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North Dakota 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 25 tracked colleges and universities in North Dakota, ranked by reported incident rate per 1,000 enrolled students.

Compiled byPlaincampus Editorial, Campus Safety Editorial Team

25
Institutions tracked: 1.21
Avg incidents / 1k: #12
State safety rank: 51,870
Students enrolled

Data updated June 2026

The state in one line

Across North Dakota's 25 campuses, Lake Region State College reports the lowest rate (0.00 per 1,000), the median campus reports 0.00, and 17 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents.

25
campuses tracked: 1.21
statewide avg, per 1,000: 0.00
safest - Lake Region State: 17
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.

North Dakota reports Clery Act campus safety data across 25 higher education institutions distributed across 17 cities , serving approximately 51,870 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 1.21 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing North Dakota at national rank #12 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in North Dakota reports 0.00 incidents per 1,000 students, while 17 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

The largest institution by enrollment is University of North Dakota with 14,172 students and a safety score of 2.26. 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.

North Dakota campuses, ranked by safety

#	Campus	Enrollment	Incidents /1k
1	Lake Region State College Devils Lake · 1,810 students	1,810	0.00
2	Mayville State University Mayville · 1,025 students	1,025	0.00
3	Minot State University Minot · 2,741 students	2,741	0.00
4	Dakota College at Bottineau Bottineau · 1,180 students	1,180	0.00
5	Williston State College Williston · 912 students	912	0.00
6	Turtle Mountain Community College Belcourt · 698 students	698	0.00
7	Valley City State University Valley City · 1,754 students	1,754	0.00
8	Bismarck State College Bismarck · 4,065 students	4,065	0.25
9	University of Mary Bismarck · 3,794 students	3,794	0.26
10	North Dakota State College of Science Wahpeton · 3,140 students	3,140	0.32
11	Dickinson State University Dickinson · 1,453 students	1,453	0.69
12	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo · 11,952 students	11,952	1.34
13	University of North Dakota Grand Forks · 14,172 students	14,172	2.26
14	University of Jamestown Jamestown · 1,215 students	1,215	6.58
15	United Tribes Technical College Bismarck · 542 students	542	18.45
16	Cankdeska Cikana Community College Fort Totten · 325 students	325	0.00
17	Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body-Fargo Fargo · 74 students	74	0.00
18	Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body-Grand Forks Grand Forks · 44 students	44	0.00
19	Lynnes Welding Training Fargo · 36 students	36	0.00
20	Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College New Town · 158 students	158	0.00
21	Rasmussen University-North Dakota Fargo · 44 students	44	0.00
22	Sitting Bull College Fort Yates · 263 students	263	0.00
23	The Hair Academy Bismarck · 56 students	56	0.00
24	The Salon Professional Academy-Fargo Fargo · 173 students	173	0.00
25	Trinity Bible College and Graduate School Ellendale · 244 students	244	0.00

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What this means for you

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

Weigh a North Dakota campus against similarly-sized institutions, scale changes what a raw count means. Compare campuses
See Lake Region State College's full profile and how its rate breaks down by incident category. View Lake Region State
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.

North Dakota campuses, ranked by safety

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