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Safest Colleges in New Mexico

Federal Clery Act filings for all 41 tracked New Mexico campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus currently has the lowest rate.

41
Institutions tracked
4.89
Avg campus rate / 1k (41 of 41 scored)
4.83
Statewide rate / 1k
#53
Rank by avg campus rate
115,066
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus has the lowest rate in New Mexico

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 41 tracked campuses in New Mexico, 18 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus has the lowest rate at 0.35 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
41
average campus, per 1,000 (41 of 41 scored)
4.89
lowest nonzero rate - Eastern New Mexico
0.35
campuses at zero in score categories
18

Data updated August 2026

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Sheet NM · New Mexico 4.89/1k campus avg · #53/59

RATE-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY

  • RATE-HIGH 4.89/1k
  • RANK-BOTTOM #53/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rhode Island · ±0.03
  • ZERO-MIX 44% zero
  • WT-SMALL-HOT Δ +0.06
  • BOOK-FULL 41/41
  • CONC-HEAVY top5 62%

Nearest campus-rate peer: Rhode Island (-0.03/1k)

New Mexico sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY · peer Rhode Island. 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-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-SMALL-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-HEAVY. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Rhode Island (-0.03/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus leads at 0.35/1k. Instrument codes from this state's OPE Campus Safety sheet; compare similarly sized campuses before treating any single rate as decisive.

New Mexico's unweighted average campus rate is higher than most scored U.S. states (only 10% of states report a higher average). Even so, Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus leads nonzero reporters here at 0.35/1k, with Clovis Community College (0.43/1k); San Juan College (0.78/1k) next. The five largest campuses account for 62% of enrollment, weigh large-campus rates separately from small ones.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around New Mexico

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

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around New Mexico's 4.89/1k 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 Mexico, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 23 New Mexico 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.

3
San Juan College Farmington · 6,452 students
Enrollment
6,452
Incidents /1k
0.78
# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Portales · 5,725 students 5,725 0.35 4% of the leader · rank #1
2 Clovis Community College Clovis · 2,342 students 2,342 0.43 4% of the leader · rank #2
3 San Juan College Farmington · 6,452 students 6,452 0.78 4% of the leader · rank #3
4 Western New Mexico University Silver City · 3,531 students 3,531 0.85 4% of the leader · rank #4
5 Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Santa Fe · 947 students 947 1.06 4% of the leader · rank #5
6 University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus Los Lunas · 921 students 921 1.09 4% of the leader · rank #6
7 New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas · 2,704 students 2,704 1.11 4% of the leader · rank #7
8 University of New Mexico-Taos Campus Ranchos De Taos · 896 students 896 1.12 4% of the leader · rank #8
9 Navajo Technical University Crownpoint · 1,704 students 1,704 1.17 4% of the leader · rank #9
10 Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque · 19,342 students 19,342 1.55 4% of the leader · rank #10
11 New Mexico Military Institute Roswell · 463 students 463 2.16 4% of the leader · rank #11
12 University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus Gallup · 1,687 students 1,687 2.37 4% of the leader · rank #12
13 Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus Roswell · 2,082 students 2,082 2.88 4% of the leader · rank #13
14 Northern New Mexico College Espanola · 1,425 students 1,425 3.51 4% of the leader · rank #14
15 New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces · 15,408 students 15,408 3.96 4% of the leader · rank #15
16 St. John's College Santa Fe · 467 students 467 4.28 4% of the leader · rank #16
17 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro · 1,622 students 1,622 5.55 5% of the leader · rank #17
18 Glitz School of Cosmetology Las Cruces · 124 students 124 8.06 8% of the leader · rank #18
19 New Mexico State University-Dona Ana Las Cruces · 7,200 students 7,200 8.61 8% of the leader · rank #19
20 University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque · 23,124 students 23,124 11.42 11% of the leader · rank #20
21 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Albuquerque · 215 students 215 13.95 13% of the leader · rank #21
22 Avenue Academy, A Cosmetology Institute Albuquerque · 96 students 96 20.83 20% of the leader · rank #22
23 Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine Las Cruces · 841 students 841 103.45 100% of the leader · rank #23

Unranked campuses (18): zero score or no normalized rate

18 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 3 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
A Better U Beauty Barber Academy Albuquerque · 46 students 46 0.00
Aveda Institute-New Mexico Albuquerque · 161 students 161 0.00
Brookline College-Albuquerque Albuquerque · 560 students 560 0.00
Carrington College-Albuquerque Albuquerque · 357 students 357 0.00
Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College Ruidoso · 773 students 773 0.00
Luna Community College Las Vegas · 743 students 743 0.00
Mesalands Community College Tucumcari · 563 students 563 0.00
New Mexico Junior College Hobbs · 2,235 students 2,235 0.00
New Mexico State University-Alamogordo Alamogordo · 1,152 students 1,152 0.00
New Mexico State University-Grants Grants · 754 students 754 0.00
Paul Mitchell the School-Albuquerque Albuquerque · 119 students 119 0.00
Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque Albuquerque · 562 students 562 0.00
Santa Fe Community College Santa Fe · 4,469 students 4,469 0.00
Southeast New Mexico College Carlsbad · 1,431 students 1,431 0.00
Southwestern College Santa Fe · 289 students 289 0.00

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

The largest universities in New Mexico by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: University of New Mexico-Main Campus (23,124); Central New Mexico Community College (19,342); New Mexico State University-Main Campus (15,408), then 38 more. The 15 biggest New Mexico 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 62% of the 115,066 students enrolled across all 41 tracked New Mexico institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus (921 students, 1.09/1k).

5
San Juan College Farmington · 6,452 students
Enrollment
6,452
Incidents /1k
0.78
# Institution EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque · 23,124 students 23,124 100% of the leader · rank #1 11.42
2 Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque · 19,342 students 19,342 84% of the leader · rank #2 1.55
3 New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces · 15,408 students 15,408 67% of the leader · rank #3 3.96
4 New Mexico State University-Dona Ana Las Cruces · 7,200 students 7,200 31% of the leader · rank #4 8.61
5 San Juan College Farmington · 6,452 students 6,452 28% of the leader · rank #5 0.78
6 Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Portales · 5,725 students 5,725 25% of the leader · rank #6 0.35
7 Santa Fe Community College Santa Fe · 4,469 students 4,469 19% of the leader · rank #7 0.00
8 Western New Mexico University Silver City · 3,531 students 3,531 15% of the leader · rank #8 0.85
9 New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas · 2,704 students 2,704 12% of the leader · rank #9 1.11
10 Clovis Community College Clovis · 2,342 students 2,342 10% of the leader · rank #10 0.43
11 New Mexico Junior College Hobbs · 2,235 students 2,235 10% of the leader · rank #11 0.00
12 Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus Roswell · 2,082 students 2,082 9% of the leader · rank #12 2.88
13 Navajo Technical University Crownpoint · 1,704 students 1,704 7% of the leader · rank #13 1.17
14 University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus Gallup · 1,687 students 1,687 7% of the leader · rank #14 2.37
15 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro · 1,622 students 1,622 7% of the leader · rank #15 5.55

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 Mexico: closest on tracked campus count (41 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (4.89/1k 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: Rhode Island sits nearest on unweighted campus average (-0.03/1k). Inside New Mexico, open Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus's campus sheet next.

Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus profile → | All states → | New Mexico net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

New Mexico campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in New Mexico?

Among New Mexico campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus has the lowest rate (0.35 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Clovis Community College (0.43/1k); San Juan College (0.78/1k). 18 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 Mexico?

In New Mexico, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus currently leads that nonzero list at 0.35/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in New Mexico are compared?

This page covers 41 tracked higher-education institutions in New Mexico, serving about 115,066 enrolled students combined across 22 cities. 23 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 18 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are University of New Mexico-Main Campus (23,124); Central New Mexico Community College (19,342); New Mexico State University-Main Campus (15,408). Nearby state averages for context: Rhode Island (4.86/1k); Iowa (5.37/1k); Missouri (4.22/1k); Kansas (5.58/1k); Delaware (4.05/1k); Minnesota (3.73/1k).

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.