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Safest Colleges in Mississippi

Federal Clery Act filings for all 50 tracked Mississippi campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Hinds Community College currently has the lowest rate.

50
Institutions tracked
2.00
Avg campus rate / 1k (49 of 50 scored)
1.49
Statewide rate / 1k
#29
Rank by avg campus rate
167,276
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Hinds Community College has the lowest rate in Mississippi

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 50 tracked campuses in Mississippi, 22 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Hinds Community College has the lowest rate at 0.11 per 1,000 students. This comparison excludes other Clery tables and unreported harm, so review the details before drawing a safety conclusion.

Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey

campuses tracked
50
average campus, per 1,000 (49 of 50 scored)
2.00
lowest nonzero rate - Hinds Community College
0.11
campuses at zero in score categories
22

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet MS · Mississippi 2.00/1k campus avg · #29/59

RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID

  • RATE-LOW 2.00/1k
  • RANK-MID #29/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH New York · ±0.05
  • ZERO-MIX 45% zero
  • WT-SMALL-HOT Δ +0.51
  • BOOK-FULL 49/50
  • CONC-MID top5 48%

Nearest campus-rate peer: New York (-0.05/1k)

Mississippi sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID · peer New York. Codes from this state’s OPE Campus Safety filing: unweighted campus rate, corpus rank (low = safer), photo-finish peer state, zero-report share, campus-vs-weighted gap, scored book, top-five enrollment concentration. Not a moving recommendation.

Clery plate RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is New York (-0.05/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Hinds Community College leads at 0.11/1k. Instrument codes from this state's OPE Campus Safety sheet; compare similarly sized campuses before treating any single rate as decisive.

Among nonzero Clery reporters in Mississippi, Hinds Community College has the lowest 2024 score-category rate at 0.11/1k; next are William Carey University (0.19/1k); Belhaven University (0.24/1k). 22 campuses at zero stay unranked. Compare campuses of similar enrollment before treating any single rate as a safety verdict.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Mississippi

Lowest/highest poles plus states nearest Mississippi on unweighted average campus Clery rate. Full ladder: /rankings/.

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Mississippi's 2.00/1k unweighted campus average, not a full 50-state board reprint.

Source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey (Clery Act) As of 2024

Safest colleges in Mississippi, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 27 Mississippi campuses with at least one incident in those score categories. Positions are numbered within that group, because a rank counted through the zero-score campuses below would order them by nothing.

21
Tougaloo College Tougaloo · 1,301 students
Enrollment
1,301
Incidents /1k
3.84
26
Millsaps College Jackson · 593 students
Enrollment
593
Incidents /1k
15.18
27
Rust College Holly Springs · 467 students
Enrollment
467
Incidents /1k
27.84
# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Hinds Community College Raymond · 8,859 students 8,859 0.11 4% of the leader · rank #1
2 William Carey University Hattiesburg · 5,321 students 5,321 0.19 4% of the leader · rank #2
3 Belhaven University Jackson · 4,213 students 4,213 0.24 4% of the leader · rank #3
4 Delta State University Cleveland · 2,654 students 2,654 0.38 4% of the leader · rank #4
5 Holmes Community College Goodman · 5,039 students 5,039 0.40 4% of the leader · rank #5
6 Delta Technical College-Mississippi Horn Lake · 2,307 students 2,307 0.43 4% of the leader · rank #6
7 Mississippi University for Women Columbus · 2,193 students 2,193 0.46 4% of the leader · rank #7
8 Mississippi Delta Community College Moorhead · 1,978 students 1,978 0.51 4% of the leader · rank #8
9 Northwest Mississippi Community College Senatobia · 7,867 students 7,867 0.51 4% of the leader · rank #9
10 Itawamba Community College Fulton · 5,139 students 5,139 0.78 4% of the leader · rank #10
11 University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg · 13,170 students 13,170 0.84 4% of the leader · rank #11
12 Northeast Mississippi Community College Booneville · 3,442 students 3,442 0.87 4% of the leader · rank #12
13 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston · 8,694 students 8,694 1.15 4% of the leader · rank #13
14 Mississippi State University Mississippi State · 23,150 students 23,150 1.43 5% of the leader · rank #14
15 East Central Community College Decatur · 2,785 students 2,785 1.80 6% of the leader · rank #15
16 Mississippi College Clinton · 4,164 students 4,164 1.92 7% of the leader · rank #16
17 Alcorn State University Alcorn State · 2,995 students 2,995 2.34 8% of the leader · rank #17
18 Meridian Community College Meridian · 2,780 students 2,780 2.88 10% of the leader · rank #18
19 University of Mississippi University · 26,449 students 26,449 3.02 11% of the leader · rank #19
20 Coahoma Community College Clarksdale · 1,633 students 1,633 3.06 11% of the leader · rank #20
21 Tougaloo College Tougaloo · 1,301 students 1,301 3.84 14% of the leader · rank #21
22 Jackson State University Jackson · 6,326 students 6,326 3.95 14% of the leader · rank #22
23 Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena · 2,205 students 2,205 4.08 15% of the leader · rank #23
24 Concorde Career College-Southaven Southaven · 115 students 115 8.70 31% of the leader · rank #24
25 Corinth Academy of Cosmetology Corinth · 90 students 90 11.11 40% of the leader · rank #25
26 Millsaps College Jackson · 593 students 593 15.18 55% of the leader · rank #26
27 Rust College Holly Springs · 467 students 467 27.84 100% of the leader · rank #27

Unranked campuses (23): zero score or no normalized rate

22 filed zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories; other Clery tables can still contain reports. 1 lack a normalized rate because no positive enrollment denominator is available. Neither group supports a safety ordering, so these campuses are listed alphabetically without positions. Showing 15 alphabetically; the remaining 8 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
Academy of Hair Design-Grenada Grenada · 21 students 21 0.00
Academy of Hair Design-Jackson Jackson · 71 students 71 0.00
Academy of Hair Design-Pearl Pearl · 43 students 43 0.00
Blue Cliff College-Gulfport Gulfport · 200 students 200 0.00
Blue Mountain Christian University Blue Mountain · 968 students 968 0.00
C N K Barber College Tupelo · 31 students 31 0.00
Chris Beauty College Gulfport · 73 students 73 0.00
Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wesson · 2,932 students 2,932 0.00
East Mississippi Community College Scooba · 3,841 students 3,841 0.00
Fosters Cosmetology College Ripley · 23 students 23 0.00
Hatfield's Mississippi College of Beauty Culture Laurel · 57 students 57 0.00
Jones County Junior College Ellisville · 4,753 students 4,753 0.00
KC's School of Hair Design Pontotoc · 58 students 58 0.00
Mississippi Institute of Aesthetics Nails & Cosmetology Clinton 0 -
Pearl River Community College Poplarville · 6,011 students 6,011 0.00

Open any remaining campus from the school directory or the incident tool.

The largest universities in Mississippi by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: University of Mississippi (26,449); Mississippi State University (23,150); University of Southern Mississippi (13,170), then 46 more. The 15 biggest Mississippi institutions by total enrolled students, from the same federal IPEDS collection, each shown with its 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate. The five largest alone account for 48% of the 167,276 students enrolled across all 49 tracked Mississippi institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Mississippi Delta Community College (1,978 students, 0.51/1k).

# Institution EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 University of Mississippi University · 26,449 students 26,449 100% of the leader · rank #1 3.02
2 Mississippi State University Mississippi State · 23,150 students 23,150 88% of the leader · rank #2 1.43
3 University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg · 13,170 students 13,170 50% of the leader · rank #3 0.84
4 Hinds Community College Raymond · 8,859 students 8,859 33% of the leader · rank #4 0.11
5 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston · 8,694 students 8,694 33% of the leader · rank #5 1.15
6 Northwest Mississippi Community College Senatobia · 7,867 students 7,867 30% of the leader · rank #6 0.51
7 Jackson State University Jackson · 6,326 students 6,326 24% of the leader · rank #7 3.95
8 Pearl River Community College Poplarville · 6,011 students 6,011 23% of the leader · rank #8 0.00
9 William Carey University Hattiesburg · 5,321 students 5,321 20% of the leader · rank #9 0.19
10 Itawamba Community College Fulton · 5,139 students 5,139 19% of the leader · rank #10 0.78
11 Holmes Community College Goodman · 5,039 students 5,039 19% of the leader · rank #11 0.40
12 Jones County Junior College Ellisville · 4,753 students 4,753 18% of the leader · rank #12 0.00
13 Belhaven University Jackson · 4,213 students 4,213 16% of the leader · rank #13 0.24
14 Mississippi College Clinton · 4,164 students 4,164 16% of the leader · rank #14 1.92
15 East Mississippi Community College Scooba · 3,841 students 3,841 15% of the leader · rank #15 0.00

Enrollment is total reported students, not full-time equivalent, and a branch campus is reported separately from its parent institution. A larger campus is not a less safe one: the incident rate beside it is already per 1,000 students.

Nationwide states with similar campus scale or Clery rate

Two nationwide peer sets for Mississippi: closest on tracked campus count (50 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (2.00/1k here). The rate-neighbourhood and keep-peer blocks above stay geo-adjacent; these columns are cross-state ABS comparisons with deduped link sets.

Similar campus count

Nearest other states by number of tracked postsecondary institutions (≥5 scored campuses in corpus).

Similar campus Clery rate

Nearest other states by unweighted average on-campus Clery rate. Campus-count peers above are excluded.

Read with this state

Keep-peer handoff: New York sits nearest on unweighted campus average (-0.05/1k). Inside Mississippi, open Hinds Community College's campus sheet next.

Hinds Community College profile → | All states → | Mississippi net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Mississippi campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Mississippi?

Among Mississippi campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Hinds Community College has the lowest rate (0.11 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: William Carey University (0.19/1k); Belhaven University (0.24/1k). 22 campuses reported zero in those score categories and are listed separately without a safety ordinal, because a zero report is not the same as a proven safer campus.

How does PlainCampus rank campus safety in Mississippi?

In Mississippi, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Hinds Community College currently leads that nonzero list at 0.11/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Mississippi are compared?

This page covers 50 tracked higher-education institutions in Mississippi, serving about 167,276 enrolled students combined across 40 cities. 27 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 23 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are University of Mississippi (26,449); Mississippi State University (23,150); University of Southern Mississippi (13,170). Nearby state averages for context: New York (1.95/1k); Colorado (2.10/1k); California (2.11/1k); Illinois (1.87/1k); South Carolina (1.82/1k); North Carolina (2.22/1k).

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.

PlainCampus is for informational purposes only and does not constitute safety, security, legal, or enrollment advice; the data describes reported on-campus activity, it is not a complete picture of safety at any campus and cannot predict any individual student's experience. See our appropriate use guidance.