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Safest Colleges in Michigan

Federal Clery Act filings for all 153 tracked Michigan campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Oakland Community College currently has the lowest rate.

153
Institutions tracked
1.18
Avg campus rate / 1k (153 of 153 scored)
2.46
Statewide rate / 1k
#15
Rank by avg campus rate
489,509
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Oakland Community College has the lowest rate in Michigan

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 153 tracked campuses in Michigan, 97 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Oakland Community College has the lowest rate at 0.07 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
153
average campus, per 1,000 (153 of 153 scored)
1.18
lowest nonzero rate - Oakland Community College
0.07
campuses at zero in score categories
97

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet MI · Michigan 1.18/1k campus avg · #15/59

RATE-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT

  • RATE-LOW 1.18/1k
  • RANK-UPPER #15/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH South Dakota · ±0.01
  • ZERO-HEAVY 63% zero
  • WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −1.28
  • BOOK-FULL 153/153
  • CONC-FLAT top5 34%

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

Michigan sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT · peer South Dakota. 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-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is South Dakota (-0.01/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Oakland Community College leads at 0.07/1k. 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 Michigan (97 of 153) reported zero in the 2024 score categories and stay unranked against each other. Among the nonzero reporters, Oakland Community College leads at 0.07/1k, then Wayne County Community College District (0.08/1k); Henry Ford College (0.18/1k). A high zero share is a filing pattern, not a proof that campuses are safer.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Michigan

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

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Michigan's 1.18/1k 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 Michigan, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 56 Michigan 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.

4
Delta CollegeUniversity Center · 8,397 students
Enrollment
8,397
Incidents /1k
0.24
15
Baker CollegeOwosso · 3,955 students
Enrollment
3,955
Incidents /1k
0.76
37
Hope CollegeHolland · 3,395 students
Enrollment
3,395
Incidents /1k
3.53
41
Adrian CollegeAdrian · 1,765 students
Enrollment
1,765
Incidents /1k
3.97
43
Aquinas CollegeGrand Rapids · 1,157 students
Enrollment
1,157
Incidents /1k
4.32
#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills · 15,287 students15,2870.074% of the leader · rank #1
2Wayne County Community College DistrictDetroit · 12,137 students12,1370.084% of the leader · rank #2
3Henry Ford CollegeDearborn · 11,410 students11,4100.184% of the leader · rank #3
4Delta CollegeUniversity Center · 8,397 students8,3970.244% of the leader · rank #4
5University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn · 8,104 students8,1040.254% of the leader · rank #5
6Mid Michigan CollegeHarrison · 3,692 students3,6920.274% of the leader · rank #6
7Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazoo · 6,334 students6,3340.324% of the leader · rank #7
8Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia · 8,587 students8,5870.354% of the leader · rank #8
9Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor · 11,133 students11,1330.454% of the leader · rank #9
10Monroe County Community CollegeMonroe · 2,210 students2,2100.454% of the leader · rank #10
11Lansing Community CollegeLansing · 9,821 students9,8210.514% of the leader · rank #11
12Macomb Community CollegeWarren · 16,300 students16,3000.554% of the leader · rank #12
13College for Creative StudiesDetroit · 1,433 students1,4330.704% of the leader · rank #13
14Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids · 12,468 students12,4680.724% of the leader · rank #14
15Baker CollegeOwosso · 3,955 students3,9550.764% of the leader · rank #15
16Spring Arbor UniversitySpring Arbor · 2,441 students2,4410.824% of the leader · rank #16
17Mott Community CollegeFlint · 6,718 students6,7180.894% of the leader · rank #17
18Jackson CollegeJackson · 5,086 students5,0860.985% of the leader · rank #18
19Grace Christian UniversityWyoming · 1,017 students1,0170.985% of the leader · rank #19
20University of Michigan-FlintFlint · 6,529 students6,5291.075% of the leader · rank #20
21University of Detroit MercyDetroit · 5,587 students5,5871.075% of the leader · rank #21
22Gogebic Community CollegeIronwood · 882 students8821.135% of the leader · rank #22
23Lake Michigan CollegeBenton Harbor · 2,937 students2,9371.366% of the leader · rank #23
24Rochester UniversityRochester Hills · 1,193 students1,1931.688% of the leader · rank #24
25Concordia University Ann ArborAnn Arbor · 1,135 students1,1351.768% of the leader · rank #25
26Lawrence Technological UniversitySouthfield · 3,693 students3,6931.909% of the leader · rank #26
27Davenport UniversityGrand Rapids · 4,815 students4,8152.2810% of the leader · rank #27
28Wayne State UniversityDetroit · 23,803 students23,8032.3111% of the leader · rank #28
29Oakland UniversityRochester Hills · 15,768 students15,7682.3511% of the leader · rank #29
30Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo · 16,744 students16,7442.3911% of the leader · rank #30
31Western Theological SeminaryHolland · 397 students3972.5212% of the leader · rank #31
32Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton · 7,403 students7,4032.5712% of the leader · rank #32
33Southwestern Michigan CollegeDowagiac · 2,000 students2,0003.0014% of the leader · rank #33
34Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant · 14,488 students14,4883.1114% of the leader · rank #34
35Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids · 3,681 students3,6813.2615% of the leader · rank #35
36Madonna UniversityLivonia · 2,124 students2,1243.3015% of the leader · rank #36
37Hope CollegeHolland · 3,395 students3,3953.5316% of the leader · rank #37
38University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor · 52,855 students52,8553.7517% of the leader · rank #38
39Siena Heights UniversityAdrian · 1,781 students1,7813.9318% of the leader · rank #39
40Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale · 22,011 students22,0113.9518% of the leader · rank #40
41Adrian CollegeAdrian · 1,765 students1,7653.9718% of the leader · rank #41
42Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo · 1,166 students1,1664.2920% of the leader · rank #42
43Aquinas CollegeGrand Rapids · 1,157 students1,1574.3220% of the leader · rank #43
44Lake Superior State UniversitySault Ste Marie · 1,567 students1,5674.4720% of the leader · rank #44
45Dorsey College-WoodhavenWoodhaven · 223 students2234.4821% of the leader · rank #45
46Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center · 6,822 students6,8224.9823% of the leader · rank #46
47Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing · 52,089 students52,0895.3224% of the leader · rank #47
48Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti · 12,631 students12,6315.4625% of the leader · rank #48
49Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette · 7,409 students7,4095.9427% of the leader · rank #49
50Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids · 9,959 students9,9596.4329% of the leader · rank #50

6 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 (97): zero score or no normalized rate

97 filed zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories; other Clery tables can still contain reports. Neither group supports a safety ordering, so these campuses are listed alphabetically without positions. Showing 15 alphabetically; the remaining 82 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Abcott InstituteSouthfield · 142 students1420.00
Alpena Community CollegeAlpena · 1,581 students1,5810.00
Arizona College of Nursing-SouthfieldSouthfield · 594 students5940.00
Bay de Noc Community CollegeEscanaba · 2,149 students2,1490.00
Bay Mills Community CollegeBrimley · 698 students6980.00
Bayshire Academy of Beauty Craft IncBay City · 97 students970.00
Brighton Institute of CosmetologyBrighton · 43 students430.00
Cadillac Institute of CosmetologyCadillac · 43 students430.00
Carnegie InstituteTroy · 93 students930.00
Chamberlain University-MichiganTroy · 629 students6290.00
Cleary UniversityHowell · 1,004 students1,0040.00
Cornerstone UniversityGrand Rapids · 1,695 students1,6950.00
Creative Hair School of CosmetologyFlint · 38 students380.00
David Pressley School of CosmetologyRoyal Oak · 225 students2250.00
Detroit Business Institute-DownriverRiverview · 124 students1240.00

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

The largest universities in Michigan by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (52,855); Michigan State University (52,089); Wayne State University (23,803), then 150 more. The 15 biggest Michigan 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 34% of the 489,509 students enrolled across all 153 tracked Michigan institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Dorsey College-Dearborn (430 students, 0.00/1k).

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor · 52,855 students52,855100% of the leader · rank #13.75
2Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing · 52,089 students52,08999% of the leader · rank #25.32
3Wayne State UniversityDetroit · 23,803 students23,80345% of the leader · rank #32.31
4Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale · 22,011 students22,01142% of the leader · rank #43.95
5Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo · 16,744 students16,74432% of the leader · rank #52.39
6Macomb Community CollegeWarren · 16,300 students16,30031% of the leader · rank #60.55
7Oakland UniversityRochester Hills · 15,768 students15,76830% of the leader · rank #72.35
8Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills · 15,287 students15,28729% of the leader · rank #80.07
9Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant · 14,488 students14,48827% of the leader · rank #93.11
10Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti · 12,631 students12,63124% of the leader · rank #105.46
11Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids · 12,468 students12,46824% of the leader · rank #110.72
12Wayne County Community College DistrictDetroit · 12,137 students12,13723% of the leader · rank #120.08
13Henry Ford CollegeDearborn · 11,410 students11,41022% of the leader · rank #130.18
14Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor · 11,133 students11,13321% of the leader · rank #140.45
15Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids · 9,959 students9,95919% of the leader · rank #156.43

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 Michigan: closest on tracked campus count (153 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (1.18/1k 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: South Dakota sits nearest on unweighted campus average (-0.01/1k). Inside Michigan, open Oakland Community College's campus sheet next.

Oakland Community College profile → | All states → | Michigan net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Michigan campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Michigan?

Among Michigan campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Oakland Community College has the lowest rate (0.07 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Wayne County Community College District (0.08/1k); Henry Ford College (0.18/1k). 97 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 Michigan?

In Michigan, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Oakland Community College currently leads that nonzero list at 0.07/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Michigan are compared?

This page covers 153 tracked higher-education institutions in Michigan, serving about 489,509 enrolled students combined across 85 cities. 56 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 97 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (52,855); Michigan State University (52,089); Wayne State University (23,803). Nearby state averages for context: South Dakota (1.17/1k); Louisiana (1.20/1k); Federated States of Micronesia (1.16/1k); Arkansas (1.11/1k); Ohio (1.34/1k); Utah (0.91/1k).

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.