NE State Rank: #46

Nebraska Campus Safety

39 colleges and universities in Nebraska. Average safety score: 3.05 incidents per 1,000 students. Ranked by Clery Act on-campus incident rate.

Nebraska reports Clery Act campus safety data across 39 higher education institutions distributed across 22 cities , serving approximately 138,323 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 3.05 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Nebraska at national rank #46 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Nebraska reports 0.31 incidents per 1,000 students, while 16 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte leads Nebraska with the lowest reported incident rate (0.00 per 1,000 students). The largest institution by enrollment is University of Nebraska-Lincoln with 23,986 students and a safety score of 3.46. 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.

State Rank Institution City Enrollment Safety Score
1 Mid-Plains Community College North Platte 2,066 0.00
2 Nebraska Indian Community College Macy 624 0.00
3 Northeast Community College NORFOLK 5,595 0.00
4 Western Nebraska Community College SCOTTSBLUFF 1,508 0.00
5 York University YORK 585 0.00
6 Southeast Community College Area Lincoln 9,799 0.10
7 Bellevue University BELLEVUE 14,476 0.21
8 Concordia University-Nebraska SEWARD 3,423 0.29
9 Metropolitan Community College Area OMAHA 15,964 0.31
10 Wayne State College WAYNE 4,807 0.42
11 Central Community College Grand Island 6,862 0.44
12 University of Nebraska at Omaha OMAHA 15,015 1.80
13 Clarkson College OMAHA 1,078 1.86
14 Midland University FREMONT 1,557 1.93
15 University of Nebraska at Kearney KEARNEY 6,017 2.33
16 Doane University CRETE 1,948 2.57
17 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln 23,986 3.46
18 Creighton University Omaha 8,255 4.60
19 Union Adventist University Lincoln 635 4.72
20 Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health Omaha 1,040 4.81
21 Chadron State College CHADRON 2,205 6.80
22 College of Saint Mary OMAHA 733 6.82
23 Peru State College Peru 1,638 9.16
24 University of Nebraska Medical Center OMAHA 3,786 9.51
25 Nebraska Wesleyan University LINCOLN 1,690 10.06
26 Hastings College Hastings 1,011 10.88
27 Bryan College of Health Sciences Lincoln 746 32.17
— Capitol Beauty School OMAHA 167 0.00
— CHI Health School of Radiologic Technology OMAHA 25 0.00
— College of Hair Design-Downtown LINCOLN 72 0.00
— College of Hair Design-East Campus Lincoln 116 0.00
— Entourage Institute of Beauty and Esthetics Lincoln 49 0.00
— Joseph's College Cosmetology LINCOLN 98 0.00
— Little Priest Tribal College WINNEBAGO 208 0.00
— Myotherapy Institute LINCOLN 10 0.00
— Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Curtis 259 3.86
— Stephanie Moss Academy OMAHA 220 0.00
— Summit Christian College Gering 23 0.00
— Universal College of Healing Arts OMAHA 27 0.00

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Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCampus Editorial