DC State Rank: #58

District of Columbia Campus Safety

20 colleges and universities in District of Columbia. Average safety score: 12.60 incidents per 1,000 students. Ranked by Clery Act on-campus incident rate.

District of Columbia reports Clery Act campus safety data across 20 higher education institutions distributed across 2 cities , serving approximately 87,741 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 12.60 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing District of Columbia at national rank #58 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in District of Columbia reports 0.00 incidents per 1,000 students, while 12 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

Trinity Washington University in Washington leads District of Columbia with the lowest reported incident rate (0.00 per 1,000 students). The largest institution by enrollment is George Washington University with 25,568 students and a safety score of 1.37. 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 Trinity Washington University Washington 1,865 0.00
2 University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus Washington 593 0.00
3 The Chicago School at Washington DC Washington 615 0.00
4 American University Washington 13,019 0.77
5 George Washington University WASHINGTON 25,568 1.37
6 The Catholic University of America WASHINGTON 5,171 1.74
7 University of the District of Columbia Washington 3,855 2.08
8 Georgetown University WASHINGTON 20,392 2.40
9 Howard University Washington 13,416 3.21
10 Gallaudet University WASHINGTON 1,364 97.51
— Bennett Career Institute WASHINGTON 177 0.00
— Career Technical Institute Washington 383 0.00
— Institute of World Politics Washington 119 0.00
— National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts WASHINGTON 25 0.00
— Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies Washington 73 0.00
— Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family Washington 63 142.86
— Saint Michael College of Allied Health Washington 123 0.00
— Strayer University-District of Columbia WASHINGTON 353 0.00
— The Salon Professional Academy-Washington DC Washington 117 0.00
— Wesley Theological Seminary WASHINGTON 450 0.00

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