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Mississippi Campus Safety

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According to the U.S. Department of Education's Clery Act filings, this covers on-campus safety for all 50 tracked colleges and universities in Mississippi, ranked by reported incident rate per 1,000 enrolled students.

Compiled byPlaincampus Editorial, Campus Safety Editorial Team

50
Institutions tracked: 2.07
Avg incidents / 1k: #26
State safety rank: 161,754
Students enrolled

Data updated June 2026

The state in one line

Across Mississippi's 50 campuses, Blue Mountain Christian University reports the lowest rate (0.00 per 1,000), the median campus reports 0.18, and 24 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents.

50
campuses tracked: 2.07
statewide avg, per 1,000: 0.00
safest - Blue Mountain Christian: 24
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.

Mississippi reports Clery Act campus safety data across 50 higher education institutions distributed across 39 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.

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.

Mississippi campuses, ranked by safety

#	Campus	Enrollment	Incidents /1k
1	Blue Mountain Christian University Blue Mountain · 971 students	971	0.00
2	East Central Community College Decatur · 2,523 students	2,523	0.00
3	Holmes Community College Goodman · 4,959 students	4,959	0.00
4	Jones County Junior College Ellisville · 4,305 students	4,305	0.00
5	Meridian Community College Meridian · 2,556 students	2,556	0.00
6	Mississippi Delta Community College Moorhead · 2,037 students	2,037	0.00
7	Northwest Mississippi Community College Senatobia · 7,520 students	7,520	0.13
8	Pearl River Community College Poplarville · 5,620 students	5,620	0.18
9	William Carey University Hattiesburg · 5,448 students	5,448	0.18
10	East Mississippi Community College Scooba · 3,642 students	3,642	0.27
11	Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wesson · 2,834 students	2,834	0.35
12	Delta State University Cleveland · 2,716 students	2,716	0.37
13	Delta Technical College-Mississippi Horn Lake · 2,320 students	2,320	0.43
14	Southwest Mississippi Community College Summit · 1,752 students	1,752	0.57
15	Itawamba Community College Fulton · 4,937 students	4,937	0.61
16	Belhaven University Jackson · 3,616 students	3,616	0.83
17	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg · 13,110 students	13,110	0.92
18	Hinds Community College Raymond · 9,332 students	9,332	1.07
19	Coahoma Community College Clarksdale · 1,808 students	1,808	1.11
20	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston · 8,091 students	8,091	1.61
21	Mississippi University for Women Columbus · 2,227 students	2,227	1.80
22	Northeast Mississippi Community College Booneville · 3,338 students	3,338	1.80
23	Alcorn State University Lorman · 2,894 students	2,894	2.42
24	Mississippi State University Mississippi State · 22,657 students	22,657	2.74
25	University of Mississippi University · 24,043 students	24,043	3.70
26	Jackson State University Jackson · 6,564 students	6,564	4.27
27	Mississippi College Clinton · 4,087 students	4,087	4.89
28	Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena · 2,196 students	2,196	5.01
29	Tougaloo College Tougaloo · 725 students	725	8.28
30	Millsaps College Jackson · 626 students	626	20.77
31	Academy of Hair Design-Grenada Grenada · 33 students	33	0.00
32	Academy of Hair Design-Jackson Jackson · 77 students	77	0.00
33	Academy of Hair Design-Pearl Pearl · 48 students	48	0.00
34	Blue Cliff College-Gulfport Gulfport · 259 students	259	0.00
35	Chris Beauty College Gulfport · 105 students	105	0.00
36	Concorde Career College-Southaven Southaven · 114 students	114	8.77
37	Corinth Academy of Cosmetology Corinth · 105 students	105	0.00
38	Fosters Cosmetology College Ripley · 22 students	22	0.00
39	Hatfield's Mississippi College of Beauty Culture Laurel · 51 students	51	0.00
40	KC's School of Hair Design Pontotoc · 54 students	54	0.00
41	Mississippi Institute of Aesthetics Nails & Cosmetology Clinton · 77 students	77	0.00
42	Rust College Holly Springs · 429 students	429	30.30
43	Southeastern Baptist College Laurel · 69 students	69	0.00
44	Strayer University-Mississippi Jackson · 422 students	422	0.00
45	The Academy of Hair Design Six Hattiesburg · 48 students	48	0.00
46	Traxlers School of Hair Jackson · 110 students	110	0.00
47	Unlimited Cosmetology School Hattiesburg · 26 students	26	0.00
48	Upper Kutz Barber & Style College Greenville · 28 students	28	0.00
49	Vaughn Beauty College Aberdeen · 60 students	60	0.00
50	Wesley Biblical Seminary Ridgeland · 163 students	163	0.00

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What this means for you

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

Weigh a Mississippi campus against similarly-sized institutions, scale changes what a raw count means. Compare campuses
See Blue Mountain Christian University's full profile and how its rate breaks down by incident category. View Blue Mountain Christian
National rankings put this state in context against every other state. National rankings

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.

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.

Mississippi campuses, ranked by safety

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