PA State Rank: #55

Pennsylvania Campus Safety

299 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania. Average safety score: 5.92 incidents per 1,000 students. Ranked by Clery Act on-campus incident rate.

Pennsylvania reports Clery Act campus safety data across 299 higher education institutions distributed across 180 cities , serving approximately 629,488 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 5.92 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Pennsylvania at national rank #55 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Pennsylvania reports 0.00 incidents per 1,000 students, while 176 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

All-State Career School in Essington leads Pennsylvania with the lowest reported incident rate (0.00 per 1,000 students). The largest institution by enrollment is Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus with 50,399 students and a safety score of 3.61. Raw incident counts across institutions in this state must be interpreted alongside enrollment size — a large urban research university and a small rural liberal arts college produce very different absolute numbers for identical underlying risk.

Every institution listed below participates in federal financial aid programs and is therefore legally required under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to publish annual on-campus crime statistics. The data is collected by the US Department of Education via the OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey. Rankings shown on this page reflect incident rates per 1,000 enrolled students, so smaller schools with a handful of reports can score worse than large universities with dozens of reports. Use the table below to compare campuses with similar enrollment profiles before drawing conclusions about relative safety.

State Rank Institution City Enrollment Safety Score
1 All-State Career School Essington 831 0.00
2 Community College of Allegheny County Pittsburgh 10,451 0.00
3 DeSales University Center Valley 2,919 0.00
4 Community College of Beaver County MONACA 1,673 0.00
5 Carlow University Pittsburgh 2,310 0.00
6 Central Penn College SUMMERDALE 827 0.00
7 Delaware County Community College MEDIA 7,638 0.00
8 Harrisburg Area Community College HARRISBURG 12,880 0.00
9 Johnson College SCRANTON 627 0.00
10 Keystone College LA PLUME 1,051 0.00
11 Lehigh Carbon Community College SCHNECKSVILLE 6,385 0.00
12 Lincoln Technical Institute-Allentown ALLENTOWN 529 0.00
13 Luzerne County Community College NANTICOKE 4,315 0.00
14 Manor College JENKINTOWN 599 0.00
15 Montgomery County Community College BLUE BELL 8,895 0.00
16 Mount Aloysius College Cresson 2,967 0.00
17 New Castle School of Trades New Castle 623 0.00
18 Salus University ELKINS PARK 1,148 0.00
19 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto MONT ALTO 588 0.00
20 Peirce College PHILADELPHIA 872 0.00
21 Pennco Tech-Bristol BRISTOL 603 0.00
22 Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics WEST MIFFLIN 591 0.00
23 Rosemont College Rosemont 777 0.00
24 UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing PITTSBURGH 594 0.00
25 Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology LANCASTER 1,453 0.00
26 Thiel College GREENVILLE 920 0.00
27 Westminster Theological Seminary Glenside 1,031 0.00
28 Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood 4,275 0.00
29 Pennsylvania Highlands Community College JOHNSTOWN 2,286 0.00
30 Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences Lancaster 1,770 0.00
31 Strayer University-Pennsylvania Feasterville Trevose 1,503 0.00
32 Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc Exton 1,004 0.00
33 Institute of Medical Careers Pittsburgh 866 0.00
34 Bucks County Community College Newtown 6,098 0.16
35 Community College of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA 12,224 0.25
36 Holy Family University PHILADELPHIA 3,148 0.32
37 La Roche University PITTSBURGH 2,618 0.38
38 Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre 5,198 0.38
39 Butler County Community College BUTLER 2,468 0.41
40 Immaculata University IMMACULATA 2,407 0.42
41 Reading Area Community College READING 4,788 0.42
42 Lebanon Valley College ANNVILLE 2,142 0.47
43 Seton Hill University GREENSBURG 1,984 0.50
44 King's College WILKES-BARRE 1,932 0.52
45 Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville 6,732 0.59
46 Point Park University PITTSBURGH 3,299 0.61
47 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine PHILADELPHIA 3,027 0.66
48 Chestnut Hill College PHILADELPHIA 1,402 0.71
49 University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg GREENSBURG 1,326 0.75
50 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg 5,184 0.77
51 Geneva College Beaver Falls 1,258 0.79
52 Pennsylvania Western University CALIFORNIA 11,305 0.80
53 Eastern University SAINT DAVIDS 6,981 1.00
54 Lackawanna College SCRANTON 1,939 1.03
55 Harcum College Bryn Mawr 936 1.07
56 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania SLIPPERY ROCK 8,350 1.08
57 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton DUNMORE 838 1.19
58 Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH 15,596 1.28
59 Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia 7,201 1.39
60 Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg 3,558 1.41
61 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York YORK 707 1.41
62 University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA 28,711 1.43
63 Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA 8,315 1.44
64 Northampton County Area Community College BETHLEHEM 8,695 1.50
65 Pennsylvania Institute of Technology MEDIA 662 1.51
66 Cedar Crest College ALLENTOWN 1,248 1.60
67 Pennsylvania College of Technology WILLIAMSPORT 4,307 1.63
68 Robert Morris University Moon 4,737 1.69
69 Washington & Jefferson College WASHINGTON 1,162 1.72
70 University of Valley Forge PHOENIXVILLE 573 1.75
71 Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley 2,165 1.85
72 Drexel University PHILADELPHIA 21,703 1.89
73 Alvernia University READING 2,485 2.01
74 Temple University PHILADELPHIA 30,205 2.02
75 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania KUTZTOWN 7,416 2.02
76 University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown JOHNSTOWN 1,940 2.06
77 Saint Vincent College LATROBE 1,442 2.08
78 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley 954 2.10
79 Marywood University SCRANTON 2,850 2.11
80 Gannon University ERIE 4,548 2.20
81 Lehigh University BETHLEHEM 7,590 2.24
82 Waynesburg University WAYNESBURG 1,315 2.28
83 Neumann University ASTON 2,171 2.30
84 Duquesne University Pittsburgh 8,137 2.33
85 Wilson College Chambersburg 1,694 2.36
86 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg MIDDLETOWN 4,651 2.37
87 University of Scranton SCRANTON 4,825 2.49
88 Westminster College New Wilmington 1,203 2.49
89 Arcadia University GLENSIDE 3,142 2.55
90 Cairn University-Langhorne Langhorne 1,056 2.84
91 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PITTSBURGH 34,525 2.93
92 West Chester University of Pennsylvania WEST CHESTER 17,076 3.16
93 Misericordia University DALLAS 2,107 3.32
94 Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania BLOOMSBURG 11,088 3.34
95 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus INDIANA 9,246 3.35
96 Chatham University PITTSBURGH 2,319 3.45
97 Saint Francis University Loretto 2,835 3.53
98 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus UNIVERSITY PARK 50,399 3.61
99 Delaware Valley University DOYLESTOWN 2,189 3.65
100 Lancaster Bible College LANCASTER 2,455 3.67
101 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington ABINGTON 3,095 3.88
102 Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine ERIE 4,117 3.89
103 La Salle University PHILADELPHIA 3,554 3.94
104 University of Pittsburgh-Bradford BRADFORD 1,003 3.99
105 Moravian University BETHLEHEM 2,658 4.14
106 Cheyney University of Pennsylvania CHEYNEY 724 4.14
107 Muhlenberg College Allentown 1,818 4.40
108 Bryn Mawr College BRYN MAWR 1,666 4.80
109 Elizabethtown College ELIZABETHTOWN 2,152 5.11
110 East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania EAST STROUDSBURG 5,460 5.31
111 Widener University CHESTER 5,610 5.35
112 York College of Pennsylvania YORK 3,720 5.38
113 Lafayette College EASTON 2,764 5.43
114 Allegheny College MEADVILLE 1,231 5.69
115 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College ERIE 3,323 6.92
116 Albright College Reading 1,652 7.26
117 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine MEDIA 1,223 7.36
118 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks READING 1,944 7.72
119 Susquehanna University SELINSGROVE 2,247 8.01
120 Messiah University Mechanicsburg 3,344 8.07
121 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona ALTOONA 2,421 8.26
122 Mercyhurst University Erie 2,668 8.62
123 Bucknell University Lewisburg 3,892 8.74
124 Haverford College HAVERFORD 1,424 9.13
125 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton HAZLETON 510 9.80
126 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver MONACA 504 9.92
127 Juniata College HUNTINGDON 1,292 10.84
128 Gettysburg College GETTYSBURG 2,895 11.40
129 Ursinus College COLLEGEVILLE 1,492 12.73
130 Lincoln University LINCOLN UNIVERSITY 1,848 14.07
131 Dickinson College CARLISLE 2,217 20.75
132 Franklin and Marshall College LANCASTER 1,911 21.45
133 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill SCHUYLKILL HAVEN 650 21.54
134 Lycoming College WILLIAMSPORT 1,063 23.52
135 Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE 1,644 31.63
136 Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Scranton 649 35.44
137 Villanova University VILLANOVA 10,111 49.75
— All-State Career School-Pittsburgh West Mifflin 418 0.00
— Altoona Beauty School Inc ALTOONA 80 0.00
— American Barber and Beauty Academy Reading 118 0.00
— ASPIRA City College Philadelphia 14 0.00
— Automotive Training Center-Exton EXTON 364 0.00
— Automotive Training Center-Warminster Warminster 275 0.00
— Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Philadelphia Philadelphia 339 0.00
— Barber and Beauty Academy of Pennsylvania Harrisburg 44 0.00
— Barber School of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 78 0.00
— Bella Capelli Academy Monroeville 194 0.00
— Berks Career & Technology Center Leesport 47 0.00
— Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Athyn 285 3.51
— Bucks County School of Beauty Culture Inc Feasterville 112 0.00
— Butler Beauty Academy BUTLER 14 0.00
— Butler Beauty Academy-Kittanning Beauty Academy KITTANNING 39 0.00
— Butler Beauty Academy-New Castle Beauty Academy NEW CASTLE 30 0.00
— Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius Pittsburgh 35 0.00
— Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County SCRANTON 76 0.00
— CDE Career Institute Tannersville 308 0.00
— Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology PLEASANT GAP 126 0.00
— Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit LPN Career Milton 87 0.00
— Champ's Barber School Lancaster 45 0.00
— Champ's Barber School-Lebanon Lebanon 19 0.00
— Chester County Intermediate Unit Downingtown 85 0.00
— Citizens School of Nursing Tarentum 115 0.00
— Clearfield County Career and Technology Center CLEARFIELD 37 0.00
— Commonwealth Technical Institute JOHNSTOWN 132 0.00
— Cortiva Institute King of Prussia 137 0.00
— Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia 159 0.00
— Cutting Edge Barber Academy Lancaster 28 0.00
— Delaware County Technical School-Practical Nursing Program Broomall 42 0.00
— DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center JOHNSTOWN 108 0.00
— Douglas Education Center MONESSEN 200 0.00
— Eastern Center for Arts and Technology WILLOW GROVE 181 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Lehigh Valley WHITEHALL 133 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Center City Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA 262 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Cheltenham Wyncote 151 13.24
— Empire Beauty School-Hanover Hanover 50 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg HARRISBURG 150 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Lancaster LANCASTER 87 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Lebanon LEBANON 33 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Monroeville MONROEVILLE 65 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA 119 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-North Hills Pittsburgh 59 16.95
— Empire Beauty School-Pottsville POTTSVILLE 56 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Reading READING 76 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Shamokin Dam Shamokin Dam 75 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Springfield Springfield 174 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-West Mifflin WEST MIFFLIN 76 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley Moosic 137 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-York YORK 95 0.00
— Erie Institute of Technology Inc Erie 183 0.00
— European Medical School of Massage Sinking Spring 23 0.00
— Falcon Institute of Health and Science Bethlehem 186 0.00
— Fayette County Career & Technical Institute Practical Nursing Program UNIONTOWN 69 0.00
— Fortis Institute-Forty Fort FORTY FORT 159 0.00
— Fortis Institute-Scranton SCRANTON 205 0.00
— Fountain of Youth Academy of Cosmetology Pittsburgh 52 0.00
— Franklin County Career and Technology Center Chambersburg 51 0.00
— Gratz College MELROSE PARK 482 0.00
— Great Lakes Institute of Technology ERIE 303 0.00
— Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center ALTOONA 174 0.00
— Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center Johnstown 102 0.00
— Greene County Career and Technology Center WAYNESBURG 19 0.00
— Hazleton Area Career Center HAZLETON 7 142.86
— Health and Technology Training Institute Philadelphia 57 0.00
— Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing MCKEES ROCKS 52 0.00
— Indiana County Technology Center Indiana 90 0.00
— Jean Madeline Aveda Institute PHILADELPHIA 239 0.00
— Jefferson County Dubois Area Vocational Technical Practical Nursing Program REYNOLDSVILLE 25 0.00
— Jna Institute of Culinary Arts PHILADELPHIA 31 0.00
— Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing POTTSVILLE 55 309.09
— Lancaster County Career and Technology Center WILLOW STREET 250 0.00
— Lancaster School of Cosmetology & Therapeutic Bodywork LANCASTER 393 0.00
— Lancaster Theological Seminary LANCASTER 61 0.00
— Lansdale School of Business NORTH WALES 87 0.00
— Lansdale School of Cosmetology Inc LANSDALE 40 0.00
— Laurel Business Institute Uniontown 397 0.00
— Laurel Technical Institute Sharon 160 0.00
— Lebanon County Area Vocational Technical School LEBANON 64 0.00
— Lehigh Career & Technical Institute Schnecksville 12 0.00
— Lehigh Valley Barber School Bethlehem 53 0.00
— Lenape Technical School Practical Nursing Program Ford City 71 0.00
— Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA 374 0.00
— Metro Beauty Academy Allentown 174 0.00
— Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology LEWISTOWN 38 0.00
— Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute WYOMISSING 452 0.00
— Miller-Motte College-McCann-Allentown Allentown 277 0.00
— Miller-Motte College-McCann-Lewisburg Lewisburg 129 0.00
— Missio Theological Seminary Philadelphia 49 0.00
— Moore College of Art and Design PHILADELPHIA 399 0.00
— Northern Tier Career Center TOWANDA 37 0.00
— Orleans Technical College PHILADELPHIA 245 0.00
— Penn Commercial Business/Technical School Washington 223 0.00
— Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PHILADELPHIA 141 7.09
— Pennsylvania College of Art and Design LANCASTER 323 6.19
— Pennsylvania Gunsmith School PITTSBURGH 68 0.00
— Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois DU BOIS 353 0.00
— Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Lemont Furnace 419 0.00
— Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley MALVERN 258 0.00
— Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny MCKEESPORT 361 22.16
— Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington New Kensington 456 2.19
— Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango SHARON 332 9.04
— Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Dallas 353 2.83
— Philadelphia Technician Training Philadelphia 492 0.00
— PITC Institute Wyncote 113 0.00
— Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc Pittsburgh 402 2.49
— Pittsburgh Theological Seminary PITTSBURGH 223 0.00
— PMCA Pittsburgh Multicultural Cosmetology Academy Pittsburgh 16 0.00
— Premier Barber Institute Norristown 83 0.00
— Prism Career Institute-Philadelphia Philadelphia 406 0.00
— Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences West Reading 270 29.63
— Reconstructionist Rabbinical College WYNCOTE 43 0.00
— Rosedale Technical College PITTSBURGH 405 0.00
— Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing PHILADELPHIA 144 0.00
— Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook WYNNEWOOD 173 0.00
— Saint Vincent Seminary LATROBE 76 0.00
— Schuylkill Technology Center Frackville 74 0.00
— Sharon Regional School of Nursing SHARON 37 216.22
— Somerset County Technology Center Somerset 50 0.00
— South Hills Beauty Academy PITTSBURGH 282 0.00
— South Hills School of Business & Technology STATE COLLEGE 242 0.00
— St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing BETHLEHEM 340 0.00
— Studio Incamminati Philadelphia 40 0.00
— Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center Springville 59 0.00
— Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA 120 0.00
— The Beauty Institute Whitehall 61 0.00
— The Beauty Institute STROUDSBURG 51 0.00
— The Beauty Institute-Ambler AMBLER 152 0.00
— The Rapha School Home 51 0.00
— The Salon Professional Academy Collegeville 72 0.00
— The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona ALTOONA 66 0.00
— Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church Blue Bell 12 0.00
— Triangle Tech Inc-Bethlehem Bethlehem 94 0.00
— Triangle Tech Inc-Dubois Falls Creek 79 0.00
— Triangle Tech Inc-Greensburg GREENSBURG 100 0.00
— Triangle Tech Inc-Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH 90 11.11
— Triangle Tech Inc-Sunbury SUNBURY 64 0.00
— Triangle Tech-Chambersburg Chambersburg 63 0.00
— Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry AMBRIDGE 227 0.00
— United Lutheran Seminary GETTYSBURG 258 0.00
— University of Pittsburgh-Titusville Titusville 28 0.00
— UPMC Jameson School of Nursing NEW CASTLE 332 0.00
— UPMC Mercy School of Nursing PITTSBURGH 305 81.97
— UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing PITTSBURGH 91 0.00
— Valley Forge Military College Wayne 86 127.91
— Venango County Area Vocational Technical School OIL CITY 57 0.00
— Venus Beauty Academy Aston 71 0.00
— Vet Tech Institute Pittsburgh 199 0.00
— Walnut Hill College PHILADELPHIA 127 0.00
— Washington Health System School of Nursing WASHINGTON 39 230.77
— Welder Training and Testing Institute ALLENTOWN 51 0.00
— West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute Irwin 57 0.00
— Western Area Career & Technology Center CANONSBURG 39 0.00
— Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing PITTSBURGH 145 0.00
— Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing Wilkes-Barre 102 0.00
— Williamson College of the Trades Media 313 0.00
— Won Institute of Graduate Studies Warminster 112 0.00
— Yeshivath Beth Moshe SCRANTON 41 0.00
— York County School of Technology-Adult & Continuing Education YORK 288 0.00
— YTI Career Institute-Altoona ALTOONA 112 0.00
— YTI Career Institute-York YORK 497 2.01

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