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Safest Colleges in Indiana

Federal Clery Act filings for all 102 tracked Indiana campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses currently has the lowest rate.

102
Institutions tracked
2.24
Avg campus rate / 1k (102 of 102 scored)
4.18
Statewide rate / 1k
#34
Rank by avg campus rate
436,964
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses has the lowest rate in Indiana

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 102 tracked campuses in Indiana, 61 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses has the lowest rate at 0.10 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
102
average campus, per 1,000 (102 of 102 scored)
2.24
lowest nonzero rate - Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses
0.10
campuses at zero in score categories
61

Data updated August 2026

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Sheet IN · Indiana 2.24/1k campus avg · #34/59

RATE-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY

  • RATE-MID 2.24/1k
  • RANK-MID #34/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH Virginia · ±0.01
  • ZERO-HEAVY 60% zero
  • WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −1.95
  • BOOK-FULL 102/102
  • CONC-HEAVY top5 60%

Nearest campus-rate peer: Virginia (-0.01/1k)

Indiana sheet RATE-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY · peer Virginia. 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-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Virginia (-0.01/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses leads at 0.10/1k. Instrument codes from this state's OPE Campus Safety sheet; compare similarly sized campuses before treating any single rate as decisive.

Most scored campuses in Indiana (61 of 102) reported zero in the 2024 score categories and stay unranked against each other. Among the nonzero reporters, Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses leads at 0.10/1k, then Ivy Tech Community College (0.12/1k); Indiana University-Northwest (0.33/1k). A high zero share is a filing pattern, not a proof that campuses are safer.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Indiana

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

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Indiana's 2.24/1k 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 Indiana, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 41 Indiana campuses with at least one incident in those score categories. Positions are numbered within that group, because a rank counted through the zero-score campuses below would order them by nothing.

40
Art22 AcademyFort Wayne · 55 students
Enrollment
55
Incidents /1k
36.36
#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional CampusesAngola · 9,868 students9,8680.104% of the leader · rank #1
2Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis · 110,710 students110,7100.124% of the leader · rank #2
3Indiana University-NorthwestGary · 3,041 students3,0410.334% of the leader · rank #3
4Vincennes UniversityVincennes · 19,795 students19,7950.404% of the leader · rank #4
5Grace College and Theological SeminaryWinona Lake · 2,304 students2,3040.434% of the leader · rank #5
6Purdue University NorthwestHammond · 9,051 students9,0510.444% of the leader · rank #6
7Saint Mary's CollegeNotre Dame · 1,601 students1,6010.624% of the leader · rank #7
8Taylor UniversityUpland · 2,548 students2,5480.784% of the leader · rank #8
9Bethel UniversityMishawaka · 1,167 students1,1670.864% of the leader · rank #9
10University of Southern IndianaEvansville · 9,488 students9,4880.954% of the leader · rank #10
11Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion · 2,204 students2,2041.364% of the leader · rank #11
12Indiana University-KokomoKokomo · 2,921 students2,9211.374% of the leader · rank #12
13Calumet College of Saint JosephWhiting · 658 students6581.524% of the leader · rank #13
14Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne · 7,206 students7,2061.675% of the leader · rank #14
15Trine UniversityAngola · 4,646 students4,6461.725% of the leader · rank #15
16Ball State UniversityMuncie · 21,089 students21,0891.805% of the leader · rank #16
17Marian UniversityIndianapolis · 3,486 students3,4862.015% of the leader · rank #17
18Anderson UniversityAnderson · 1,228 students1,2282.447% of the leader · rank #18
19Fortis College-IndianapolisIndianapolis · 322 students3223.118% of the leader · rank #19
20DePauw UniversityGreencastle · 1,917 students1,9173.138% of the leader · rank #20
21Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette · 58,658 students58,6583.5110% of the leader · rank #21
22Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso · 2,579 students2,5793.8811% of the leader · rank #22
23Marian University-AncillaPlymouth · 230 students2304.3512% of the leader · rank #23
24Empire Beauty School-IndianapolisIndianapolis · 213 students2134.6913% of the leader · rank #24
25University of IndianapolisIndianapolis · 5,000 students5,0005.0014% of the leader · rank #25
26Martin UniversityIndianapolis · 198 students1985.0514% of the leader · rank #26
27Indiana Institute of TechnologyFort Wayne · 2,770 students2,7705.4215% of the leader · rank #27
28University of Notre DameNotre Dame · 13,042 students13,0425.4415% of the leader · rank #28
29Hanover CollegeHanover · 1,243 students1,2435.6315% of the leader · rank #29
30Butler UniversityIndianapolis · 5,746 students5,7465.7416% of the leader · rank #30
31Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington · 48,424 students48,4246.5318% of the leader · rank #31
32University of EvansvilleEvansville · 2,114 students2,1146.6218% of the leader · rank #32
33Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute · 7,895 students7,8956.9719% of the leader · rank #33
34Indiana University-South BendSouth Bend · 4,631 students4,6317.7721% of the leader · rank #34
35Goshen CollegeGoshen · 847 students8478.2622% of the leader · rank #35
36Indiana University-SoutheastNew Albany · 3,736 students3,7369.9027% of the leader · rank #36
37Manchester UniversityNorth Manchester · 1,276 students1,27610.1928% of the leader · rank #37
38Earlham CollegeRichmond · 753 students75310.6229% of the leader · rank #38
39Franklin CollegeFranklin · 985 students98514.2138% of the leader · rank #39
40Art22 AcademyFort Wayne · 55 students5536.3698% of the leader · rank #40
41Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis · 22,534 students22,53436.92100% of the leader · rank #41

Unranked campuses (61): zero score or no normalized rate

61 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 46 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

Caris CollegeJeffersonville · 202 students
Enrollment
202
Incidents /1k
0.00
#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical SeminaryElkhart · 145 students1450.00
Aveda Fredric's Institute-IndianapolisCarmel · 265 students2650.00
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-IndianapolisIndianapolis · 172 students1720.00
Bethany Theological SeminaryRichmond · 61 students610.00
Caris CollegeJeffersonville · 202 students2020.00
Chamberlain University-IndianaIndianapolis · 144 students1440.00
Christian Theological SeminaryIndianapolis · 151 students1510.00
Christina and Company Education CenterLafayette · 44 students440.00
College of Court Reporting IncValparaiso · 182 students1820.00
Concordia Theological SeminaryFort Wayne · 279 students2790.00
Denmark CollegeMerrillville · 175 students1750.00
Don Roberts School of Hair DesignSchererville · 25 students250.00
Empire Beauty School-SpeedwaySpeedway · 166 students1660.00
Holy Cross CollegeNotre Dame · 661 students6610.00
Horizon UniversityIndianapolis · 70 students700.00

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

The largest universities in Indiana by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: Ivy Tech Community College (110,710); Purdue University-Main Campus (58,658); Indiana University-Bloomington (48,424), then 99 more. The 15 biggest Indiana 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 60% of the 436,964 students enrolled across all 102 tracked Indiana institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Highland (319 students, 0.00/1k).

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis · 110,710 students110,710100% of the leader · rank #10.12
2Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette · 58,658 students58,65853% of the leader · rank #23.51
3Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington · 48,424 students48,42444% of the leader · rank #36.53
4Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis · 22,534 students22,53420% of the leader · rank #436.92
5Ball State UniversityMuncie · 21,089 students21,08919% of the leader · rank #51.80
6Vincennes UniversityVincennes · 19,795 students19,79518% of the leader · rank #60.40
7Indiana Wesleyan University-National & GlobalMarion · 14,331 students14,33113% of the leader · rank #70.00
8University of Notre DameNotre Dame · 13,042 students13,04212% of the leader · rank #85.44
9Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional CampusesAngola · 9,868 students9,8689% of the leader · rank #90.10
10University of Southern IndianaEvansville · 9,488 students9,4889% of the leader · rank #100.95
11Purdue University NorthwestHammond · 9,051 students9,0518% of the leader · rank #110.44
12Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute · 7,895 students7,8957% of the leader · rank #126.97
13Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne · 7,206 students7,2067% of the leader · rank #131.67
14Butler UniversityIndianapolis · 5,746 students5,7465% of the leader · rank #145.74
15University of IndianapolisIndianapolis · 5,000 students5,0005% of the leader · rank #155.00

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 Indiana: closest on tracked campus count (102 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (2.24/1k 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: Virginia sits nearest on unweighted campus average (-0.01/1k). Inside Indiana, open Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses's campus sheet next.

Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses profile → | All states → | Indiana net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Indiana campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Indiana?

Among Indiana campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses has the lowest rate (0.10 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Ivy Tech Community College (0.12/1k); Indiana University-Northwest (0.33/1k). 61 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 Indiana?

In Indiana, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses currently leads that nonzero list at 0.10/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Indiana are compared?

This page covers 102 tracked higher-education institutions in Indiana, serving about 436,964 enrolled students combined across 47 cities. 41 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 61 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are Ivy Tech Community College (110,710); Purdue University-Main Campus (58,658); Indiana University-Bloomington (48,424). Nearby state averages for context: Virginia (2.23/1k); North Carolina (2.22/1k); New Hampshire (2.27/1k); Tennessee (2.31/1k); Wyoming (2.32/1k); California (2.11/1k).

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.