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Safest Colleges in Nebraska

Federal Clery Act filings for all 39 tracked Nebraska campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Central Community College currently has the lowest rate.

39
Institutions tracked
2.42
Avg campus rate / 1k (39 of 39 scored)
2.18
Statewide rate / 1k
#41
Rank by avg campus rate
141,114
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Central Community College has the lowest rate in Nebraska

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 39 tracked campuses in Nebraska, 19 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Central Community College has the lowest rate at 0.14 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
39
average campus, per 1,000 (39 of 39 scored)
2.42
lowest nonzero rate - Central Community College
0.14
campuses at zero in score categories
19

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet NE · Nebraska 2.42/1k campus avg · #41/59

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

  • RATE-MID 2.42/1k
  • RANK-LOWER #41/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alaska · ±0.01
  • ZERO-MIX 49% zero
  • WT-SMALL-HOT Δ +0.24
  • BOOK-FULL 39/39
  • CONC-HEAVY top5 58%

Nearest campus-rate peer: Alaska (-0.01/1k)

Nebraska sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY · peer Alaska. 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Alaska (-0.01/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Central Community College leads at 0.14/1k. Instrument codes from this state's OPE Campus Safety sheet; compare similarly sized campuses before treating any single rate as decisive.

Nebraska's unweighted average campus rate is higher than most scored U.S. states (only 31% of states report a higher average). Even so, Central Community College leads nonzero reporters here at 0.14/1k, with Metropolitan Community College Area (0.24/1k); Southeast Community College Area (0.37/1k) next. The five largest campuses account for 58% of enrollment, weigh large-campus rates separately from small ones.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Nebraska

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

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Nebraska's 2.42/1k 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 Nebraska, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 20 Nebraska 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.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Central Community CollegeGrand Island · 6,927 students6,9270.144% of the leader · rank #1
2Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha · 16,642 students16,6420.244% of the leader · rank #2
3Southeast Community College AreaLincoln · 10,816 students10,8160.374% of the leader · rank #3
4Mid-Plains Community CollegeNorth Platte · 2,140 students2,1400.474% of the leader · rank #4
5Western Nebraska Community CollegeScottsbluff · 1,569 students1,5691.276% of the leader · rank #5
6Clarkson CollegeOmaha · 1,121 students1,1211.788% of the leader · rank #6
7Wayne State CollegeWayne · 4,666 students4,6661.939% of the leader · rank #7
8University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha · 14,972 students14,9722.009% of the leader · rank #8
9Hastings CollegeHastings · 956 students9562.099% of the leader · rank #9
10University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln · 24,393 students24,3932.8313% of the leader · rank #10
11Midland UniversityFremont · 1,558 students1,5583.2114% of the leader · rank #11
12University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney · 5,881 students5,8813.7417% of the leader · rank #12
13Nebraska College of Technical AgricultureCurtis · 222 students2224.5020% of the leader · rank #13
14Peru State CollegePeru · 1,492 students1,4924.6921% of the leader · rank #14
15University of Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha · 3,988 students3,9885.0123% of the leader · rank #15
16Doane UniversityCrete · 1,985 students1,9856.0527% of the leader · rank #16
17Chadron State CollegeChadron · 2,098 students2,0986.2028% of the leader · rank #17
18Creighton UniversityOmaha · 8,581 students8,5816.2928% of the leader · rank #18
19Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityLincoln · 1,654 students1,65419.3587% of the leader · rank #19
20Bryan College of Health SciencesLincoln · 765 students76522.22100% of the leader · rank #20

Unranked campuses (19): zero score or no normalized rate

19 filed zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents in the score categories; other Clery tables can still contain reports. Neither group supports a safety ordering, so these campuses are listed alphabetically without positions. Showing 15 alphabetically; the remaining 4 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Bellevue UniversityBellevue · 14,667 students14,6670.00
Capitol Beauty SchoolOmaha · 161 students1610.00
CHI Health School of Radiologic TechnologyOmaha · 29 students290.00
College of Hair Design-DowntownLincoln · 53 students530.00
College of Hair Design-East CampusLincoln · 125 students1250.00
College of Saint MaryOmaha · 786 students7860.00
Concordia University-NebraskaSeward · 3,479 students3,4790.00
Entourage Institute of Beauty and EstheticsLincoln · 99 students990.00
Joseph's College CosmetologyLincoln · 92 students920.00
Little Priest Tribal CollegeWinnebago · 218 students2180.00
Myotherapy InstituteLincoln · 12 students120.00
Nebraska Indian Community CollegeMacy · 620 students6200.00
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied HealthOmaha · 1,067 students1,0670.00
Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk · 5,720 students5,7200.00
Summit Christian CollegeGering · 32 students320.00

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

The largest universities in Nebraska by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: University of Nebraska-Lincoln (24,393); Metropolitan Community College Area (16,642); University of Nebraska at Omaha (14,972), then 36 more. The 15 biggest Nebraska 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 58% of the 141,114 students enrolled across all 39 tracked Nebraska institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Clarkson College (1,121 students, 1.78/1k).

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln · 24,393 students24,393100% of the leader · rank #12.83
2Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha · 16,642 students16,64268% of the leader · rank #20.24
3University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha · 14,972 students14,97261% of the leader · rank #32.00
4Bellevue UniversityBellevue · 14,667 students14,66760% of the leader · rank #40.00
5Southeast Community College AreaLincoln · 10,816 students10,81644% of the leader · rank #50.37
6Creighton UniversityOmaha · 8,581 students8,58135% of the leader · rank #66.29
7Central Community CollegeGrand Island · 6,927 students6,92728% of the leader · rank #70.14
8University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney · 5,881 students5,88124% of the leader · rank #83.74
9Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk · 5,720 students5,72023% of the leader · rank #90.00
10Wayne State CollegeWayne · 4,666 students4,66619% of the leader · rank #101.93
11University of Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha · 3,988 students3,98816% of the leader · rank #115.01
12Concordia University-NebraskaSeward · 3,479 students3,47914% of the leader · rank #120.00
13Mid-Plains Community CollegeNorth Platte · 2,140 students2,1409% of the leader · rank #130.47
14Chadron State CollegeChadron · 2,098 students2,0989% of the leader · rank #146.20
15Doane UniversityCrete · 1,985 students1,9858% of the leader · rank #156.05

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 Nebraska: closest on tracked campus count (39 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (2.42/1k 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: Alaska sits nearest on unweighted campus average (-0.01/1k). Inside Nebraska, open Central Community College's campus sheet next.

Central Community College profile → | All states → | Nebraska net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Nebraska campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Nebraska?

Among Nebraska campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Central Community College has the lowest rate (0.14 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Metropolitan Community College Area (0.24/1k); Southeast Community College Area (0.37/1k). 19 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 Nebraska?

In Nebraska, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Central Community College currently leads that nonzero list at 0.14/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Nebraska are compared?

This page covers 39 tracked higher-education institutions in Nebraska, serving about 141,114 enrolled students combined across 20 cities. 20 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 19 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are University of Nebraska-Lincoln (24,393); Metropolitan Community College Area (16,642); University of Nebraska at Omaha (14,972). Nearby state averages for context: Alaska (2.41/1k); Massachusetts (2.43/1k); North Dakota (2.38/1k); Washington (2.46/1k); American Samoa (2.37/1k); Oregon (2.52/1k).

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.