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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.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusPortales · 5,725 students5,7250.354% of the leader · rank #1
2Clovis Community CollegeClovis · 2,342 students2,3420.434% of the leader · rank #2
3San Juan CollegeFarmington · 6,452 students6,4520.784% of the leader · rank #3
4Western New Mexico UniversitySilver City · 3,531 students3,5310.854% of the leader · rank #4
5Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts DevelopmentSanta Fe · 947 students9471.064% of the leader · rank #5
6University of New Mexico-Valencia County CampusLos Lunas · 921 students9211.094% of the leader · rank #6
7New Mexico Highlands UniversityLas Vegas · 2,704 students2,7041.114% of the leader · rank #7
8University of New Mexico-Taos CampusRanchos De Taos · 896 students8961.124% of the leader · rank #8
9Navajo Technical UniversityCrownpoint · 1,704 students1,7041.174% of the leader · rank #9
10Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque · 19,342 students19,3421.554% of the leader · rank #10
11New Mexico Military InstituteRoswell · 463 students4632.164% of the leader · rank #11
12University of New Mexico-Gallup CampusGallup · 1,687 students1,6872.374% of the leader · rank #12
13Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusRoswell · 2,082 students2,0822.884% of the leader · rank #13
14Northern New Mexico CollegeEspanola · 1,425 students1,4253.514% of the leader · rank #14
15New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces · 15,408 students15,4083.964% of the leader · rank #15
16St. John's CollegeSanta Fe · 467 students4674.284% of the leader · rank #16
17New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorro · 1,622 students1,6225.555% of the leader · rank #17
18Glitz School of CosmetologyLas Cruces · 124 students1248.068% of the leader · rank #18
19New Mexico State University-Dona AnaLas Cruces · 7,200 students7,2008.618% of the leader · rank #19
20University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque · 23,124 students23,12411.4211% of the leader · rank #20
21Southwestern Indian Polytechnic InstituteAlbuquerque · 215 students21513.9513% of the leader · rank #21
22Avenue Academy, A Cosmetology InstituteAlbuquerque · 96 students9620.8320% of the leader · rank #22
23Burrell College of Osteopathic MedicineLas Cruces · 841 students841103.45100% 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.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
A Better U Beauty Barber AcademyAlbuquerque · 46 students460.00
Aveda Institute-New MexicoAlbuquerque · 161 students1610.00
Brookline College-AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque · 560 students5600.00
Carrington College-AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque · 357 students3570.00
Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community CollegeRuidoso · 773 students7730.00
Luna Community CollegeLas Vegas · 743 students7430.00
Mesalands Community CollegeTucumcari · 563 students5630.00
New Mexico Junior CollegeHobbs · 2,235 students2,2350.00
New Mexico State University-AlamogordoAlamogordo · 1,152 students1,1520.00
New Mexico State University-GrantsGrants · 754 students7540.00
Paul Mitchell the School-AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque · 119 students1190.00
Pima Medical Institute-AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque · 562 students5620.00
Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta Fe · 4,469 students4,4690.00
Southeast New Mexico CollegeCarlsbad · 1,431 students1,4310.00
Southwestern CollegeSanta Fe · 289 students2890.00

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).

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque · 23,124 students23,124100% of the leader · rank #111.42
2Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque · 19,342 students19,34284% of the leader · rank #21.55
3New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces · 15,408 students15,40867% of the leader · rank #33.96
4New Mexico State University-Dona AnaLas Cruces · 7,200 students7,20031% of the leader · rank #48.61
5San Juan CollegeFarmington · 6,452 students6,45228% of the leader · rank #50.78
6Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusPortales · 5,725 students5,72525% of the leader · rank #60.35
7Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta Fe · 4,469 students4,46919% of the leader · rank #70.00
8Western New Mexico UniversitySilver City · 3,531 students3,53115% of the leader · rank #80.85
9New Mexico Highlands UniversityLas Vegas · 2,704 students2,70412% of the leader · rank #91.11
10Clovis Community CollegeClovis · 2,342 students2,34210% of the leader · rank #100.43
11New Mexico Junior CollegeHobbs · 2,235 students2,23510% of the leader · rank #110.00
12Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusRoswell · 2,082 students2,0829% of the leader · rank #122.88
13Navajo Technical UniversityCrownpoint · 1,704 students1,7047% of the leader · rank #131.17
14University of New Mexico-Gallup CampusGallup · 1,687 students1,6877% of the leader · rank #142.37
15New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorro · 1,622 students1,6227% of the leader · rank #155.55

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.