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Arkansas Campus Safety

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According to the U.S. Department of Education's Clery Act filings, this covers on-campus safety for all 76 tracked colleges and universities in Arkansas, ranked by reported incident rate per 1,000 enrolled students.

Compiled byPlaincampus Editorial, Campus Safety Editorial Team

76
Institutions tracked: 0.97
Avg incidents / 1k: #10
State safety rank: 154,721
Students enrolled

Data updated June 2026

The state in one line

Across Arkansas's 76 campuses, Baptist Health College Little Rock reports the lowest rate (0.00 per 1,000), the median campus reports 0.00, and 52 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents.

76
campuses tracked: 0.97
statewide avg, per 1,000: 0.00
safest - Baptist Health College: 52
campuses reporting zero

Per-1,000-student rates let small and large campuses be compared fairly, but a handful of reports at a small school can still produce a high rate. Read alongside enrollment.

Arkansas reports Clery Act campus safety data across 76 higher education institutions distributed across 42 cities , serving approximately 154,721 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 0.97 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Arkansas at national rank #10 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Arkansas reports 0.00 incidents per 1,000 students, while 52 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

The largest institution by enrollment is University of Arkansas with 32,140 students and a safety score of 2.21. 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.

Arkansas campuses, ranked by safety

#	Campus	Enrollment	Incidents /1k
1	Baptist Health College Little Rock Little Rock · 512 students	512	0.00
2	Black River Technical College Pocahontas · 1,544 students	1,544	0.00
3	Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas De Queen · 1,387 students	1,387	0.00
4	East Arkansas Community College Forrest City · 1,273 students	1,273	0.00
5	University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville Batesville · 1,118 students	1,118	0.00
6	Arkansas State University Mid-South West Memphis · 1,021 students	1,021	0.00
7	Arkansas Northeastern College Blytheville · 1,451 students	1,451	0.00
8	North Arkansas College Harrison · 1,930 students	1,930	0.00
9	Arkansas State University Three Rivers Malvern · 2,028 students	2,028	0.00
10	Ozarka College Melbourne · 1,013 students	1,013	0.00
11	Philander Smith University Little Rock · 866 students	866	0.00
12	Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas Helena · 1,356 students	1,356	0.00
13	University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College North Little Rock · 4,175 students	4,175	0.00
14	University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Hope · 1,288 students	1,288	0.00
15	University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain Mena · 719 students	719	0.00
16	Williams Baptist University Walnut Ridge · 514 students	514	0.00
17	South Arkansas College El Dorado · 1,190 students	1,190	0.00
18	Southern Arkansas University Tech Camden · 939 students	939	0.00
19	Arkansas State University-Mountain Home Mountain Home · 1,284 students	1,284	0.00
20	Arkansas State University-Newport Newport · 1,732 students	1,732	0.00
21	Arkansas Colleges of Health Education Fort Smith · 826 students	826	0.00
22	NorthWest Arkansas Community College Bentonville · 7,839 students	7,839	0.26
23	Arkansas State University-Beebe Beebe · 3,010 students	3,010	0.33
24	Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Magnolia · 5,127 students	5,127	0.39
25	John Brown University Siloam Springs · 2,341 students	2,341	0.43
26	National Park College Hot Springs National Park · 2,308 students	2,308	0.43
27	University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock · 8,158 students	8,158	0.86
28	University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton Morrilton · 2,225 students	2,225	0.90
29	Arkansas Tech University Russellville · 9,487 students	9,487	1.26
30	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Pine Bluff · 2,100 students	2,100	1.43
31	Central Baptist College Conway · 550 students	550	1.82
32	University of Arkansas Fayetteville · 32,140 students	32,140	2.21
33	Henderson State University Arkadelphia · 2,136 students	2,136	2.34
34	Southeast Arkansas College Pine Bluff · 810 students	810	2.47
35	Arkansas State University State University · 14,032 students	14,032	2.49
36	University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Fort Smith · 5,506 students	5,506	2.54
37	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock · 3,275 students	3,275	3.05
38	University of Arkansas at Monticello Monticello · 2,739 students	2,739	3.29
39	University of Central Arkansas Conway · 9,790 students	9,790	3.37
40	Harding University Searcy · 4,608 students	4,608	3.47
41	Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia · 1,815 students	1,815	3.86
42	University of the Ozarks Clarksville · 763 students	763	5.24
43	Lyon College Batesville · 584 students	584	8.56
44	Hendrix College Conway · 1,107 students	1,107	17.16
45	Academy of Professional Cosmetology Rogers · 171 students	171	0.00
46	Academy of Salon and Spa Fort Smith · 81 students	81	0.00
47	Arkansas Baptist College Little Rock · 373 students	373	5.36
48	Arkansas Beauty College Russellville · 56 students	56	0.00
49	Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock Little Rock · 111 students	111	0.00
50	Arkansas Technical School North Little Rock · 111 students	111	0.00
51	Arkansas Welding Academy Jacksonville · 74 students	74	0.00
52	Arthur's Beauty College Jacksonville · 47 students	47	0.00
53	Arthur's Beauty College Conway · 65 students	65	0.00
54	Arthur's Beauty College Jonesboro · 67 students	67	0.00
55	Career Academy of Hair Design Springdale · 244 students	244	0.00
56	Champion Christian College Hot Springs · 139 students	139	0.00
57	Crowley's Ridge College Paragould · 225 students	225	0.00
58	Designer Barber & Stylist School Fort Smith · 91 students	91	0.00
59	Ecclesia College Springdale · 138 students	138	0.00
60	GoodFellas Barber College Little Rock · 34 students	34	0.00
61	Hot Springs Beauty College Hot Springs · 92 students	92	0.00
62	Jackson Theological Seminary North Little Rock · 9 students	9	0.00
63	Jefferson Regional School of Nursing Pine Bluff · 80 students	80	0.00
64	New Beginnings Beauty Academy Pine Bluff · 25 students	25	0.00
65	New Tyler Barber College Inc North Little Rock · 58 students	58	0.00
66	Northern Technical College North Little Rock · 30 students	30	0.00
67	Northwest Technical Institute Springdale · 217 students	217	0.00
68	Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas Fayetteville · 107 students	107	0.00
69	Paul Mitchell the School-Little Rock North Little Rock · 411 students	411	0.00
70	Searcy Beauty College Searcy · 87 students	87	0.00
71	Shorter College North Little Rock · 290 students	290	0.00
72	Strayer University-Arkansas Little Rock · 483 students	483	0.00
73	The Salon Professional Academy Sherwood · 92 students	92	0.00
74	University of Aesthetics & Cosmetology El Dorado · 34 students	34	0.00
75	Velvatex College of Beauty Culture Little Rock · 12 students	12	0.00
76	Washington Barber College Inc Little Rock · 51 students	51	0.00

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What this means for you

Use Arkansas's list as a starting point for comparison, not a final judgment on any one campus.

Weigh an Arkansas campus against similarly-sized institutions, scale changes what a raw count means. Compare campuses
See Baptist Health College Little Rock's full profile and how its rate breaks down by incident category. View Baptist Health College
National rankings put this state in context against every other state. National rankings

Figures reflect the June 2026 Clery Act reporting release as filed with the U.S. Department of Education.

Data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety & Security Survey (Clery Act). See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCampus Editorial.

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.

Arkansas campuses, ranked by safety

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