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Maine Campus Safety

According to the U.S. Department of Education's Clery Act filings, this covers on-campus safety for all 33 tracked colleges and universities in Maine, ranked by reported incident rate per 1,000 enrolled students.

33
Institutions tracked
2.31
Avg incidents / 1k
#36
State safety rank
77,063
Students enrolled

Data updated June 2026

The state in one line

Across Maine's 33 campuses, Beal University reports the lowest rate (0.00 per 1,000), the median campus reports 0.00, and 17 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents.

33
campuses tracked
2.31
statewide avg, per 1,000
0.00
safest - Beal University
17
campuses reporting zero

Per-1,000-student rates let small and large campuses be compared fairly, but a handful of reports at a small school can still produce a high rate. Read alongside enrollment.

Maine reports Clery Act campus safety data across 33 higher education institutions distributed across 25 cities , serving approximately 77,063 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 2.31 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Maine at national rank #36 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Maine reports 0.00 incidents per 1,000 students, while 17 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

The largest institution by enrollment is University of Maine with 11,760 students and a safety score of 2.72. 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.

Maine campuses, ranked by safety

# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Beal University Bangor · 520 students 520 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #1
2 Central Maine Community College Auburn · 4,121 students 4,121 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #2
3 Kennebec Valley Community College Fairfield · 2,381 students 2,381 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #3
4 Maine Maritime Academy Castine · 913 students 913 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #4
5 Northern Maine Community College Presque Isle · 772 students 772 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #5
6 Thomas College Waterville · 1,669 students 1,669 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #6
7 Unity Environmental University New Gloucester · 6,359 students 6,359 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #7
8 Washington County Community College Calais · 685 students 685 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #8
9 York County Community College Wells · 1,782 students 1,782 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #9
10 University of Maine at Augusta Augusta · 4,323 students 4,323 0.46 4% of the leader · rank #10
11 University of Maine at Presque Isle Presque Isle · 2,187 students 2,187 0.91 7% of the leader · rank #11
12 Husson University Bangor · 3,133 students 3,133 0.96 7% of the leader · rank #12
13 University of New England Biddeford · 6,473 students 6,473 1.08 8% of the leader · rank #13
14 Eastern Maine Community College Bangor · 2,531 students 2,531 1.19 9% of the leader · rank #14
15 Southern Maine Community College South Portland · 7,205 students 7,205 1.80 13% of the leader · rank #15
16 University of Maine Orono · 11,760 students 11,760 2.72 20% of the leader · rank #16
17 University of Maine at Fort Kent Fort Kent · 1,406 students 1,406 3.56 26% of the leader · rank #17
18 University of Southern Maine Gorham · 7,528 students 7,528 3.72 27% of the leader · rank #18
19 Saint Joseph's College of Maine Standish · 1,463 students 1,463 4.78 35% of the leader · rank #19
20 Colby College Waterville · 2,284 students 2,284 7.88 58% of the leader · rank #20
21 Bowdoin College Brunswick · 1,850 students 1,850 9.19 67% of the leader · rank #21
22 University of Maine at Farmington Farmington · 1,950 students 1,950 9.74 72% of the leader · rank #22
23 Bates College Lewiston · 1,753 students 1,753 12.55 92% of the leader · rank #23
24 Capilo School of Hair Design Augusta · 133 students 133 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #24
25 College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor · 367 students 367 13.62 100% of the leader · rank #25
26 Empire Beauty School-Maine Bangor · 118 students 118 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #26
27 Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts Portland · 93 students 93 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #27
28 Maine College of Art & Design Portland · 474 students 474 2.11 15% of the leader · rank #28
29 Maine College of Health Professions Lewiston · 228 students 228 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #29
30 Maine Media College Rockport · 24 students 24 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #30
31 Northeast Technical Institute Scarborough · 274 students 274 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #31
32 Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook Westbrook · 261 students 261 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #32
33 The Landing School Arundel · 43 students 43 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #33

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What this means for you

Use Maine's list as a starting point for comparison, not a final judgment on any one campus.

Figures reflect the June 2026 Clery Act reporting release as filed with the U.S. Department of Education.

Data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety & Security Survey (Clery Act). See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCampus Editorial.

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.

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