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Safest Colleges in New Jersey

Federal Clery Act filings for all 145 tracked New Jersey campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Beth Medrash Govoha currently has the lowest rate.

145
Institutions tracked
0.69
Avg campus rate / 1k (145 of 145 scored)
1.81
Statewide rate / 1k
#7
Rank by avg campus rate
412,250
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Beth Medrash Govoha has the lowest rate in New Jersey

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 145 tracked campuses in New Jersey, 103 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Beth Medrash Govoha has the lowest rate at 0.10 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
145
average campus, per 1,000 (145 of 145 scored)
0.69
lowest nonzero rate - Beth Medrash Govoha
0.10
campuses at zero in score categories
103

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet NJ · New Jersey 0.69/1k campus avg · #7/59

RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT

  • RATE-QUIET 0.69/1k
  • RANK-TOP #7/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH Idaho · ±0.08
  • ZERO-HEAVY 71% zero
  • WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −1.12
  • BOOK-FULL 145/145
  • CONC-FLAT top5 30%

Nearest campus-rate peer: Idaho (+0.08/1k)

New Jersey sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT · peer Idaho. 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-QUIET · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Idaho (+0.08/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Beth Medrash Govoha leads at 0.10/1k. Instrument codes from this state's OPE Campus Safety sheet; compare similarly sized campuses before treating any single rate as decisive.

Most scored campuses in New Jersey (103 of 145) reported zero in the 2024 score categories and stay unranked against each other. Among the nonzero reporters, Beth Medrash Govoha leads at 0.10/1k, then UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey (0.12/1k); Camden County College (0.13/1k). A high zero share is a filing pattern, not a proof that campuses are safer.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around New Jersey

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

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around New Jersey's 0.69/1k 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 New Jersey, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 42 New Jersey 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.

9
Jersey CollegeTeterboro · 4,478 students
Enrollment
4,478
Incidents /1k
0.45
29
Rider UniversityLawrenceville · 4,003 students
Enrollment
4,003
Incidents /1k
2.25
#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Beth Medrash GovohaLakewood · 9,657 students9,6570.104% of the leader · rank #1
2UCNJ Union College of Union County, New JerseyCranford · 8,330 students8,3300.124% of the leader · rank #2
3Camden County CollegeBlackwood · 7,622 students7,6220.134% of the leader · rank #3
4Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck · 8,045 students8,0450.254% of the leader · rank #4
5Bergen Community CollegeParamus · 11,720 students11,7200.264% of the leader · rank #5
6Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusSewell · 5,218 students5,2180.385% of the leader · rank #6
7Essex County CollegeNewark · 7,026 students7,0260.435% of the leader · rank #7
8Raritan Valley Community CollegeBranchburg · 6,762 students6,7620.445% of the leader · rank #8
9Jersey CollegeTeterboro · 4,478 students4,4780.455% of the leader · rank #9
10County College of MorrisRandolph · 6,131 students6,1310.496% of the leader · rank #10
11New Jersey City UniversityJersey City · 5,429 students5,4290.557% of the leader · rank #11
12Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing · 4,052 students4,0520.749% of the leader · rank #12
13Kean UniversityUnion · 13,905 students13,9050.7910% of the leader · rank #13
14Chamberlain University-New JerseyNorth Brunswick · 1,226 students1,2260.8210% of the leader · rank #14
15Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken · 8,469 students8,4690.9412% of the leader · rank #15
16New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark · 13,247 students13,2470.9812% of the leader · rank #16
17Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusMadison · 2,885 students2,8851.0413% of the leader · rank #17
18Saint Elizabeth UniversityMorristown · 871 students8711.1514% of the leader · rank #18
19Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft · 9,900 students9,9001.3116% of the leader · rank #19
20Drew UniversityMadison · 2,232 students2,2321.3416% of the leader · rank #20
21Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor · 6,394 students6,3941.4117% of the leader · rank #21
22Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch · 4,767 students4,7671.4718% of the leader · rank #22
23Caldwell UniversityCaldwell · 2,005 students2,0051.5018% of the leader · rank #23
24Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah · 5,981 students5,9811.6720% of the leader · rank #24
25Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange · 9,571 students9,5711.7822% of the leader · rank #25
26William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne · 9,942 students9,9421.8122% of the leader · rank #26
27Saint Peter's UniversityJersey City · 3,572 students3,5721.9624% of the leader · rank #27
28Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick · 52,269 students52,2692.2427% of the leader · rank #28
29Rider UniversityLawrenceville · 4,003 students4,0032.2527% of the leader · rank #29
30Georgian Court UniversityLakewood · 2,013 students2,0132.4830% of the leader · rank #30
31Montclair State UniversityMontclair · 23,375 students23,3752.7033% of the leader · rank #31
32The College of New JerseyEwing · 8,141 students8,1413.6945% of the leader · rank #32
33Rutgers University-CamdenCamden · 5,675 students5,6753.7045% of the leader · rank #33
34Felician UniversityLodi · 2,427 students2,4274.1250% of the leader · rank #34
35Stockton UniversityGalloway · 8,631 students8,6315.2164% of the leader · rank #35
36Rutgers University-NewarkNewark · 11,315 students11,3155.7470% of the leader · rank #36
37Rowan UniversityGlassboro · 21,026 students21,0266.6181% of the leader · rank #37
38Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei ShmuelLakewood · 150 students1506.6781% of the leader · rank #38
39Centenary UniversityHackettstown · 1,398 students1,3987.1587% of the leader · rank #39
40Empire Beauty School-Cherry HillCherry Hill · 139 students1397.1988% of the leader · rank #40
41American Institute-Cherry HillCherry Hill · 390 students3907.6994% of the leader · rank #41
42Princeton UniversityPrinceton · 9,137 students9,1378.21100% of the leader · rank #42

Unranked campuses (103): zero score or no normalized rate

103 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 88 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Adult and Continuing Education-BCTSHackensack · 117 students1170.00
Advantage Career InstituteEatontown · 161 students1610.00
American Institute of Medical Sciences & EducationPiscataway · 472 students4720.00
American Institute-CliftonClifton · 778 students7780.00
American Institute-SomersetSomerset · 364 students3640.00
American Institute-Toms RiverToms River · 484 students4840.00
Artistic Academy of Hair DesignMorris Plains · 88 students880.00
ASI Career InstituteTurnersville · 62 students620.00
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-TeterboroHasbrouck Heights · 695 students6950.00
Bais Medrash Mayan HatorahLakewood · 38 students380.00
Bais Medrash Toras ChesedLakewood · 132 students1320.00
Berkeley College-Woodland ParkWoodland Park · 1,996 students1,9960.00
Best Care CollegeEast Orange · 44 students440.00
Beth Medrash of Asbury ParkLakewood · 124 students1240.00
Bloomfield College of Montclair State UniversityBloomfield · 799 students7990.00

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

The largest universities in New Jersey by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: Rutgers University-New Brunswick (52,269); Montclair State University (23,375); Rowan University (21,026), then 142 more. The 15 biggest New Jersey 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 30% of the 412,250 students enrolled across all 145 tracked New Jersey institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Parisian Beauty School (441 students, 0.00/1k).

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick · 52,269 students52,269100% of the leader · rank #12.24
2Montclair State UniversityMontclair · 23,375 students23,37545% of the leader · rank #22.70
3Rowan UniversityGlassboro · 21,026 students21,02640% of the leader · rank #36.61
4Kean UniversityUnion · 13,905 students13,90527% of the leader · rank #40.79
5New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark · 13,247 students13,24725% of the leader · rank #50.98
6Middlesex CollegeEdison · 12,044 students12,04423% of the leader · rank #60.00
7Bergen Community CollegeParamus · 11,720 students11,72022% of the leader · rank #70.26
8Rutgers University-NewarkNewark · 11,315 students11,31522% of the leader · rank #85.74
9William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne · 9,942 students9,94219% of the leader · rank #91.81
10Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft · 9,900 students9,90019% of the leader · rank #101.31
11Beth Medrash GovohaLakewood · 9,657 students9,65718% of the leader · rank #110.10
12Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange · 9,571 students9,57118% of the leader · rank #121.78
13Princeton UniversityPrinceton · 9,137 students9,13717% of the leader · rank #138.21
14Stockton UniversityGalloway · 8,631 students8,63117% of the leader · rank #145.21
15Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken · 8,469 students8,46916% of the leader · rank #150.94

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 New Jersey: closest on tracked campus count (145 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (0.69/1k 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: Idaho sits nearest on unweighted campus average (+0.08/1k). Inside New Jersey, open Beth Medrash Govoha's campus sheet next.

Beth Medrash Govoha profile → | All states → | New Jersey net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

New Jersey campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in New Jersey?

Among New Jersey campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Beth Medrash Govoha has the lowest rate (0.10 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey (0.12/1k); Camden County College (0.13/1k). 103 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 New Jersey?

In New Jersey, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Beth Medrash Govoha currently leads that nonzero list at 0.10/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in New Jersey are compared?

This page covers 145 tracked higher-education institutions in New Jersey, serving about 412,250 enrolled students combined across 83 cities. 42 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 103 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are Rutgers University-New Brunswick (52,269); Montclair State University (23,375); Rowan University (21,026). Nearby state averages for context: Idaho (0.77/1k); Florida (0.78/1k); Arizona (0.58/1k); Guam (0.58/1k); Nevada (0.82/1k); Utah (0.91/1k).

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.