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Safest Colleges in Florida

Federal Clery Act filings for all 294 tracked Florida campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Full Sail University currently has the lowest rate.

294
Institutions tracked
0.78
Avg campus rate / 1k (291 of 294 scored)
1.68
Statewide rate / 1k
#9
Rank by avg campus rate
1,104,579
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Full Sail University has the lowest rate in Florida

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 294 tracked campuses in Florida, 212 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Full Sail University has the lowest rate at 0.04 per 1,000 students. This comparison excludes other Clery tables and unreported harm, so review the details before drawing a safety conclusion.

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

campuses tracked
294
average campus, per 1,000 (291 of 294 scored)
0.78
lowest nonzero rate - Full Sail University
0.04
campuses at zero in score categories
212

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet FL · Florida 0.78/1k campus avg · #9/59

RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT

  • RATE-QUIET 0.78/1k
  • RANK-TOP #9/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH Idaho · ±0.01
  • ZERO-HEAVY 73% zero
  • WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −0.90
  • BOOK-FULL 291/294
  • CONC-FLAT top5 26%

Nearest campus-rate peer: Idaho (-0.01/1k)

Florida sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT · peer Idaho. Codes from this state’s OPE Campus Safety filing: unweighted campus rate, corpus rank (low = safer), photo-finish peer state, zero-report share, campus-vs-weighted gap, scored book, top-five enrollment concentration. Not a moving recommendation.

Clery plate RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Idaho (-0.01/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Full Sail University leads at 0.04/1k. Instrument codes from this state's OPE Campus Safety sheet; compare similarly sized campuses before treating any single rate as decisive.

Most scored campuses in Florida (212 of 291) reported zero in the 2024 score categories and stay unranked against each other. Among the nonzero reporters, Full Sail University leads at 0.04/1k, then Seminole State College of Florida (0.07/1k); Tallahassee State College (0.08/1k). A high zero share is a filing pattern, not a proof that campuses are safer.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Florida

Lowest/highest poles plus states nearest Florida on unweighted average campus Clery rate. Full ladder: /rankings/.

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Florida's 0.78/1k unweighted campus average, not a full 50-state board reprint.

Source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey (Clery Act) As of 2024

Safest colleges in Florida, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 79 Florida campuses with at least one incident in those score categories. Showing the top 50 here so the page stays crawlable; positions are numbered within the full nonzero group.

13
Santa Fe CollegeGainesville · 12,758 students
Enrollment
12,758
Incidents /1k
0.31
30
Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale · 30,728 students
Enrollment
30,728
Incidents /1k
1.04
#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Full Sail UniversityWinter Park · 27,169 students27,1690.044% of the leader · rank #1
2Seminole State College of FloridaSanford · 15,390 students15,3900.074% of the leader · rank #2
3Tallahassee State CollegeTallahassee · 12,455 students12,4550.084% of the leader · rank #3
4State College of Florida-Manatee-SarasotaBradenton · 8,750 students8,7500.114% of the leader · rank #4
5Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth · 25,916 students25,9160.124% of the leader · rank #5
6Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne · 14,053 students14,0530.144% of the leader · rank #6
7Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach · 12,770 students12,7700.164% of the leader · rank #7
8Gulf Coast State CollegePanama City · 5,426 students5,4260.184% of the leader · rank #8
9Hillsborough Community CollegeTampa · 21,483 students21,4830.194% of the leader · rank #9
10Pasco-Hernando State CollegeNew Port Richey · 9,410 students9,4100.214% of the leader · rank #10
11Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale · 20,888 students20,8880.294% of the leader · rank #11
12Polk State CollegeWinter Haven · 10,318 students10,3180.294% of the leader · rank #12
13Santa Fe CollegeGainesville · 12,758 students12,7580.314% of the leader · rank #13
14Miami Dade CollegeMiami · 58,941 students58,9410.344% of the leader · rank #14
15Valencia CollegeOrlando · 47,425 students47,4250.384% of the leader · rank #15
16Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville · 23,556 students23,5560.474% of the leader · rank #16
17Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers · 16,612 students16,6120.484% of the leader · rank #17
18Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce · 15,429 students15,4290.524% of the leader · rank #18
19Pensacola State CollegePensacola · 9,491 students9,4910.534% of the leader · rank #19
20Florida SouthWestern State CollegeFort Myers · 14,301 students14,3010.564% of the leader · rank #20
21University of North FloridaJacksonville · 16,154 students16,1540.624% of the leader · rank #21
22Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville · 4,247 students4,2470.714% of the leader · rank #22
23Strayer University-FloridaTampa · 1,303 students1,3030.774% of the leader · rank #23
24Florida Memorial UniversityMiami Gardens · 1,277 students1,2770.784% of the leader · rank #24
25Orange Technical College-West CampusWinter Garden · 1,266 students1,2660.794% of the leader · rank #25
26Edward Waters UniversityJacksonville · 1,177 students1,1770.854% of the leader · rank #26
27Barry UniversityMiami · 6,825 students6,8250.884% of the leader · rank #27
28St. Thomas UniversityMiami Gardens · 7,652 students7,6520.914% of the leader · rank #28
29Tulsa Welding School-JacksonvilleJacksonville · 968 students9681.034% of the leader · rank #29
30Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale · 30,728 students30,7281.044% of the leader · rank #30
31Webber International UniversityBabson Park · 878 students8781.144% of the leader · rank #31
32Celebrity School of BeautyMiami · 855 students8551.174% of the leader · rank #32
33University of West FloridaPensacola · 14,822 students14,8221.214% of the leader · rank #33
34College of Central FloridaOcala · 5,928 students5,9281.354% of the leader · rank #34
35First Coast Technical CollegeSaint Augustine · 727 students7271.384% of the leader · rank #35
36Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach · 12,820 students12,8201.404% of the leader · rank #36
37FVI School of Nursing and TechnologyMiami · 661 students6611.515% of the leader · rank #37
38Southeastern UniversityLakeland · 11,510 students11,5101.565% of the leader · rank #38
39Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach · 11,426 students11,4261.585% of the leader · rank #39
40Saint Leo UniversitySaint Leo · 9,692 students9,6921.655% of the leader · rank #40
41Palm Beach Atlantic UniversityWest Palm Beach · 4,147 students4,1471.695% of the leader · rank #41
42Southern Technical CollegeFort Myers · 550 students5501.826% of the leader · rank #42
43Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale · 20,910 students20,9101.876% of the leader · rank #43
44Florida Southern CollegeLakeland · 3,211 students3,2111.876% of the leader · rank #44
45The College of the Florida KeysKey West · 1,025 students1,0251.956% of the leader · rank #45
46University of MiamiCoral Gables · 19,852 students19,8522.016% of the leader · rank #46
47Bethune-Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach · 2,853 students2,8532.107% of the leader · rank #47
48Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton · 31,607 students31,6072.127% of the leader · rank #48
49Florida International UniversityMiami · 54,723 students54,7232.277% of the leader · rank #49
50Trinity Baptist CollegeJacksonville · 427 students4272.347% of the leader · rank #50

29 additional nonzero-reporting campuses rank below this top-50 list in the same rate order.

Look up any campus via the Campus Safety Incident Tool or browse all schools.

Unranked campuses (215): zero score or no normalized rate

212 filed zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories; other Clery tables can still contain reports. 3 lack a normalized rate because no positive enrollment denominator is available. Neither group supports a safety ordering, so these campuses are listed alphabetically without positions. Showing 15 alphabetically; the remaining 200 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Academy for Five Element AcupunctureGainesville · 39 students390.00
Academy for Nursing and Health OccupationsWest Palm Beach · 558 students5580.00
Academy of Career TrainingKissimmee · 100 students1000.00
Academy of CosmetologyMerritt Island · 50 students500.00
Adrian H. Wallace Barber AcademyPensacola · 33 students330.00
Advance Science International CollegeMiami Lakes0-
Albizu University-MiamiMiami · 818 students8180.00
American Academy of CosmetologyOrange Park · 122 students1220.00
American Advanced Technicians InstituteHialeah · 23 students230.00
American Beauty and Trade SchoolMiami · 83 students830.00
American Institute of BeautyLargo · 151 students1510.00
American Medical AcademyMiami · 412 students4120.00
Ana G. Mendez UniversityOrlando · 8,378 students8,3780.00
Antigua College InternationalMiami Lakes · 251 students2510.00
Aparicio-Levy Technical CollegeTampa · 329 students3290.00

Open any remaining campus from the school directory or the incident tool.

The largest universities in Florida by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: University of Central Florida (69,713); Miami Dade College (58,941); University of Florida (56,311), then 288 more. The 15 biggest Florida institutions by total enrolled students, from the same federal IPEDS collection, each shown with its 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate. The five largest alone account for 26% of the 1,104,579 students enrolled across all 291 tracked Florida institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Arizona College of Nursing-Fort Lauderdale (428 students, 0.00/1k).

9
Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale · 30,728 students
Enrollment
30,728
Incidents /1k
1.04
#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1University of Central FloridaOrlando · 69,713 students69,713100% of the leader · rank #12.41
2Miami Dade CollegeMiami · 58,941 students58,94185% of the leader · rank #20.34
3University of FloridaGainesville · 56,311 students56,31181% of the leader · rank #38.42
4Florida International UniversityMiami · 54,723 students54,72378% of the leader · rank #42.27
5University of South FloridaTampa · 49,622 students49,62271% of the leader · rank #54.63
6Valencia CollegeOrlando · 47,425 students47,42568% of the leader · rank #60.38
7Florida State UniversityTallahassee · 43,889 students43,88963% of the leader · rank #73.51
8Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton · 31,607 students31,60745% of the leader · rank #82.12
9Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale · 30,728 students30,72844% of the leader · rank #91.04
10Full Sail UniversityWinter Park · 27,169 students27,16939% of the leader · rank #100.04
11Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth · 25,916 students25,91637% of the leader · rank #110.12
12St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg · 23,936 students23,93634% of the leader · rank #120.00
13Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville · 23,556 students23,55634% of the leader · rank #130.47
14Hillsborough Community CollegeTampa · 21,483 students21,48331% of the leader · rank #140.19
15Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale · 20,910 students20,91030% of the leader · rank #151.87

Enrollment is total reported students, not full-time equivalent, and a branch campus is reported separately from its parent institution. A larger campus is not a less safe one: the incident rate beside it is already per 1,000 students.

Nationwide states with similar campus scale or Clery rate

Two nationwide peer sets for Florida: closest on tracked campus count (294 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (0.78/1k here). The rate-neighbourhood and keep-peer blocks above stay geo-adjacent; these columns are cross-state ABS comparisons with deduped link sets.

Similar campus count

Nearest other states by number of tracked postsecondary institutions (≥5 scored campuses in corpus).

Similar campus Clery rate

Nearest other states by unweighted average on-campus Clery rate. Campus-count peers above are excluded.

Read with this state

Keep-peer handoff: Idaho sits nearest on unweighted campus average (-0.01/1k). Inside Florida, open Full Sail University's campus sheet next.

Full Sail University profile → | All states → | Florida net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Florida campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Florida?

Among Florida campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Full Sail University has the lowest rate (0.04 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Seminole State College of Florida (0.07/1k); Tallahassee State College (0.08/1k). 212 campuses reported zero in those score categories and are listed separately without a safety ordinal, because a zero report is not the same as a proven safer campus.

How does PlainCampus rank campus safety in Florida?

In Florida, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Full Sail University currently leads that nonzero list at 0.04/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Florida are compared?

This page covers 294 tracked higher-education institutions in Florida, serving about 1,104,579 enrolled students combined across 107 cities. 79 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 215 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are University of Central Florida (69,713); Miami Dade College (58,941); University of Florida (56,311). Nearby state averages for context: Idaho (0.77/1k); Nevada (0.82/1k); New Jersey (0.69/1k); Utah (0.91/1k); Arizona (0.58/1k); Guam (0.58/1k).

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.

PlainCampus is for informational purposes only and does not constitute safety, security, legal, or enrollment advice; the data describes reported on-campus activity, it is not a complete picture of safety at any campus and cannot predict any individual student's experience. See our appropriate use guidance.