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Nebraska 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 39 tracked colleges and universities in Nebraska, ranked by reported incident rate per 1,000 enrolled students.

Compiled byPlaincampus Editorial, Campus Safety Editorial Team

39
Institutions tracked: 3.05
Avg incidents / 1k: #46
State safety rank: 138,323
Students enrolled

Data updated June 2026

The state in one line

Across Nebraska's 39 campuses, Mid-Plains Community College reports the lowest rate (0.00 per 1,000), the median campus reports 0.31, and 16 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents.

39
campuses tracked: 3.05
statewide avg, per 1,000: 0.00
safest - Mid-Plains Community College: 16
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.

Nebraska reports Clery Act campus safety data across 39 higher education institutions distributed across 20 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.

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.

Nebraska campuses, ranked by safety

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

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What this means for you

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

Weigh a Nebraska campus against similarly-sized institutions, scale changes what a raw count means. Compare campuses
See Mid-Plains Community College's full profile and how its rate breaks down by incident category. View Mid-Plains Community College
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.

Nebraska campuses, ranked by safety

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