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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.

27
Rust CollegeHolly Springs · 467 students
Enrollment
467
Incidents /1k
27.84
#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Hinds Community CollegeRaymond · 8,859 students8,8590.114% of the leader · rank #1
2William Carey UniversityHattiesburg · 5,321 students5,3210.194% of the leader · rank #2
3Belhaven UniversityJackson · 4,213 students4,2130.244% of the leader · rank #3
4Delta State UniversityCleveland · 2,654 students2,6540.384% of the leader · rank #4
5Holmes Community CollegeGoodman · 5,039 students5,0390.404% of the leader · rank #5
6Delta Technical College-MississippiHorn Lake · 2,307 students2,3070.434% of the leader · rank #6
7Mississippi University for WomenColumbus · 2,193 students2,1930.464% of the leader · rank #7
8Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorhead · 1,978 students1,9780.514% of the leader · rank #8
9Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia · 7,867 students7,8670.514% of the leader · rank #9
10Itawamba Community CollegeFulton · 5,139 students5,1390.784% of the leader · rank #10
11University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg · 13,170 students13,1700.844% of the leader · rank #11
12Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBooneville · 3,442 students3,4420.874% of the leader · rank #12
13Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston · 8,694 students8,6941.154% of the leader · rank #13
14Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State · 23,150 students23,1501.435% of the leader · rank #14
15East Central Community CollegeDecatur · 2,785 students2,7851.806% of the leader · rank #15
16Mississippi CollegeClinton · 4,164 students4,1641.927% of the leader · rank #16
17Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn State · 2,995 students2,9952.348% of the leader · rank #17
18Meridian Community CollegeMeridian · 2,780 students2,7802.8810% of the leader · rank #18
19University of MississippiUniversity · 26,449 students26,4493.0211% of the leader · rank #19
20Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdale · 1,633 students1,6333.0611% of the leader · rank #20
21Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo · 1,301 students1,3013.8414% of the leader · rank #21
22Jackson State UniversityJackson · 6,326 students6,3263.9514% of the leader · rank #22
23Mississippi Valley State UniversityItta Bena · 2,205 students2,2054.0815% of the leader · rank #23
24Concorde Career College-SouthavenSouthaven · 115 students1158.7031% of the leader · rank #24
25Corinth Academy of CosmetologyCorinth · 90 students9011.1140% of the leader · rank #25
26Millsaps CollegeJackson · 593 students59315.1855% of the leader · rank #26
27Rust CollegeHolly Springs · 467 students46727.84100% 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.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Academy of Hair Design-GrenadaGrenada · 21 students210.00
Academy of Hair Design-JacksonJackson · 71 students710.00
Academy of Hair Design-PearlPearl · 43 students430.00
Blue Cliff College-GulfportGulfport · 200 students2000.00
Blue Mountain Christian UniversityBlue Mountain · 968 students9680.00
C N K Barber CollegeTupelo · 31 students310.00
Chris Beauty CollegeGulfport · 73 students730.00
Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson · 2,932 students2,9320.00
East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba · 3,841 students3,8410.00
Fosters Cosmetology CollegeRipley · 23 students230.00
Hatfield's Mississippi College of Beauty CultureLaurel · 57 students570.00
Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville · 4,753 students4,7530.00
KC's School of Hair DesignPontotoc · 58 students580.00
Mississippi Institute of Aesthetics Nails & CosmetologyClinton0-
Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville · 6,011 students6,0110.00

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).

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1University of MississippiUniversity · 26,449 students26,449100% of the leader · rank #13.02
2Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State · 23,150 students23,15088% of the leader · rank #21.43
3University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg · 13,170 students13,17050% of the leader · rank #30.84
4Hinds Community CollegeRaymond · 8,859 students8,85933% of the leader · rank #40.11
5Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston · 8,694 students8,69433% of the leader · rank #51.15
6Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia · 7,867 students7,86730% of the leader · rank #60.51
7Jackson State UniversityJackson · 6,326 students6,32624% of the leader · rank #73.95
8Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville · 6,011 students6,01123% of the leader · rank #80.00
9William Carey UniversityHattiesburg · 5,321 students5,32120% of the leader · rank #90.19
10Itawamba Community CollegeFulton · 5,139 students5,13919% of the leader · rank #100.78
11Holmes Community CollegeGoodman · 5,039 students5,03919% of the leader · rank #110.40
12Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville · 4,753 students4,75318% of the leader · rank #120.00
13Belhaven UniversityJackson · 4,213 students4,21316% of the leader · rank #130.24
14Mississippi CollegeClinton · 4,164 students4,16416% of the leader · rank #141.92
15East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba · 3,841 students3,84115% of the leader · rank #150.00

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.