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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.

24
Brenau University Gainesville · 2,436 students
Enrollment
2,436
Incidents /1k
1.64
36
Spelman College Atlanta · 3,417 students
Enrollment
3,417
Incidents /1k
2.63
40
Point University West Point · 2,260 students
Enrollment
2,260
Incidents /1k
3.10
44
Life University Marietta · 2,714 students
Enrollment
2,714
Incidents /1k
3.32
46
Andrew College Cuthbert · 496 students
Enrollment
496
Incidents /1k
4.03
47
Berry College Mount Berry · 2,484 students
Enrollment
2,484
Incidents /1k
4.43
50
Paine College Augusta · 390 students
Enrollment
390
Incidents /1k
5.13
# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Southern Crescent Technical College Griffin · 6,185 students 6,185 0.16 4% of the leader · rank #1
2 Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins · 11,527 students 11,527 0.17 4% of the leader · rank #2
3 Gwinnett Technical College Lawrenceville · 11,166 students 11,166 0.18 4% of the leader · rank #3
4 Georgia Highlands College Rome · 5,382 students 5,382 0.19 4% of the leader · rank #4
5 Augusta Technical College Augusta · 4,455 students 4,455 0.22 4% of the leader · rank #5
6 Georgia Military College Milledgeville · 6,575 students 6,575 0.30 4% of the leader · rank #6
7 Coastal Pines Technical College Waycross · 4,130 students 4,130 0.48 4% of the leader · rank #7
8 Savannah Technical College Savannah · 3,942 students 3,942 0.51 4% of the leader · rank #8
9 South Georgia Technical College Americus · 1,795 students 1,795 0.56 4% of the leader · rank #9
10 Georgia State University-Perimeter College Atlanta · 17,437 students 17,437 0.57 4% of the leader · rank #10
11 Georgia College & State University Milledgeville · 7,097 students 7,097 0.70 4% of the leader · rank #11
12 Shorter University Rome · 1,318 students 1,318 0.76 4% of the leader · rank #12
13 University of West Georgia Carrollton · 14,337 students 14,337 0.77 4% of the leader · rank #13
14 Georgia Southwestern State University Americus · 3,700 students 3,700 0.81 4% of the leader · rank #14
15 Southern Regional Technical College Thomasville · 5,381 students 5,381 0.93 4% of the leader · rank #15
16 United Education Institute-Stone Mountain Stone Mountain · 911 students 911 1.10 5% of the leader · rank #16
17 Georgia Southern University Statesboro · 27,423 students 27,423 1.17 5% of the leader · rank #17
18 Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta Duluth · 824 students 824 1.21 6% of the leader · rank #18
19 Brewton-Parker College Mount Vernon · 1,338 students 1,338 1.49 7% of the leader · rank #19
20 North Georgia Technical College Clarkesville · 2,599 students 2,599 1.54 7% of the leader · rank #20
21 Georgia State University Atlanta · 34,944 students 34,944 1.55 7% of the leader · rank #21
22 South Georgia State College Douglas · 1,893 students 1,893 1.58 7% of the leader · rank #22
23 Kennesaw State University Kennesaw · 47,764 students 47,764 1.61 7% of the leader · rank #23
24 Brenau University Gainesville · 2,436 students 2,436 1.64 7% of the leader · rank #24
25 United Education Institute-Morrow Morrow · 1,160 students 1,160 1.72 8% of the leader · rank #25
26 Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah · 18,550 students 18,550 1.73 8% of the leader · rank #26
27 College of Coastal Georgia Brunswick · 3,468 students 3,468 1.73 8% of the leader · rank #27
28 Dalton State College Dalton · 5,135 students 5,135 1.75 8% of the leader · rank #28
29 Morehouse College Atlanta · 2,847 students 2,847 1.76 8% of the leader · rank #29
30 University of Georgia Athens · 43,146 students 43,146 2.04 9% of the leader · rank #30
31 Chamberlain University-Georgia Sandy Springs · 1,940 students 1,940 2.06 9% of the leader · rank #31
32 Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tifton · 3,825 students 3,825 2.09 10% of the leader · rank #32
33 Piedmont University Demorest · 1,857 students 1,857 2.15 10% of the leader · rank #33
34 University of North Georgia Dahlonega · 19,291 students 19,291 2.38 11% of the leader · rank #34
35 Fort Valley State University Fort Valley · 2,897 students 2,897 2.42 11% of the leader · rank #35
36 Spelman College Atlanta · 3,417 students 3,417 2.63 12% of the leader · rank #36
37 Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville · 12,230 students 12,230 2.78 13% of the leader · rank #37
38 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta · 53,363 students 53,363 2.85 13% of the leader · rank #38
39 Middle Georgia State University Macon · 8,363 students 8,363 2.99 14% of the leader · rank #39
40 Point University West Point · 2,260 students 2,260 3.10 14% of the leader · rank #40
41 Gordon State College Barnesville · 3,179 students 3,179 3.15 14% of the leader · rank #41
42 Reinhardt University Waleska · 1,233 students 1,233 3.24 15% of the leader · rank #42
43 Valdosta State University Valdosta · 10,262 students 10,262 3.31 15% of the leader · rank #43
44 Life University Marietta · 2,714 students 2,714 3.32 15% of the leader · rank #44
45 Atlanta Institute of Music and Media Duluth · 249 students 249 4.02 18% of the leader · rank #45
46 Andrew College Cuthbert · 496 students 496 4.03 18% of the leader · rank #46
47 Berry College Mount Berry · 2,484 students 2,484 4.43 20% of the leader · rank #47
48 Augusta University Augusta · 10,900 students 10,900 4.50 20% of the leader · rank #48
49 Savannah State University Savannah · 3,193 students 3,193 5.01 23% of the leader · rank #49
50 Paine College Augusta · 390 students 390 5.13 23% 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.

# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
Albany Beauty Academy Albany · 18 students 18 0.00
Albany Technical College Albany · 2,719 students 2,719 0.00
American InterContinental University-Atlanta Atlanta · 801 students 801 0.00
Athens Technical College Athens · 4,459 students 4,459 0.00
Atlanta Metropolitan State College Atlanta · 1,549 students 1,549 0.00
Atlanta Technical College Atlanta · 4,498 students 4,498 0.00
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Atlanta · 379 students 379 0.00
Augusta School of Massage Evans · 34 students 34 0.00
Beaver Beauty Academy Decatur · 47 students 47 0.00
Beulah Heights University Atlanta · 359 students 359 0.00
Chattahoochee Technical College Marietta · 11,156 students 11,156 0.00
Columbus Technical College Columbus · 3,307 students 3,307 0.00
Dalton Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology Dalton · 47 students 47 0.00
DeVry University-Georgia Decatur · 522 students 522 0.00
Elaine Sterling Institute Atlanta · 641 students 641 0.00

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).

9
Emory University Atlanta · 15,175 students
Enrollment
15,175
Incidents /1k
11.86
# Institution EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta · 53,363 students 53,363 100% of the leader · rank #1 2.85
2 Kennesaw State University Kennesaw · 47,764 students 47,764 90% of the leader · rank #2 1.61
3 University of Georgia Athens · 43,146 students 43,146 81% of the leader · rank #3 2.04
4 Georgia State University Atlanta · 34,944 students 34,944 65% of the leader · rank #4 1.55
5 Georgia Southern University Statesboro · 27,423 students 27,423 51% of the leader · rank #5 1.17
6 University of North Georgia Dahlonega · 19,291 students 19,291 36% of the leader · rank #6 2.38
7 Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah · 18,550 students 18,550 35% of the leader · rank #7 1.73
8 Georgia State University-Perimeter College Atlanta · 17,437 students 17,437 33% of the leader · rank #8 0.57
9 Emory University Atlanta · 15,175 students 15,175 28% of the leader · rank #9 11.86
10 University of West Georgia Carrollton · 14,337 students 14,337 27% of the leader · rank #10 0.77
11 Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville · 12,230 students 12,230 23% of the leader · rank #11 2.78
12 Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins · 11,527 students 11,527 22% of the leader · rank #12 0.17
13 Gwinnett Technical College Lawrenceville · 11,166 students 11,166 21% of the leader · rank #13 0.18
14 Chattahoochee Technical College Marietta · 11,156 students 11,156 21% of the leader · rank #14 0.00
15 Augusta University Augusta · 10,900 students 10,900 20% of the leader · rank #15 4.50

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).

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.