MS State Rank: #26

Mississippi Campus Safety

50 colleges and universities in Mississippi. Average safety score: 2.07 incidents per 1,000 students. Ranked by Clery Act on-campus incident rate.

Mississippi reports Clery Act campus safety data across 50 higher education institutions distributed across 42 cities , serving approximately 161,754 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 2.07 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Mississippi at national rank #26 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Mississippi reports 0.18 incidents per 1,000 students, while 24 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

Blue Mountain Christian University in BLUE MOUNTAIN leads Mississippi with the lowest reported incident rate (0.00 per 1,000 students). The largest institution by enrollment is University of Mississippi with 24,043 students and a safety score of 3.70. 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 Blue Mountain Christian University BLUE MOUNTAIN 971 0.00
2 East Central Community College DECATUR 2,523 0.00
3 Holmes Community College GOODMAN 4,959 0.00
4 Jones County Junior College ELLISVILLE 4,305 0.00
5 Meridian Community College MERIDIAN 2,556 0.00
6 Mississippi Delta Community College MOORHEAD 2,037 0.00
7 Northwest Mississippi Community College SENATOBIA 7,520 0.13
8 Pearl River Community College POPLARVILLE 5,620 0.18
9 William Carey University HATTIESBURG 5,448 0.18
10 East Mississippi Community College SCOOBA 3,642 0.27
11 Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wesson 2,834 0.35
12 Delta State University Cleveland 2,716 0.37
13 Delta Technical College-Mississippi Horn Lake 2,320 0.43
14 Southwest Mississippi Community College SUMMIT 1,752 0.57
15 Itawamba Community College Fulton 4,937 0.61
16 Belhaven University JACKSON 3,616 0.83
17 University of Southern Mississippi HATTIESBURG 13,110 0.92
18 Hinds Community College Raymond 9,332 1.07
19 Coahoma Community College CLARKSDALE 1,808 1.11
20 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College PERKINSTON 8,091 1.61
21 Mississippi University for Women COLUMBUS 2,227 1.80
22 Northeast Mississippi Community College BOONEVILLE 3,338 1.80
23 Alcorn State University Lorman 2,894 2.42
24 Mississippi State University MISSISSIPPI STATE 22,657 2.74
25 University of Mississippi UNIVERSITY 24,043 3.70
26 Jackson State University Jackson 6,564 4.27
27 Mississippi College CLINTON 4,087 4.89
28 Mississippi Valley State University ITTA BENA 2,196 5.01
29 Tougaloo College TOUGALOO 725 8.28
30 Millsaps College Jackson 626 20.77
— Academy of Hair Design-Grenada GRENADA 33 0.00
— Academy of Hair Design-Jackson Jackson 77 0.00
— Academy of Hair Design-Pearl Pearl 48 0.00
— Blue Cliff College-Gulfport GULFPORT 259 0.00
— Chris Beauty College GULFPORT 105 0.00
— Concorde Career College-Southaven Southaven 114 8.77
— Corinth Academy of Cosmetology Corinth 105 0.00
— Fosters Cosmetology College RIPLEY 22 0.00
— Hatfield's Mississippi College of Beauty Culture LAUREL 51 0.00
— KC's School of Hair Design Pontotoc 54 0.00
— Mississippi Institute of Aesthetics Nails & Cosmetology Clinton 77 0.00
— Rust College Holly Springs 429 30.30
— Southeastern Baptist College LAUREL 69 0.00
— Strayer University-Mississippi Jackson 422 0.00
— The Academy of Hair Design Six HATTIESBURG 48 0.00
— Traxlers School of Hair JACKSON 110 0.00
— Unlimited Cosmetology School Hattiesburg 26 0.00
— Upper Kutz Barber & Style College Greenville 28 0.00
— Vaughn Beauty College Aberdeen 60 0.00
— Wesley Biblical Seminary Ridgeland 163 0.00

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Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCampus Editorial