MN State Rank: #43

Minnesota Campus Safety

89 colleges and universities in Minnesota. Average safety score: 2.91 incidents per 1,000 students. Ranked by Clery Act on-campus incident rate.

Minnesota reports Clery Act campus safety data across 89 higher education institutions distributed across 59 cities , serving approximately 389,355 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 2.91 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Minnesota at national rank #43 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Minnesota reports 0.33 incidents per 1,000 students, while 40 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

Walden University in Minneapolis leads Minnesota with the lowest reported incident rate (0.00 per 1,000 students). The largest institution by enrollment is University of Minnesota-Twin Cities with 54,890 students and a safety score of 4.41. 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 Walden University Minneapolis 44,223 0.00
2 Anoka Technical College ANOKA 1,822 0.00
3 Northwest Technical College BEMIDJI 901 0.00
4 Bethany Lutheran College MANKATO 902 0.00
5 Central Lakes College-Brainerd BRAINERD 4,532 0.00
6 Minnesota West Community and Technical College Granite Falls 3,438 0.00
7 Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park 3,891 0.00
8 Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS 608 0.00
9 South Central College North Mankato 2,652 0.00
10 Herzing University-Minneapolis St. Louis Park 752 0.00
11 Northland Community and Technical College THIEF RIVER FALLS 2,477 0.00
12 Northwestern Health Sciences University BLOOMINGTON 1,032 0.00
13 Pine Technical & Community College PINE CITY 1,913 0.00
14 Crown College Saint Bonifacius 1,727 0.00
15 Rasmussen University-Minnesota Saint Cloud 8,823 0.00
16 Ridgewater College WILLMAR 2,855 0.00
17 Minnesota State College Southeast WINONA 2,020 0.00
18 Mitchell Hamline School of Law SAINT PAUL 1,217 0.00
19 Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College CLOQUET 1,749 0.00
20 Capella University Minneapolis 43,915 0.00
21 Anoka-Ramsey Community College COON RAPIDS 7,843 0.13
22 Normandale Community College BLOOMINGTON 9,620 0.21
23 Rochester Community and Technical College ROCHESTER 4,714 0.21
24 St Cloud Technical and Community College Saint Cloud 3,565 0.28
25 Alexandria Technical & Community College ALEXANDRIA 3,038 0.33
26 Metropolitan State University SAINT PAUL 6,005 0.33
27 Dakota County Technical College ROSEMOUNT 2,662 0.38
28 Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud 10,514 0.38
29 University of Minnesota-Crookston CROOKSTON 2,518 0.40
30 Lake Superior College DULUTH 4,001 0.50
31 Southwest Minnesota State University MARSHALL 7,324 0.55
32 Riverland Community College Austin 3,591 0.84
33 Concordia University-Saint Paul SAINT PAUL 5,854 0.85
34 The College of Saint Scholastica DULUTH 2,979 1.01
35 North Hennepin Community College BROOKLYN PARK 5,195 1.35
36 Inver Hills Community College INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 3,689 1.36
37 Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead 4,410 1.36
38 Minneapolis Community and Technical College MINNEAPOLIS 6,269 1.44
39 Century College WHITE BEAR LAKE 8,248 1.45
40 University of Northwestern-St Paul SAINT PAUL 3,262 1.53
41 Saint Paul College SAINT PAUL 5,155 1.55
42 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona 3,831 1.57
43 University of Minnesota-Morris MORRIS 1,020 1.96
44 Minnesota State University-Mankato MANKATO 14,709 1.97
45 Winona State University WINONA 6,058 2.31
46 Minnesota North College Hibbing 3,020 2.32
47 Bethel University Arden Hills 3,521 2.56
48 Gustavus Adolphus College St Peter 1,952 2.56
49 Bemidji State University BEMIDJI 3,926 3.06
50 University of St Thomas St. Paul 9,121 3.07
51 St Catherine University SAINT PAUL 3,533 3.11
52 Minnesota State Community and Technical College FERGUS FALLS 5,414 3.14
53 University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth 9,350 3.32
54 Martin Luther College NEW ULM 860 3.49
55 Concordia College at Moorhead MOORHEAD 1,868 3.75
56 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MINNEAPOLIS 54,890 4.41
57 Saint Johns University COLLEGEVILLE 1,624 5.54
58 Dunwoody College of Technology MINNEAPOLIS 1,424 6.32
59 St Olaf College NORTHFIELD 3,074 7.81
60 College of Saint Benedict SAINT JOSEPH 1,451 8.27
61 Hamline University SAINT PAUL 2,432 9.46
62 Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis 824 9.71
63 Macalester College St. Paul 2,142 9.80
64 University of Minnesota-Rochester Rochester 588 10.20
65 Augsburg University MINNEAPOLIS 3,161 12.97
66 North Central University MINNEAPOLIS 984 13.21
67 Carleton College NORTHFIELD 2,069 24.65
68 Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science ROCHESTER 1,480 76.35
— Academy College Bloomington 118 0.00
— Adler Graduate School Minnetonka 245 0.00
— American Academy of Health and Wellness ROSEVILLE 29 0.00
— Avalon School of Cosmetology Worthington 18 0.00
— Bethany Global University Bloomington 201 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Bloomington Bloomington 157 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Spring Lake Park Spring Lake Park 80 0.00
— Hastings Beauty School Hastings 11 0.00
— Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School Center City 159 0.00
— Leech Lake Tribal College CASS LAKE 243 0.00
— Luther Seminary SAINT PAUL 348 5.75
— Model College of Hair Design SAINT CLOUD 108 0.00
— Nova Academy of Cosmetology Rochester 174 0.00
— Nova Academy of Cosmetology Woodbury Woodbury 56 0.00
— Oak Hills Christian College BEMIDJI 117 0.00
— PCI Academy-Plymouth Plymouth 114 0.00
— Red Lake Nation College Red Lake 256 0.00
— Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center MINNEAPOLIS 270 0.00
— The Salon Professional Academy Maplewood Maplewood 73 0.00
— United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities St. Paul 244 0.00
— White Earth Tribal and Community College Mahnomen 103 0.00

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