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Safest Colleges in Kansas

Federal Clery Act filings for all 75 tracked Kansas campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Johnson County Community College currently has the lowest rate.

75
Institutions tracked
5.58
Avg campus rate / 1k (75 of 75 scored)
2.89
Statewide rate / 1k
#55
Rank by avg campus rate
199,359
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Johnson County Community College has the lowest rate in Kansas

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 75 tracked campuses in Kansas, 27 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Johnson County Community College has the lowest rate at 0.27 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
75
average campus, per 1,000 (75 of 75 scored)
5.58
lowest nonzero rate - Johnson County Community
0.27
campuses at zero in score categories
27

Data updated August 2026

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Sheet KS · Kansas 5.58/1k campus avg · #55/59

RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID

  • RATE-HOT 5.58/1k
  • RANK-BOTTOM #55/59
  • ABOVE-PEER Iowa · +0.22
  • ZERO-MIX 36% zero
  • WT-SMALL-HOT Δ +2.69
  • BOOK-FULL 75/75
  • CONC-MID top5 49%

Nearest campus-rate peer: Iowa (-0.22/1k)

Kansas sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID · peer Iowa. 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-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Iowa (-0.22/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Johnson County Community College leads at 0.27/1k. Instrument codes from this state's OPE Campus Safety sheet; compare similarly sized campuses before treating any single rate as decisive.

Kansas's unweighted average campus rate is higher than most scored U.S. states (only 7% of states report a higher average). Even so, Johnson County Community College leads nonzero reporters here at 0.27/1k, with Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (0.33/1k); Newman University (0.34/1k) next. The five largest campuses account for 49% of enrollment, weigh large-campus rates separately from small ones.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Kansas

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

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Kansas's 5.58/1k 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 Kansas, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 48 Kansas 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.

30
Tabor CollegeHillsboro · 621 students
Enrollment
621
Incidents /1k
3.22
31
Baker UniversityBaldwin City · 2,017 students
Enrollment
2,017
Incidents /1k
3.47
#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park · 18,743 students18,7430.274% of the leader · rank #1
2Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita · 6,106 students6,1060.334% of the leader · rank #2
3Newman UniversityWichita · 2,939 students2,9390.344% of the leader · rank #3
4Fort Hays State UniversityHays · 12,878 students12,8780.474% of the leader · rank #4
5Garden City Community CollegeGarden City · 2,079 students2,0790.484% of the leader · rank #5
6Allen County Community CollegeIola · 1,855 students1,8550.544% of the leader · rank #6
7Flint Hills Technical CollegeEmporia · 1,794 students1,7940.564% of the leader · rank #7
8Colby Community CollegeColby · 1,409 students1,4090.714% of the leader · rank #8
9Fort Scott Community CollegeFort Scott · 1,376 students1,3760.734% of the leader · rank #9
10Butler Community CollegeEl Dorado · 6,841 students6,8410.734% of the leader · rank #10
11Washburn Institute of TechnologyTopeka · 1,341 students1,3410.754% of the leader · rank #11
12Hutchinson Community CollegeHutchinson · 5,119 students5,1190.984% of the leader · rank #12
13Salina Area Technical CollegeSalina · 1,016 students1,0160.984% of the leader · rank #13
14Ottawa University-OttawaOttawa · 999 students9991.004% of the leader · rank #14
15Neosho County Community CollegeChanute · 1,813 students1,8131.104% of the leader · rank #15
16Barton County Community CollegeGreat Bend · 5,092 students5,0921.184% of the leader · rank #16
17Washburn UniversityTopeka · 6,033 students6,0331.334% of the leader · rank #17
18Cowley County Community CollegeArkansas City · 2,235 students2,2351.344% of the leader · rank #18
19Labette Community CollegeParsons · 1,426 students1,4261.404% of the leader · rank #19
20Seward County Community CollegeLiberal · 2,092 students2,0921.434% of the leader · rank #20
21Cleveland University-Kansas CityOverland Park · 588 students5881.704% of the leader · rank #21
22Benedictine CollegeAtchison · 2,535 students2,5351.974% of the leader · rank #22
23Kansas Health Science UniversityWichita · 401 students4012.494% of the leader · rank #23
24Kansas State UniversityManhattan · 20,295 students20,2952.514% of the leader · rank #24
25Wichita State UniversityWichita · 16,689 students16,6892.524% of the leader · rank #25
26Highland Community CollegeHighland · 2,190 students2,1902.744% of the leader · rank #26
27Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg · 5,755 students5,7552.784% of the leader · rank #27
28Emporia State UniversityEmporia · 4,557 students4,5572.854% of the leader · rank #28
29Southwestern CollegeWinfield · 1,041 students1,0412.884% of the leader · rank #29
30Tabor CollegeHillsboro · 621 students6213.224% of the leader · rank #30
31Baker UniversityBaldwin City · 2,017 students2,0173.474% of the leader · rank #31
32Friends UniversityWichita · 1,961 students1,9613.574% of the leader · rank #32
33MidAmerica Nazarene UniversityOlathe · 1,538 students1,5383.904% of the leader · rank #33
34Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City · 5,014 students5,0143.994% of the leader · rank #34
35Central Christian College of KansasMcpherson · 469 students4694.264% of the leader · rank #35
36Sterling CollegeSterling · 694 students6944.324% of the leader · rank #36
37Bethany CollegeLindsborg · 615 students6154.884% of the leader · rank #37
38University of Saint MaryLeavenworth · 1,462 students1,4625.474% of the leader · rank #38
39Bethel College-North NewtonNorth Newton · 509 students5095.894% of the leader · rank #39
40Independence Community CollegeIndependence · 764 students7647.854% of the leader · rank #40
41Fort Hays State University-Northwest Kansas Technical CollegeGoodland · 752 students7527.984% of the leader · rank #41
42University of KansasLawrence · 29,792 students29,7928.564% of the leader · rank #42
43McPherson CollegeMcpherson · 878 students87810.254% of the leader · rank #43
44Mitsu Sato Hair AcademyOverland Park · 85 students8511.765% of the leader · rank #44
45Haskell Indian Nations UniversityLawrence · 978 students97813.295% of the leader · rank #45
46Kansas Christian CollegeOverland Park · 145 students14513.796% of the leader · rank #46
47Hesston CollegeHesston · 373 students37321.459% of the leader · rank #47
48Saint Paul School of TheologyLeawood · 91 students91241.76100% of the leader · rank #48

Unranked campuses (27): zero score or no normalized rate

27 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 12 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Barclay CollegeHaviland · 219 students2190.00
Bellus AcademyManhattan · 209 students2090.00
Cloud County Community CollegeConcordia · 1,715 students1,7150.00
Coffeyville Community CollegeCoffeyville · 1,466 students1,4660.00
Crave Beauty AcademyWichita · 303 students3030.00
Dodge City Community CollegeDodge City · 1,655 students1,6550.00
Donnelly CollegeKansas City · 395 students3950.00
Eric Fisher AcademyWichita · 161 students1610.00
Fort Hays Tech North CentralBeloit · 987 students9870.00
Galen Health Institutes-WichitaWichita · 233 students2330.00
Hays Academy of Hair DesignHays · 83 students830.00
Hays Academy of Hair DesignSalina · 46 students460.00
Heartland Welding AcademyAndover · 47 students470.00
Kansas Wesleyan UniversitySalina · 1,021 students1,0210.00
Manhattan Area Technical CollegeManhattan · 878 students8780.00

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

The largest universities in Kansas by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: University of Kansas (29,792); Kansas State University (20,295); Johnson County Community College (18,743), then 72 more. The 15 biggest Kansas 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 49% of the 199,359 students enrolled across all 75 tracked Kansas institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Ottawa University-Ottawa (999 students, 1.00/1k).

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1University of KansasLawrence · 29,792 students29,792100% of the leader · rank #18.56
2Kansas State UniversityManhattan · 20,295 students20,29568% of the leader · rank #22.51
3Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park · 18,743 students18,74363% of the leader · rank #30.27
4Wichita State UniversityWichita · 16,689 students16,68956% of the leader · rank #42.52
5Fort Hays State UniversityHays · 12,878 students12,87843% of the leader · rank #50.47
6Butler Community CollegeEl Dorado · 6,841 students6,84123% of the leader · rank #60.73
7Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita · 6,106 students6,10620% of the leader · rank #70.33
8Washburn UniversityTopeka · 6,033 students6,03320% of the leader · rank #81.33
9Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg · 5,755 students5,75519% of the leader · rank #92.78
10Hutchinson Community CollegeHutchinson · 5,119 students5,11917% of the leader · rank #100.98
11Barton County Community CollegeGreat Bend · 5,092 students5,09217% of the leader · rank #111.18
12Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City · 5,014 students5,01417% of the leader · rank #123.99
13Emporia State UniversityEmporia · 4,557 students4,55715% of the leader · rank #132.85
14Newman UniversityWichita · 2,939 students2,93910% of the leader · rank #140.34
15Benedictine CollegeAtchison · 2,535 students2,5359% of the leader · rank #151.97

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 Kansas: closest on tracked campus count (75 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (5.58/1k 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: Iowa sits nearest on unweighted campus average (-0.22/1k). Inside Kansas, open Johnson County Community College's campus sheet next.

Johnson County Community College profile → | All states → | Kansas net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Kansas campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Kansas?

Among Kansas campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Johnson County Community College has the lowest rate (0.27 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (0.33/1k); Newman University (0.34/1k). 27 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 Kansas?

In Kansas, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Johnson County Community College currently leads that nonzero list at 0.27/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Kansas are compared?

This page covers 75 tracked higher-education institutions in Kansas, serving about 199,359 enrolled students combined across 44 cities. 48 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 27 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are University of Kansas (29,792); Kansas State University (20,295); Johnson County Community College (18,743). Nearby state averages for context: Iowa (5.37/1k); New Mexico (4.89/1k); Rhode Island (4.86/1k); Missouri (4.22/1k); Delaware (4.05/1k); Minnesota (3.73/1k).

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.