IL State Rank: #25

Illinois Campus Safety

222 colleges and universities in Illinois. Average safety score: 1.96 incidents per 1,000 students. Ranked by Clery Act on-campus incident rate.

Illinois reports Clery Act campus safety data across 222 higher education institutions distributed across 132 cities , serving approximately 706,347 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 1.96 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Illinois at national rank #25 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Illinois reports 0.00 incidents per 1,000 students, while 129 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

Adler University in Chicago leads Illinois with the lowest reported incident rate (0.00 per 1,000 students). The largest institution by enrollment is University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with 56,563 students and a safety score of 5.22. 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 Adler University Chicago 1,674 0.00
2 Black Hawk College MOLINE 3,853 0.00
3 Carl Sandburg College GALESBURG 1,688 0.00
4 Midwestern University-Downers Grove DOWNERS GROVE 2,671 0.00
5 The Chicago School at Chicago Chicago 1,243 0.00
6 Governors State University UNIVERSITY PARK 4,337 0.00
7 Highland Community College FREEPORT 1,369 0.00
8 Olney Central College OLNEY 880 0.00
9 Illinois Valley Community College Oglesby 2,594 0.00
10 John Wood Community College Quincy 1,866 0.00
11 Kankakee Community College Kankakee 2,404 0.00
12 Kaskaskia College CENTRALIA 3,447 0.00
13 College of Lake County GRAYSLAKE 12,290 0.00
14 Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park Melrose Park 1,345 0.00
15 McHenry County College CRYSTAL LAKE 9,051 0.00
16 National University of Health Sciences LOMBARD 513 0.00
17 Prairie State College CHICAGO HEIGHTS 3,045 0.00
18 Rend Lake College INA 1,871 0.00
19 Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing PEORIA 523 0.00
20 Sauk Valley Community College DIXON 1,433 0.00
21 Shawnee Community College ULLIN 1,142 0.00
22 St. Augustine College CHICAGO 774 0.00
23 Southeastern Illinois College Harrisburg 1,392 0.00
24 Spoon River College CANTON 1,225 0.00
25 Trinity Christian College PALOS HEIGHTS 883 0.00
26 Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc LISLE 1,230 0.00
27 Frontier Community College FAIRFIELD 2,364 0.00
28 Lincoln Trail College ROBINSON 605 0.00
29 Midwest Technical Institute-Illinois Springfield 1,128 0.00
30 Rasmussen University-Illinois Rockford 1,332 0.00
31 Chamberlain University-Illinois Addison 28,897 0.00
32 Midwestern Career College Chicago 824 0.00
33 DeVry University-Illinois Chicago 29,346 0.00
34 Elgin Community College ELGIN 9,614 0.10
35 National Louis University CHICAGO 8,270 0.12
36 Oakton College DES PLAINES 7,032 0.14
37 William Rainey Harper College PALATINE 13,069 0.15
38 Aurora University AURORA 5,935 0.17
39 Rock Valley College ROCKFORD 5,480 0.18
40 Heartland Community College Normal 4,795 0.21
41 Triton College River Grove 9,262 0.22
42 Waubonsee Community College SUGAR GROVE 8,324 0.24
43 City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College CHICAGO 8,011 0.25
44 South Suburban College SOUTH HOLLAND 3,873 0.26
45 College of DuPage Glen Ellyn 23,216 0.26
46 Illinois Central College EAST PEORIA 7,578 0.26
47 Joliet Junior College Joliet 9,863 0.30
48 Kishwaukee College MALTA 2,807 0.36
49 Moraine Valley Community College PALOS HILLS 11,144 0.36
50 Lincoln Land Community College SPRINGFIELD 5,238 0.38
51 Richland Community College Decatur 2,214 0.45
52 Danville Area Community College DANVILLE 2,149 0.47
53 City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College CHICAGO 6,185 0.48
54 Lake Land College MATTOON 3,699 0.54
55 John A Logan College CARTERVILLE 3,120 0.64
56 City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College CHICAGO 7,789 0.64
57 Lewis and Clark Community College GODFREY 4,196 0.71
58 Roosevelt University CHICAGO 4,015 0.75
59 City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College CHICAGO 5,859 0.85
60 Lewis University ROMEOVILLE 6,636 0.90
61 Greenville University GREENVILLE 1,053 0.95
62 Parkland College CHAMPAIGN 6,018 1.00
63 Morton College CICERO 3,653 1.09
64 North Park University Chicago 2,624 1.14
65 Dominican University River Forest 3,424 1.17
66 Trinity International University-Illinois DEERFIELD 852 1.17
67 School of the Art Institute of Chicago CHICAGO 3,401 1.18
68 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville EDWARDSVILLE 12,045 1.25
69 Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College ROCKFORD 733 1.36
70 City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College CHICAGO 5,836 1.37
71 Illinois State University NORMAL 20,989 1.38
72 City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College CHICAGO 2,780 1.44
73 City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College Chicago 2,747 1.46
74 Southwestern Illinois College Belleville 7,955 1.51
75 Concordia University-Chicago RIVER FOREST 5,066 1.58
76 Saint Xavier University Chicago 3,457 1.74
77 East-West University CHICAGO 528 1.89
78 Eureka College Eureka 527 1.90
79 DePaul University CHICAGO 21,348 1.92
80 Illinois Institute of Technology CHICAGO 8,563 1.99
81 Chicago State University CHICAGO 2,324 2.15
82 Wabash Valley College MOUNT CARMEL 906 2.21
83 Loyola University Chicago CHICAGO 17,397 2.47
84 Northeastern Illinois University CHICAGO 5,504 2.54
85 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale 11,359 2.82
86 Illinois Wesleyan University BLOOMINGTON 1,576 3.17
87 Rockford University ROCKFORD 1,249 3.20
88 McKendree University LEBANON 2,075 3.37
89 University of Chicago CHICAGO 18,339 3.44
90 University of St Francis JOLIET 3,185 3.45
91 Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science NORTH CHICAGO 1,949 3.59
92 Judson University ELGIN 1,058 3.78
93 University of Illinois Springfield Springfield 4,661 3.86
94 Moody Bible Institute Chicago 2,216 4.06
95 Monmouth College MONMOUTH 727 4.13
96 Millikin University DECATUR 1,659 4.22
97 Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais 3,275 4.58
98 Wheaton College Wheaton 2,799 4.64
99 Columbia College Chicago CHICAGO 6,529 4.75
100 Western Illinois University MACOMB 7,073 4.95
101 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign 56,563 5.22
102 Bradley University PEORIA 5,217 5.37
103 Lake Forest College LAKE FOREST 1,818 5.50
104 Eastern Illinois University CHARLESTON 8,804 5.68
105 North Central College NAPERVILLE 2,856 5.95
106 Benedictine University LISLE 2,989 6.02
107 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago 33,522 6.09
108 Northwestern University EVANSTON 23,203 6.25
109 Elmhurst University Elmhurst 3,906 6.91
110 Quincy University QUINCY 1,280 7.03
111 Augustana College ROCK ISLAND 2,484 7.25
112 Illinois College JACKSONVILLE 958 8.35
113 Knox College GALESBURG 1,001 9.99
114 Northern Illinois University DeKalb 15,504 10.58
115 Rush University CHICAGO 2,782 15.46
— Ambria College of Nursing Hoffman Estates 195 0.00
— Americare Technical School Park Ridge 28 0.00
— Aveda Institute-Chicago Chicago 99 0.00
— Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Chicago CHICAGO 221 0.00
— Bell Mar Beauty College CICERO 45 0.00
— Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. Chicago 76 13.16
— Blackburn College CARLINVILLE 389 5.14
— Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences QUINCY 195 0.00
— CAAN Academy of Nursing Matteson 90 0.00
— CALC Institute of Technology Alton 63 0.00
— Cameo Beauty Academy OAK LAWN 87 11.49
— Cannella School of Hair Design-Chicago CHICAGO 60 0.00
— Cannella School of Hair Design-Villa Park VILLA PARK 43 0.00
— Capital Area Career Center Springfield 115 0.00
— Capri Beauty College OAK FOREST 32 0.00
— Capri Beauty College New Lenox 84 0.00
— Career Center of Southern Illinois Red Bud 48 0.00
— Catholic Theological Union at Chicago CHICAGO 198 5.05
— Chicago Professional Center Prospect Heights 92 0.00
— Chicago Theological Seminary CHICAGO 202 4.95
— Cosmetology & Spa Academy CRYSTAL LAKE 377 0.00
— Cosmetology Concepts Niles Niles 55 0.00
— Creative Touch Cosmetology School Waterloo 21 0.00
— Debutantes School of Cosmetology and Nail Technology Dekalb 65 0.00
— Educators of Beauty College of Cosmetology-Peru Peru 60 0.00
— Educators of Beauty College of Cosmetology-Rockford ROCKFORD 101 0.00
— Educators of Beauty College of Cosmetology-Sterling STERLING 57 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Stone Park Stone Park 118 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Vernon Hills Vernon Hills 57 0.00
— Erikson Institute CHICAGO 368 0.00
— Estelle Medical Academy SKOKIE 64 0.00
— Estelle Skin Care and Spa Institute Skokie 121 0.00
— ETI School of Skilled Trades Willowbrook 363 2.75
— First Institute of Travel, Inc. Crystal Lake 274 0.00
— Fox College Tinley Park 239 0.00
— G Skin & Beauty Institute Schaumburg 494 0.00
— G Skin & Beauty Institute Oakbrook 436 0.00
— Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary EVANSTON 299 0.00
— Gem City College QUINCY 42 0.00
— Generations College CHICAGO 317 0.00
— Graham Hospital School of Nursing CANTON 36 0.00
— Hair Professionals Career College Sycamore 65 0.00
— Hair Professionals Career College PALOS HILLS 80 0.00
— Hair Professionals School of Cosmetology OSWEGO 121 0.00
— Hebrew Theological College SKOKIE 197 5.08
— HVAC Technical Institute Chicago 216 0.00
— Illinois College of Optometry CHICAGO 483 2.07
— Illinois Media School Chicagp 36 0.00
— Illinois Media School-Chicago Campus Chicago 48 0.00
— Institute for Clinical Social Work CHICAGO 120 0.00
— John Amico School of Hair Design Oak Forest 175 0.00
— Lake Forest Graduate School of Management Lake Forest 275 0.00
— Lakeview College of Nursing DANVILLE 81 0.00
— Larry's Barber College Chicago 81 0.00
— Larry's Barber College Chicago 30 0.00
— Larry's Barber College-Joliet Joliet 22 0.00
— Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago CHICAGO 114 52.63
— McCormick Theological Seminary Chicago 133 0.00
— MDT College of Health Sciences Chicago 335 0.00
— Meadville Theological School of Lombard College CHICAGO 69 0.00
— Methodist College Peoria 391 0.00
— Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-Skokie Skokie 39 0.00
— Morrison Institute of Technology MORRISON 54 0.00
— Ms Roberts Academy of Beauty Culture Hillside 57 0.00
— National Latino Education Institute CHICAGO 2 0.00
— Networks Barber College Calumet City 50 0.00
— Northern Baptist Theological Seminary Lisle 6 0.00
— Oehrlein School of Cosmetology EAST PEORIA 67 0.00
— Pacific College of Health and Science CHICAGO 279 0.00
— Paul Mitchell the School-Chicago Chicago 145 0.00
— Paul Mitchell the School-Lombard Lombard 73 0.00
— Paul Mitchell the School-Tinley Park Bourbonnais 253 0.00
— Phipps Academy of Barbering Richton Park 26 0.00
— Pivot Point Academy Bloomingdale 113 0.00
— Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy JOLIET 58 0.00
— Reflections Academy of Beauty Decatur 29 0.00
— Rosel School of Cosmetology Niles 14 0.00
— Saint Anthony College of Nursing ROCKFORD 228 0.00
— Soma Institute-The National School of Clinical Massage Therapy Chicago 253 0.00
— Spertus College CHICAGO 97 0.00
— St. John's College-Department of Nursing SPRINGFIELD 93 96.77
— State Career College Gurnee 140 0.00
— Stellar Career College Chicago 78 0.00
— Steven Papageorge Hair Academy CHICAGO 68 0.00
— Taylor Business Institute Chicago 172 0.00
— Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago CHICAGO 88 0.00
— The University of Aesthetics & Cosmetology Downers Grove 60 0.00
— Trenz Beauty Academy Calumet City 73 13.70
— Tricoci University of Beauty Culture Danville 171 0.00
— Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Bridgeview Bridgeview 438 0.00
— Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Chicago NE Chicago 135 0.00
— Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Chicago NW Chicago 206 0.00
— Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Elgin Elgin 154 0.00
— Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Glendale Heights Glendale Heights 148 0.00
— Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Libertyville Libertyville 193 0.00
— Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Normal Normal 92 0.00
— Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Peoria Peoria 137 0.00
— Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Rockford Rockford 173 0.00
— Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences Rock Island 76 0.00
— Universal Spa Training Academy Downers Grove 144 0.00
— University of Aesthetics & Cosmetology Chicago 62 0.00
— University of Saint Mary of the Lake Mundelein 203 0.00
— University of Spa & Cosmetology Arts Springfield 165 0.00
— VanderCook College of Music Chicago 340 0.00
— Verve College Oak Brook 257 0.00
— Worsham College of Mortuary Science WHEELING 187 0.00
— Zen Shiatsu Chicago Evanston 95 0.00

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