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New Mexico Campus Safety

According to the U.S. Department of Education's Clery Act filings, this covers on-campus safety for all 43 tracked colleges and universities in New Mexico, ranked by reported incident rate per 1,000 enrolled students.

43
Institutions tracked
4.57
Avg incidents / 1k
#51
State safety rank
123,974
Students enrolled

Data updated June 2026

The state in one line

Across New Mexico's 43 campuses, Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque reports the lowest rate (0.00 per 1,000), the median campus reports 0.85, and 18 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents.

43
campuses tracked
4.57
statewide avg, per 1,000
0.00
safest - Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque
18
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.

New Mexico reports Clery Act campus safety data across 43 higher education institutions distributed across 23 cities , serving approximately 123,974 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 4.57 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing New Mexico at national rank #51 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in New Mexico reports 0.85 incidents per 1,000 students, while 18 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

The largest institution by enrollment is University of New Mexico-Main Campus with 22,700 students and a safety score of 15.02. 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.

New Mexico campuses, ranked by safety

# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque Albuquerque · 737 students 737 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #1
2 Olympian Academy of Cosmetology Las Cruces · 538 students 538 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #2
3 Clovis Community College Clovis · 2,328 students 2,328 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #3
4 New Mexico State University-Grants Grants · 834 students 834 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #4
5 University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus Los Lunas · 1,309 students 1,309 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #5
6 Santa Fe Community College Santa Fe · 3,478 students 3,478 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #6
7 University of New Mexico-Taos Campus Ranchos De Taos · 854 students 854 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #7
8 Luna Community College Las Vegas · 757 students 757 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #8
9 Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College Ruidoso · 745 students 745 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #9
10 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide Kirtland Afb · 12,268 students 12,268 0.08 4% of the leader · rank #10
11 University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus Gallup · 1,677 students 1,677 0.60 4% of the leader · rank #11
12 San Juan College Farmington · 6,196 students 6,196 0.65 4% of the leader · rank #12
13 Southeast New Mexico College Carlsbad · 1,171 students 1,171 0.85 4% of the leader · rank #13
14 New Mexico State University-Alamogordo Alamogordo · 1,088 students 1,088 0.92 4% of the leader · rank #14
15 University of the Southwest Hobbs · 1,034 students 1,034 0.97 4% of the leader · rank #15
16 Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque · 19,067 students 19,067 1.21 4% of the leader · rank #16
17 New Mexico Junior College Hobbs · 2,118 students 2,118 1.42 4% of the leader · rank #17
18 Navajo Technical University Crownpoint · 1,544 students 1,544 1.94 4% of the leader · rank #18
19 Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus Roswell · 2,044 students 2,044 1.96 4% of the leader · rank #19
20 Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Portales · 5,386 students 5,386 2.04 4% of the leader · rank #20
21 New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas · 2,814 students 2,814 2.13 4% of the leader · rank #21
22 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro · 1,713 students 1,713 2.34 4% of the leader · rank #22
23 Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Santa Fe · 831 students 831 2.41 4% of the leader · rank #23
24 Western New Mexico University Silver City · 3,570 students 3,570 2.52 4% of the leader · rank #24
25 Northern New Mexico College Espanola · 1,310 students 1,310 3.05 4% of the leader · rank #25
26 New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces · 14,779 students 14,779 4.40 5% of the leader · rank #26
27 New Mexico State University-Dona Ana Las Cruces · 6,849 students 6,849 9.93 10% of the leader · rank #27
28 University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque · 22,700 students 22,700 15.02 16% of the leader · rank #28
29 Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine Las Cruces · 687 students 687 94.61 100% of the leader · rank #29
30 A Better U Beauty Barber Academy Albuquerque · 52 students 52 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #30
31 Aveda Institute-New Mexico Albuquerque · 157 students 157 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #31
32 Avenue Academy, A Cosmetology Institute Albuquerque · 97 students 97 10.31 11% of the leader · rank #32
33 Brookline College-Albuquerque Albuquerque · 492 students 492 2.03 4% of the leader · rank #33
34 Carrington College-Albuquerque Albuquerque · 297 students 297 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #34
35 Glitz School of Cosmetology Las Cruces · 33 students 33 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #35
36 Mesalands Community College Tucumcari · 482 students 482 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #36
37 New Mexico Military Institute Roswell · 459 students 459 6.54 7% of the leader · rank #37
38 Paul Mitchell the School-Albuquerque Albuquerque · 113 students 113 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #38
39 Southwestern College Santa Fe · 249 students 249 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #39
40 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Albuquerque · 233 students 233 8.58 9% of the leader · rank #40
41 St. John's College Santa Fe · 447 students 447 20.13 21% of the leader · rank #41
42 University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus Los Alamos · 376 students 376 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #42
43 Vogue College of Cosmetology-Santa Fe Santa Fe · 61 students 61 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #43

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What this means for you

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

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.

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