MD State Rank: #31

Maryland Campus Safety

71 colleges and universities in Maryland. Average safety score: 2.21 incidents per 1,000 students. Ranked by Clery Act on-campus incident rate.

Maryland reports Clery Act campus safety data across 71 higher education institutions distributed across 45 cities , serving approximately 344,154 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 2.21 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Maryland at national rank #31 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Maryland reports 0.20 incidents per 1,000 students, while 33 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

Baltimore City Community College in BALTIMORE leads Maryland with the lowest reported incident rate (0.00 per 1,000 students). The largest institution by enrollment is University of Maryland Global Campus with 60,084 students and a safety score of 0.03. 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 Baltimore City Community College BALTIMORE 3,939 0.00
2 Capitol Technology University LAUREL 902 0.00
3 College of Southern Maryland La Plata 4,984 0.00
4 Washington Adventist University TAKOMA PARK 695 0.00
5 North American Trade Schools BALTIMORE 529 0.00
6 Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia COLUMBIA 1,075 0.00
7 Maryland University of Integrative Health Laurel 646 0.00
8 Wor-Wic Community College Salisbury 2,636 0.00
9 All-State Career-Baltimore BALTIMORE 535 0.00
10 Strayer University-Maryland Suitland 1,445 0.00
11 Fortis College-Landover Landover 576 0.00
12 University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi 60,084 0.03
13 Frederick Community College FREDERICK 6,796 0.15
14 Harford Community College BEL AIR 5,108 0.20
15 Carroll Community College WESTMINSTER 3,164 0.32
16 University of Baltimore Baltimore 3,101 0.32
17 Allegany College of Maryland CUMBERLAND 2,665 0.38
18 Howard Community College Columbia 8,540 0.47
19 Prince George's Community College LARGO 10,513 0.48
20 Chesapeake College WYE MILLS 1,980 0.51
21 Community College of Baltimore County Catonsville 15,803 0.51
22 Hagerstown Community College HAGERSTOWN 5,433 0.55
23 Anne Arundel Community College ARNOLD 11,158 0.63
24 Montgomery College ROCKVILLE 17,780 0.90
25 Cecil College North East 1,845 1.08
26 University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore 6,667 1.80
27 Hood College FREDERICK 2,078 1.92
28 Goucher College BALTIMORE 1,500 2.67
29 Notre Dame of Maryland University Baltimore 1,836 2.72
30 Towson University TOWSON 19,527 2.82
31 Stevenson University STEVENSON 3,507 2.85
32 Garrett College MCHENRY 701 2.85
33 Frostburg State University FROSTBURG 4,075 2.94
34 Salisbury University SALISBURY 7,030 3.13
35 Maryland Institute College of Art BALTIMORE 1,861 3.22
36 Coppin State University BALTIMORE 2,101 5.24
37 Bowie State University BOWIE 6,408 5.31
38 McDaniel College WESTMINSTER 2,882 5.55
39 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore 14,148 5.65
40 University of Maryland-College Park COLLEGE PARK 40,813 5.76
41 Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE 30,362 6.16
42 Morgan State University BALTIMORE 9,808 7.65
43 University of Maryland Eastern Shore PRINCESS ANNE 2,844 7.74
44 St. John's College Annapolis 578 8.65
45 Loyola University Maryland Baltimore 5,107 8.81
46 Washington College CHESTERTOWN 916 9.83
47 Mount St. Mary's University EMMITSBURG 2,499 12.40
48 St. Mary's College of Maryland Saint Mary's City 1,587 20.79
— Aspen Beauty Academy of Laurel Laurel 118 0.00
— Aveda Institute-Maryland BEL AIR 84 0.00
— Award Beauty School HAGERSTOWN 132 0.00
— Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore Baltimore 91 0.00
— Baltimore Studio of Hair Design BALTIMORE 39 0.00
— Cortiva Institute Linthicum 251 0.00
— Del-Mar-Va Beauty Academy SALISBURY 43 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie Glen Burnie 73 13.70
— Empire Beauty School-Owings Mills OWINGS MILLS 131 0.00
— Fortis Institute-Towson TOWSON 373 0.00
— Hair Academy NEW CARROLLTON 241 0.00
— Hair Academy II Hillcrest Heights 230 0.00
— Hair Expressions Academy Jessup 38 0.00
— Holistic Massage Training Institute Baltimore 28 0.00
— Maryland Beauty Academy of Essex BALTIMORE 36 0.00
— Montgomery Beauty School SILVER SPRING 68 0.00
— Montgomery Beauty School-Baltimore Beauty & Barber School Baltimore 252 0.00
— Ner Israel Rabbinical College BALTIMORE 449 0.00
— Omega Studios' School of Applied Recording Arts & Sciences Rockville 74 0.00
— The Temple Annapolis-A Paul Mitchell Partner School Annapolis 221 0.00
— The Temple-A Paul Mitchell Partner School Frederick 167 0.00
— Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and College Baltimore 191 0.00
— Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital Silver Spring 57 0.00

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