1
University of Alaska SoutheastJuneau · 2,000 students
- Enrollment
- 2,000
- Incidents /1k
- 2.50
State profile · AK · Clery Act
Safest Colleges in Alaska
Federal Clery Act filings for all 10 tracked Alaska campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, University of Alaska Southeast currently has the lowest rate.
- 10
- Institutions tracked
- 2.41
- Avg campus rate / 1k (10 of 10 scored)
- 8.65
- Statewide rate / 1k
- #40
- Rank by avg campus rate
- 22,995
- Students enrolled
Among nonzero Clery reporters, University of Alaska Southeast has the lowest rate in Alaska
According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 10 tracked campuses in Alaska, 7 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, University of Alaska Southeast has the lowest rate at 2.50 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
- 10
- average campus, per 1,000 (10 of 10 scored)
- 2.41
- lowest nonzero rate - University of Alaska
- 2.50
- campuses at zero in score categories
- 7
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet AK · Alaska 2.41/1k campus avg · #40/59
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY
- RATE-MID 2.41/1k
- RANK-LOWER #40/59
- PHOTO-FINISH Nebraska · ±0.01
- ZERO-HEAVY 70% zero
- WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −6.24
- BOOK-FULL 10/10
- CONC-HEAVY top5 96%
Nearest campus-rate peer: Nebraska (+0.01/1k)
Alaska sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY · peer Nebraska. 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Nebraska (+0.01/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, University of Alaska Southeast leads at 2.50/1k. 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 Alaska (7 of 10) reported zero in the 2024 score categories and stay unranked against each other. Among the nonzero reporters, University of Alaska Southeast leads at 2.50/1k, then University of Alaska Fairbanks (9.14/1k); University of Alaska Anchorage (12.48/1k). A high zero share is a filing pattern, not a proof that campuses are safer.
Campus-rate neighbourhood around Alaska
Lowest/highest poles plus states nearest Alaska on unweighted average campus Clery rate. Full ladder: /rankings/.
- Marshall Islands · lowest 0
Marshall Islands (MH) - lowest
0 per 1,000 students
- American Samoa · near 2.37
American Samoa (AS) - near
2.37 per 1,000 students
- North Dakota · near 2.38
North Dakota (ND) - near
2.38 per 1,000 students
- Alaska · this state 2.41
Alaska (AK) - this state
2.41 per 1,000 students
- Nebraska · near 2.42
Nebraska (NE) - near
2.42 per 1,000 students
- Massachusetts · near 2.43
Massachusetts (MA) - near
2.43 per 1,000 students
- Vermont · highest
Vermont (VT) - highest
9.77 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Alaska's 2.41/1k unweighted campus average, not a full 50-state board reprint.
Safest colleges in Alaska, ranked by reported rate
Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 3 Alaska campuses with at least one incident in those score categories. Positions are numbered within that group, because a rank counted through the zero-score campuses below would order them by nothing.
2
University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks · 6,893 students
- Enrollment
- 6,893
- Incidents /1k
- 9.14
3
University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage · 10,493 students
- Enrollment
- 10,493
- Incidents /1k
- 12.48
| # | Campus | Enrollment | Incidents /1k |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Alaska SoutheastJuneau · 2,000 students | 2,000 | 2.5020% of the leader · rank #1 |
| 2 | University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks · 6,893 students | 6,893 | 9.1473% of the leader · rank #2 |
| 3 | University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage · 10,493 students | 10,493 | 12.48100% of the leader · rank #3 |
Unranked campuses (7): zero score or no normalized rate
7 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.
Alaska Bible CollegePalmer · 38 students
- Enrollment
- 38
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
Alaska Career CollegeAnchorage · 250 students
- Enrollment
- 250
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
Alaska Christian CollegeSoldotna · 46 students
- Enrollment
- 46
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
Alaska Pacific UniversityAnchorage · 593 students
- Enrollment
- 593
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
Alaska Vocational Technical CenterSeward · 269 students
- Enrollment
- 269
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
Charter CollegeAnchorage · 2,157 students
- Enrollment
- 2,157
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
Ilisagvik CollegeBarrow · 256 students
- Enrollment
- 256
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
| # | Campus | Enrollment | Incidents /1k |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Bible CollegePalmer · 38 students | 38 | 0.00 | |
| Alaska Career CollegeAnchorage · 250 students | 250 | 0.00 | |
| Alaska Christian CollegeSoldotna · 46 students | 46 | 0.00 | |
| Alaska Pacific UniversityAnchorage · 593 students | 593 | 0.00 | |
| Alaska Vocational Technical CenterSeward · 269 students | 269 | 0.00 | |
| Charter CollegeAnchorage · 2,157 students | 2,157 | 0.00 | |
| Ilisagvik CollegeBarrow · 256 students | 256 | 0.00 |
The largest universities in Alaska by enrollment
Enrollment leaders: University of Alaska Anchorage (10,493); University of Alaska Fairbanks (6,893); Charter College (2,157), then 7 more. The 10 biggest Alaska 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 96% of the 22,995 students enrolled across all 10 tracked Alaska institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Alaska Vocational Technical Center (269 students, 0.00/1k).
1
University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage · 10,493 students
- Enrollment
- 10,493
- Incidents /1k
- 12.48
2
University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks · 6,893 students
- Enrollment
- 6,893
- Incidents /1k
- 9.14
3
Charter CollegeAnchorage · 2,157 students
- Enrollment
- 2,157
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
4
University of Alaska SoutheastJuneau · 2,000 students
- Enrollment
- 2,000
- Incidents /1k
- 2.50
5
Alaska Pacific UniversityAnchorage · 593 students
- Enrollment
- 593
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
6
Alaska Vocational Technical CenterSeward · 269 students
- Enrollment
- 269
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
7
Ilisagvik CollegeBarrow · 256 students
- Enrollment
- 256
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
8
Alaska Career CollegeAnchorage · 250 students
- Enrollment
- 250
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
9
Alaska Christian CollegeSoldotna · 46 students
- Enrollment
- 46
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
10
Alaska Bible CollegePalmer · 38 students
- Enrollment
- 38
- Incidents /1k
- 0.00
| # | Institution | Enrollment | Incidents /1k |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage · 10,493 students | 10,493100% of the leader · rank #1 | 12.48 |
| 2 | University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks · 6,893 students | 6,89366% of the leader · rank #2 | 9.14 |
| 3 | Charter CollegeAnchorage · 2,157 students | 2,15721% of the leader · rank #3 | 0.00 |
| 4 | University of Alaska SoutheastJuneau · 2,000 students | 2,00019% of the leader · rank #4 | 2.50 |
| 5 | Alaska Pacific UniversityAnchorage · 593 students | 5936% of the leader · rank #5 | 0.00 |
| 6 | Alaska Vocational Technical CenterSeward · 269 students | 2694% of the leader · rank #6 | 0.00 |
| 7 | Ilisagvik CollegeBarrow · 256 students | 2564% of the leader · rank #7 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Alaska Career CollegeAnchorage · 250 students | 2504% of the leader · rank #8 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Alaska Christian CollegeSoldotna · 46 students | 464% of the leader · rank #9 | 0.00 |
| 10 | Alaska Bible CollegePalmer · 38 students | 384% of the leader · rank #10 | 0.00 |
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 Alaska: closest on tracked campus count (10 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (2.41/1k 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: Nebraska sits nearest on unweighted campus average (+0.01/1k). Inside Alaska, open University of Alaska Southeast's campus sheet next.
Alaska campus safety FAQ
What are the safest colleges in Alaska?
Among Alaska campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, University of Alaska Southeast has the lowest rate (2.50 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: University of Alaska Fairbanks (9.14/1k); University of Alaska Anchorage (12.48/1k). 7 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 Alaska?
In Alaska, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - University of Alaska Southeast currently leads that nonzero list at 2.50/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.
How many colleges in Alaska are compared?
This page covers 10 tracked higher-education institutions in Alaska, serving about 22,995 enrolled students combined across 7 cities. 3 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 7 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are University of Alaska Anchorage (10,493); University of Alaska Fairbanks (6,893); Charter College (2,157). Nearby state averages for context: Nebraska (2.42/1k); Massachusetts (2.43/1k); North Dakota (2.38/1k); American Samoa (2.37/1k); Washington (2.46/1k); Wyoming (2.32/1k).
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.