MA State Rank: #37

Massachusetts Campus Safety

138 colleges and universities in Massachusetts. Average safety score: 2.41 incidents per 1,000 students. Ranked by Clery Act on-campus incident rate.

Massachusetts reports Clery Act campus safety data across 138 higher education institutions distributed across 88 cities , serving approximately 467,744 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 2.41 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Massachusetts at national rank #37 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Massachusetts reports 0.12 incidents per 1,000 students, while 69 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

Bay Path University in LONGMEADOW leads Massachusetts with the lowest reported incident rate (0.00 per 1,000 students). The largest institution by enrollment is Boston University with 36,624 students and a safety score of 2.24. 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 Bay Path University LONGMEADOW 2,643 0.00
2 Berkshire Community College Pittsfield 1,572 0.00
3 Boston Architectural College BOSTON 787 0.00
4 Bristol Community College Fall River 6,096 0.00
5 Cambridge College Boston 1,952 0.00
6 Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable 2,604 0.00
7 Laboure College of Healthcare Milton 717 0.00
8 Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology Boston 592 0.00
9 Greenfield Community College GREENFIELD 1,544 0.00
10 Holyoke Community College HOLYOKE 3,706 0.00
11 Massachusetts Bay Community College WELLESLEY HILLS 3,973 0.00
12 William James College Newton 951 0.00
13 Massasoit Community College BROCKTON 5,029 0.00
14 MGH Institute of Health Professions BOSTON 1,484 0.00
15 Mount Wachusett Community College GARDNER 3,204 0.00
16 New England College of Optometry Boston 529 0.00
17 New England Law-Boston BOSTON 1,083 0.00
18 Northern Essex Community College Haverhill 4,510 0.00
19 Urban College of Boston BOSTON 728 0.00
20 New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts North Andover 527 0.00
21 Middlesex Community College BEDFORD 8,280 0.12
22 Quinsigamond Community College WORCESTER 6,930 0.29
23 Quincy College QUINCY 2,603 0.38
24 North Shore Community College Danvers 4,833 0.41
25 Springfield Technical Community College SPRINGFIELD 4,561 0.44
26 Bunker Hill Community College BOSTON 8,545 0.47
27 MCPHS University BOSTON 6,321 0.47
28 Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary SOUTH HAMILTON 1,373 0.73
29 University of Massachusetts-Boston BOSTON 15,810 0.82
30 Fitchburg State University FITCHBURG 6,296 0.95
31 Suffolk University BOSTON 6,697 1.19
32 University of Massachusetts-Lowell LOWELL 16,770 1.31
33 Regis College WESTON 2,842 1.41
34 Massachusetts Maritime Academy BUZZARDS BAY 1,362 1.47
35 Anna Maria College PAXTON 1,332 1.50
36 College of Our Lady of the Elms CHICOPEE 1,332 1.50
37 Bentley University WALTHAM 5,264 1.71
38 Northeastern University BOSTON 31,159 1.73
39 Merrimack College NORTH ANDOVER 5,688 1.76
40 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst 31,810 1.79
41 Hult International Business School Cambridge 2,003 2.00
42 Wellesley College Wellesley 2,418 2.07
43 Emerson College Boston 5,670 2.12
44 Simmons University BOSTON 5,053 2.18
45 Boston University Boston 36,624 2.24
46 Massachusetts Institute of Technology CAMBRIDGE 11,920 2.27
47 Berklee College of Music BOSTON 8,448 2.37
48 Smith College NORTHAMPTON 2,830 2.47
49 Framingham State University FRAMINGHAM 4,028 2.48
50 Gordon College Wenham 1,610 2.48
51 Western New England University SPRINGFIELD 3,574 2.52
52 Clark University WORCESTER 4,124 2.67
53 Boston College CHESTNUT HILL 15,280 2.75
54 Endicott College BEVERLY 4,254 2.82
55 Worcester State University WORCESTER 5,611 2.85
56 Worcester Polytechnic Institute WORCESTER 7,353 2.99
57 Mount Holyoke College SOUTH HADLEY 2,330 3.00
58 Massachusetts College of Art and Design BOSTON 1,986 3.02
59 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth NORTH DARTMOUTH 7,759 3.22
60 Emmanuel College BOSTON 2,059 3.40
61 Assumption University WORCESTER 2,046 3.42
62 Westfield State University WESTFIELD 4,555 3.73
63 Bridgewater State University BRIDGEWATER 9,550 3.77
64 Tufts University Medford 13,274 3.84
65 Brandeis University Waltham 5,302 4.15
66 College of the Holy Cross WORCESTER 3,035 4.28
67 Nichols College DUDLEY 1,354 4.43
68 Fisher College BOSTON 1,501 4.66
69 Salem State University SALEM 6,239 4.81
70 Lesley University CAMBRIDGE 3,134 5.11
71 Stonehill College EASTON 2,584 5.42
72 The New England Conservatory of Music BOSTON 784 6.38
73 Lasell University Auburndale 1,527 6.55
74 Harvard University Cambridge 30,386 6.98
75 Wentworth Institute of Technology BOSTON 4,018 7.96
76 Curry College MILTON 1,994 8.02
77 Springfield College SPRINGFIELD 2,785 8.26
78 Roxbury Community College ROXBURY CROSSING 1,631 9.20
79 American International College SPRINGFIELD 2,142 9.34
80 Babson College Babson Park 3,943 9.38
81 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams 933 10.72
82 Amherst College AMHERST 1,910 11.52
83 Hampshire College AMHERST 717 13.95
84 Wheaton College (Massachusetts) NORTON 1,778 14.06
85 Williams College WILLIAMSTOWN 2,168 14.76
86 Dean College Franklin 1,151 18.25
87 University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Worcester 1,394 19.37
— Alexander Academy Lunenburg 30 0.00
— Assabet Valley Regional Technical School Marlborough 48 0.00
— Bancroft School of Massage Therapy WORCESTER 51 0.00
— Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District Upton 40 0.00
— Blue Hills Regional Technical School CANTON 38 0.00
— Boston Baptist College BOSTON 33 0.00
— Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc BROOKLINE 169 0.00
— Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics WOBURN 163 0.00
— Charles H McCann Technical School North Adams 45 0.00
— Conway School of Landscape Design Northampton 18 0.00
— DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology West Springfield 28 0.00
— Diman Regional Technical Institute FALL RIVER 56 0.00
— Eastern Nazarene College QUINCY 458 34.93
— EINE Inc TEWKSBURY 40 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Malden MALDEN 101 0.00
— FINE Mortuary College Norwood 176 0.00
— Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham 402 2.49
— Greater Lowell Technical School Tyngsboro 77 0.00
— Hebrew College Newton 177 0.00
— Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology BROOKLINE 199 0.00
— Jupiter Beauty Academy Boston 207 0.00
— Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing MEDFORD 195 0.00
— Longy School of Music of Bard College Cambridge 318 0.00
— Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute Lowell 59 0.00
— Massachusetts School of Barbering QUINCY 48 0.00
— Massachusetts School of Law ANDOVER 284 0.00
— Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus Pittsfield 172 0.00
— Montserrat College of Art BEVERLY 276 0.00
— Monty Tech Fitchburg 33 0.00
— Motoring Technical Training Institute Seekonk 328 0.00
— National Aviation Academy of New England Concord 210 0.00
— New England Hair Academy MALDEN 102 0.00
— North Bennet Street School BOSTON 151 0.00
— Northpoint Bible College Haverhill 128 0.00
— Rob Roy Academy-Fall River FALL RIVER 98 0.00
— Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford New Bedford 15 0.00
— Rob Roy Academy-Taunton TAUNTON 21 0.00
— Rob Roy Academy-Worcester Worcester 121 0.00
— Saint John's Seminary BRIGHTON 120 0.00
— Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing BILLERICA 35 0.00
— Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing BROCKTON 152 0.00
— Southeastern Technical Institute SOUTH EASTON 144 0.00
— Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District Charlton 39 0.00
— Spa Tech Institute-North Andover North Andover 144 0.00
— Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth PLYMOUTH 236 0.00
— Spa Tech Institute-Westboro Westborough 194 0.00
— Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education Springfield 421 0.00
— Technology Learning Center Oxford 24 0.00
— Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester WORCESTER 171 0.00
— Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School Franklin 64 0.00
— Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School BOURNE 77 0.00

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