CT State Rank: #20

Connecticut Campus Safety

49 colleges and universities in Connecticut. Average safety score: 1.85 incidents per 1,000 students. Ranked by Clery Act on-campus incident rate.

Connecticut reports Clery Act campus safety data across 49 higher education institutions distributed across 34 cities , serving approximately 200,567 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 1.85 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Connecticut at national rank #20 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Connecticut reports 0.00 incidents per 1,000 students, while 28 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

Charter Oak State College in New Britain leads Connecticut with the lowest reported incident rate (0.00 per 1,000 students). The largest institution by enrollment is Connecticut State Community College with 34,991 students and a safety score of 0.26. 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 Charter Oak State College New Britain 1,766 0.00
2 Lincoln Technical Institute-East Windsor East Windsor 971 0.00
3 Holy Apostles College and Seminary CROMWELL 709 0.00
4 Lincoln Technical Institute-New Britain NEW BRITAIN 783 0.00
5 Porter & Chester Institute Bridgeport 1,405 0.00
6 University of Saint Joseph WEST HARTFORD 1,939 0.00
7 University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus WATERBURY 760 0.00
8 Lincoln Technical Institute-Shelton Shelton 798 0.00
9 University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford 1,494 0.00
10 New England Tractor Trailer Training School of CT-Bridgeport Bridgeport 517 0.00
11 Connecticut State Community College Hartford 34,991 0.26
12 Goodwin University East Hartford 3,034 0.33
13 Post University Waterbury 21,699 0.51
14 University of New Haven WEST HAVEN 9,830 1.32
15 Southern Connecticut State University NEW HAVEN 8,820 1.59
16 University of Connecticut STORRS 27,364 2.27
17 Central Connecticut State University NEW BRITAIN 9,712 2.37
18 Wesleyan University MIDDLETOWN 3,271 2.45
19 Quinnipiac University HAMDEN 8,918 2.47
20 University of Connecticut-Stamford STAMFORD 2,240 2.68
21 Fairfield University FAIRFIELD 6,289 3.18
22 Western Connecticut State University DANBURY 4,137 3.63
23 University of Bridgeport Bridgeport 4,103 3.66
24 Sacred Heart University FAIRFIELD 11,179 3.94
25 Eastern Connecticut State University WILLIMANTIC 3,979 4.78
26 Mitchell College NEW LONDON 500 6.00
27 University of Hartford WEST HARTFORD 5,913 6.60
28 Trinity College HARTFORD 2,276 7.03
29 Albertus Magnus College NEW HAVEN 1,161 7.75
30 Connecticut College NEW LONDON 1,995 11.03
31 Yale University NEW HAVEN 15,081 16.84
— Academy Di Capelli-School of Cosmetology Wallingford 188 0.00
— American Institute of Healthcare & Technology Stratford 94 0.00
— American Institute-West Hartford West Hartford 396 0.00
— Belle Academy of Cosmetology LLC Waterbury 12 0.00
— Branford Academy of Hair & Cosmetology-Bridgeport Bridgeport 36 0.00
— Branford Academy of Hair and Cosmetology branford 39 0.00
— Cortiva Institute CROMWELL 220 0.00
— Dolce The Academy Waterbury 42 0.00
— Hartford International University for Religion and Peace Hartford 103 0.00
— Industrial Management Training Institute WATERBURY 29 0.00
— International Institute of Cosmetology Wethersfield 184 0.00
— New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Connecticut SOMERS 293 0.00
— Oxford Academy of Hair Design Inc Seymour 140 0.00
— Paul Mitchell the School-North Haven NORTH HAVEN 191 0.00
— Porter & Chester Institute of Hamden Hamden 333 0.00
— TIGI Hairdressing Academy Guilford Guilford 63 0.00
— TIGI Hairdressing Academy Newtown Newtown 96 0.00
— University of Connecticut-Avery Point GROTON 474 0.00

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