents /1k
- 0.12
48
Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove, IL · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,305
- Incidents /1k
- 0.12
49
Las Positas College Livermore, CA · Public
- Enrollment
- 8,103
- Incidents /1k
- 0.12
50
Southern Maine Community College South Portland, ME · Public
- Enrollment
- 7,900
- Incidents /1k
- 0.13
| # | Campus | Enrollment | Incidents /1k |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Full Sail University Winter Park, FL · Private for-profit | 27,169 | 0.04 29% of the leader · rank #1 |
| 2 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY · Public | 20,081 | 0.05 39% of the leader · rank #2 |
| 3 | NUC University Bayamon, PR · Private for-profit | 30,794 | 0.06 51% of the leader · rank #3 |
| 4 | Seminole State College of Florida Sanford, FL · Public | 15,390 | 0.07 51% of the leader · rank #4 |
| 5 | Oakland Community College Auburn Hills, MI · Public | 15,287 | 0.07 52% of the leader · rank #5 |
| 6 | CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY · Public | 14,494 | 0.07 55% of the leader · rank #6 |
| 7 | Grossmont College El Cajon, CA · Public | 14,440 | 0.07 55% of the leader · rank #7 |
| 8 | Cape Fear Community College Wilmington, NC · Public | 14,082 | 0.07 56% of the leader · rank #8 |
| 9 | Wilmington University New Castle, DE · Private nonprofit | 13,746 | 0.07 57% of the leader · rank #9 |
| 10 | College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL · Public | 26,224 | 0.08 60% of the leader · rank #10 |
| 11 | Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · Public | 12,926 | 0.08 61% of the leader · rank #11 |
| 12 | Delgado Community College New Orleans, LA · Public | 12,712 | 0.08 62% of the leader · rank #12 |
| 13 | Harrisburg Area Community College Harrisburg, PA · Public | 12,585 | 0.08 63% of the leader · rank #13 |
| 14 | ECPI University Virginia Beach, VA · Private for-profit | 12,572 | 0.08 63% of the leader · rank #14 |
| 15 | Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA · Public | 24,985 | 0.08 63% of the leader · rank #15 |
| 16 | Tallahassee State College Tallahassee, FL · Public | 12,455 | 0.08 63% of the leader · rank #16 |
| 17 | Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC · Public | 24,609 | 0.08 64% of the leader · rank #17 |
| 18 | Wayne County Community College District Detroit, MI · Public | 12,137 | 0.08 65% of the leader · rank #18 |
| 19 | Greenville Technical College Greenville, SC · Public | 11,999 | 0.08 66% of the leader · rank #19 |
| 20 | Ozarks Technical Community College Springfield, MO · Public | 11,380 | 0.09 69% of the leader · rank #20 |
| 21 | Norco College Norco, CA · Public | 11,351 | 0.09 70% of the leader · rank #21 |
| 22 | University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KY · Private nonprofit | 22,120 | 0.09 71% of the leader · rank #22 |
| 23 | Stark State College North Canton, OH · Public | 10,128 | 0.10 78% of the leader · rank #23 |
| 24 | Odessa College Odessa, TX · Public | 9,981 | 0.10 79% of the leader · rank #24 |
| 25 | College of San Mateo San Mateo, CA · Public | 9,901 | 0.10 80% of the leader · rank #25 |
| 26 | Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA · Public | 9,876 | 0.10 80% of the leader · rank #26 |
| 27 | Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Angola, IN · Private nonprofit | 9,868 | 0.10 80% of the leader · rank #27 |
| 28 | Beth Medrash Govoha Lakewood, NJ · Private nonprofit | 9,657 | 0.10 82% of the leader · rank #28 |
| 29 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY · Public | 9,536 | 0.10 83% of the leader · rank #29 |
| 30 | Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH · Private nonprofit | 189,531 | 0.11 83% of the leader · rank #30 |
| 31 | Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell, PA · Public | 9,278 | 0.11 85% of the leader · rank #31 |
| 32 | Jefferson State Community College Birmingham, AL · Public | 9,240 | 0.11 85% of the leader · rank #32 |
| 33 | Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CA · Public | 27,248 | 0.11 87% of the leader · rank #33 |
| 34 | Arizona Western College Yuma, AZ · Public | 8,964 | 0.11 88% of the leader · rank #34 |
| 35 | Imperial Valley College Imperial, CA · Public | 8,873 | 0.11 89% of the leader · rank #35 |
| 36 | Hinds Community College Raymond, MS · Public | 8,859 | 0.11 89% of the leader · rank #36 |
| 37 | State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota Bradenton, FL · Public | 8,750 | 0.11 90% of the leader · rank #37 |
| 38 | Century College White Bear Lake, MN · Public | 8,726 | 0.11 91% of the leader · rank #38 |
| 39 | J Sargeant Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA · Public | 8,681 | 0.12 91% of the leader · rank #39 |
| 40 | Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, FL · Public | 25,916 | 0.12 91% of the leader · rank #40 |
| 41 | Aims Community College Greeley, CO · Public | 8,542 | 0.12 92% of the leader · rank #41 |
| 42 | Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN · Public | 110,710 | 0.12 93% of the leader · rank #42 |
| 43 | Victor Valley College Victorville, CA · Public | 8,423 | 0.12 94% of the leader · rank #43 |
| 44 | NorthWest Arkansas Community College Bentonville, AR · Public | 8,412 | 0.12 94% of the leader · rank #44 |
| 45 | UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Cranford, NJ · Public | 8,330 | 0.12 95% of the leader · rank #45 |
| 46 | Chippewa Valley Technical College Eau Claire, WI · Public | 8,330 | 0.12 95% of the leader · rank #46 |
| 47 | Oakton College Des Plaines, IL · Public | 8,329 | 0.12 95% of the leader · rank #47 |
| 48 | Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove, IL · Public | 8,305 | 0.12 95% of the leader · rank #48 |
| 49 | Las Positas College Livermore, CA · Public | 8,103 | 0.12 97% of the leader · rank #49 |
| 50 | Southern Maine Community College South Portland, ME · Public | 7,900 | 0.13 100% of the leader · rank #50 |
Safety score = on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA reports divided by enrollment, per 1,000 students. Arrests and disciplinary referrals are excluded. Lower means fewer included reports relative to enrollment. Only campuses with enrollment ≥ 2,000 and a nonzero reported safety score are included.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) Campus Safety and Security Survey (Clery Act disclosures)
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