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Safest Colleges in Georgia

Federal Clery Act filings for all 132 tracked Georgia campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Southern Crescent Technical College currently has the lowest rate.

132
Institutions tracked
1.66
Avg campus rate / 1k (132 of 132 scored)
2.23
Statewide rate / 1k
#22
Rank by avg campus rate
590,704
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Southern Crescent Technical College has the lowest rate in Georgia

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 132 tracked campuses in Georgia, 68 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Southern Crescent Technical College has the lowest rate at 0.16 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
132
average campus, per 1,000 (132 of 132 scored)
1.66
lowest nonzero rate - Southern Crescent Technical
0.16
campuses at zero in score categories
68

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet GA · Georgia 1.66/1k campus avg · #22/59

RATE-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID

  • RATE-LOW 1.66/1k
  • RANK-UPPER #22/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH U.S. Virgin Islands · ±0.01
  • ZERO-MIX 52% zero
  • WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −0.57
  • BOOK-FULL 132/132
  • CONC-MID top5 35%

Nearest campus-rate peer: U.S. Virgin Islands (+0.01/1k)

Georgia sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID · peer U.S. Virgin Islands. 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-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is U.S. Virgin Islands (+0.01/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Southern Crescent Technical College leads at 0.16/1k. Instrument codes from this state's OPE Campus Safety sheet; compare similarly sized campuses before treating any single rate as decisive.

Georgia's unweighted average campus rate sits better than 63% of scored U.S. states; inside the state, Southern Crescent Technical College has the lowest nonzero rate at 0.16/1k, ahead of Central Georgia Technical College (0.17/1k); Gwinnett Technical College (0.18/1k). The five largest campuses still hold 35% of enrolled students, so enrollment weight and campus-average rank can diverge.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Georgia

Lowest/highest poles plus states nearest Georgia on unweighted average campus Clery rate. Full ladder: /rankings/.

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Georgia's 1.66/1k unweighted campus average, not a full 50-state board reprint.

Source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey (Clery Act) As of 2024

Safest colleges in Georgia, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 64 Georgia campuses with at least one incident in those score categories. Showing the top 50 here so the page stays crawlable; positions are numbered within the full nonzero group.

44
Life UniversityMarietta · 2,714 students
Enrollment
2,714
Incidents /1k
3.32
46
Andrew CollegeCuthbert · 496 students
Enrollment
496
Incidents /1k
4.03
47
Berry CollegeMount Berry · 2,484 students
Enrollment
2,484
Incidents /1k
4.43
50
Paine CollegeAugusta · 390 students
Enrollment
390
Incidents /1k
5.13
#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin · 6,185 students6,1850.164% of the leader · rank #1
2Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins · 11,527 students11,5270.174% of the leader · rank #2
3Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville · 11,166 students11,1660.184% of the leader · rank #3
4Georgia Highlands CollegeRome · 5,382 students5,3820.194% of the leader · rank #4
5Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta · 4,455 students4,4550.224% of the leader · rank #5
6Georgia Military CollegeMilledgeville · 6,575 students6,5750.304% of the leader · rank #6
7Coastal Pines Technical CollegeWaycross · 4,130 students4,1300.484% of the leader · rank #7
8Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah · 3,942 students3,9420.514% of the leader · rank #8
9South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus · 1,795 students1,7950.564% of the leader · rank #9
10Georgia State University-Perimeter CollegeAtlanta · 17,437 students17,4370.574% of the leader · rank #10
11Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville · 7,097 students7,0970.704% of the leader · rank #11
12Shorter UniversityRome · 1,318 students1,3180.764% of the leader · rank #12
13University of West GeorgiaCarrollton · 14,337 students14,3370.774% of the leader · rank #13
14Georgia Southwestern State UniversityAmericus · 3,700 students3,7000.814% of the leader · rank #14
15Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasville · 5,381 students5,3810.934% of the leader · rank #15
16United Education Institute-Stone MountainStone Mountain · 911 students9111.105% of the leader · rank #16
17Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro · 27,423 students27,4231.175% of the leader · rank #17
18Aviation Institute of Maintenance-AtlantaDuluth · 824 students8241.216% of the leader · rank #18
19Brewton-Parker CollegeMount Vernon · 1,338 students1,3381.497% of the leader · rank #19
20North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesville · 2,599 students2,5991.547% of the leader · rank #20
21Georgia State UniversityAtlanta · 34,944 students34,9441.557% of the leader · rank #21
22South Georgia State CollegeDouglas · 1,893 students1,8931.587% of the leader · rank #22
23Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw · 47,764 students47,7641.617% of the leader · rank #23
24Brenau UniversityGainesville · 2,436 students2,4361.647% of the leader · rank #24
25United Education Institute-MorrowMorrow · 1,160 students1,1601.728% of the leader · rank #25
26Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah · 18,550 students18,5501.738% of the leader · rank #26
27College of Coastal GeorgiaBrunswick · 3,468 students3,4681.738% of the leader · rank #27
28Dalton State CollegeDalton · 5,135 students5,1351.758% of the leader · rank #28
29Morehouse CollegeAtlanta · 2,847 students2,8471.768% of the leader · rank #29
30University of GeorgiaAthens · 43,146 students43,1462.049% of the leader · rank #30
31Chamberlain University-GeorgiaSandy Springs · 1,940 students1,9402.069% of the leader · rank #31
32Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeTifton · 3,825 students3,8252.0910% of the leader · rank #32
33Piedmont UniversityDemorest · 1,857 students1,8572.1510% of the leader · rank #33
34University of North GeorgiaDahlonega · 19,291 students19,2912.3811% of the leader · rank #34
35Fort Valley State UniversityFort Valley · 2,897 students2,8972.4211% of the leader · rank #35
36Spelman CollegeAtlanta · 3,417 students3,4172.6312% of the leader · rank #36
37Georgia Gwinnett CollegeLawrenceville · 12,230 students12,2302.7813% of the leader · rank #37
38Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta · 53,363 students53,3632.8513% of the leader · rank #38
39Middle Georgia State UniversityMacon · 8,363 students8,3632.9914% of the leader · rank #39
40Point UniversityWest Point · 2,260 students2,2603.1014% of the leader · rank #40
41Gordon State CollegeBarnesville · 3,179 students3,1793.1514% of the leader · rank #41
42Reinhardt UniversityWaleska · 1,233 students1,2333.2415% of the leader · rank #42
43Valdosta State UniversityValdosta · 10,262 students10,2623.3115% of the leader · rank #43
44Life UniversityMarietta · 2,714 students2,7143.3215% of the leader · rank #44
45Atlanta Institute of Music and MediaDuluth · 249 students2494.0218% of the leader · rank #45
46Andrew CollegeCuthbert · 496 students4964.0318% of the leader · rank #46
47Berry CollegeMount Berry · 2,484 students2,4844.4320% of the leader · rank #47
48Augusta UniversityAugusta · 10,900 students10,9004.5020% of the leader · rank #48
49Savannah State UniversitySavannah · 3,193 students3,1935.0123% of the leader · rank #49
50Paine CollegeAugusta · 390 students3905.1323% of the leader · rank #50

14 additional nonzero-reporting campuses rank below this top-50 list in the same rate order.

Look up any campus via the Campus Safety Incident Tool or browse all schools.

Unranked campuses (68): zero score or no normalized rate

68 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. Showing 15 alphabetically; the remaining 53 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Albany Beauty AcademyAlbany · 18 students180.00
Albany Technical CollegeAlbany · 2,719 students2,7190.00
American InterContinental University-AtlantaAtlanta · 801 students8010.00
Athens Technical CollegeAthens · 4,459 students4,4590.00
Atlanta Metropolitan State CollegeAtlanta · 1,549 students1,5490.00
Atlanta Technical CollegeAtlanta · 4,498 students4,4980.00
Atlanta's John Marshall Law SchoolAtlanta · 379 students3790.00
Augusta School of MassageEvans · 34 students340.00
Beaver Beauty AcademyDecatur · 47 students470.00
Beulah Heights UniversityAtlanta · 359 students3590.00
Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta · 11,156 students11,1560.00
Columbus Technical CollegeColumbus · 3,307 students3,3070.00
Dalton Institute of Esthetics and CosmetologyDalton · 47 students470.00
DeVry University-GeorgiaDecatur · 522 students5220.00
Elaine Sterling InstituteAtlanta · 641 students6410.00

Open any remaining campus from the school directory or the incident tool.

The largest universities in Georgia by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus (53,363); Kennesaw State University (47,764); University of Georgia (43,146), then 129 more. The 15 biggest Georgia 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 35% of the 590,704 students enrolled across all 132 tracked Georgia institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Young Harris College (1,457 students, 5.49/1k).

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta · 53,363 students53,363100% of the leader · rank #12.85
2Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw · 47,764 students47,76490% of the leader · rank #21.61
3University of GeorgiaAthens · 43,146 students43,14681% of the leader · rank #32.04
4Georgia State UniversityAtlanta · 34,944 students34,94465% of the leader · rank #41.55
5Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro · 27,423 students27,42351% of the leader · rank #51.17
6University of North GeorgiaDahlonega · 19,291 students19,29136% of the leader · rank #62.38
7Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah · 18,550 students18,55035% of the leader · rank #71.73
8Georgia State University-Perimeter CollegeAtlanta · 17,437 students17,43733% of the leader · rank #80.57
9Emory UniversityAtlanta · 15,175 students15,17528% of the leader · rank #911.86
10University of West GeorgiaCarrollton · 14,337 students14,33727% of the leader · rank #100.77
11Georgia Gwinnett CollegeLawrenceville · 12,230 students12,23023% of the leader · rank #112.78
12Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins · 11,527 students11,52722% of the leader · rank #120.17
13Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville · 11,166 students11,16621% of the leader · rank #130.18
14Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta · 11,156 students11,15621% of the leader · rank #140.00
15Augusta UniversityAugusta · 10,900 students10,90020% of the leader · rank #154.50

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 Georgia: closest on tracked campus count (132 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (1.66/1k 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: U.S. Virgin Islands sits nearest on unweighted campus average (+0.01/1k). Inside Georgia, open Southern Crescent Technical College's campus sheet next.

Southern Crescent Technical College profile → | All states → | Georgia net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Georgia campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Georgia?

Among Georgia campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Southern Crescent Technical College has the lowest rate (0.16 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Central Georgia Technical College (0.17/1k); Gwinnett Technical College (0.18/1k). 68 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 Georgia?

In Georgia, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Southern Crescent Technical College currently leads that nonzero list at 0.16/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Georgia are compared?

This page covers 132 tracked higher-education institutions in Georgia, serving about 590,704 enrolled students combined across 60 cities. 64 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 68 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus (53,363); Kennesaw State University (47,764); University of Georgia (43,146). Nearby state averages for context: U.S. Virgin Islands (1.67/1k); Oklahoma (1.64/1k); Alabama (1.70/1k); Maine (1.60/1k); Wisconsin (1.75/1k); Montana (1.57/1k).

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