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Safest Colleges in New York

Federal Clery Act filings for all 384 tracked New York campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, CUNY Bernard M Baruch College currently has the lowest rate.

384
Institutions tracked
1.95
Avg campus rate / 1k (384 of 384 scored)
2.21
Statewide rate / 1k
#28
Rank by avg campus rate
1,154,131
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, CUNY Bernard M Baruch College has the lowest rate in New York

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 384 tracked campuses in New York, 236 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, CUNY Bernard M Baruch College has the lowest rate at 0.05 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
384
average campus, per 1,000 (384 of 384 scored)
1.95
lowest nonzero rate - CUNY Bernard M
0.05
campuses at zero in score categories
236

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet NY · New York 1.95/1k campus avg · #28/59

RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT

  • RATE-LOW 1.95/1k
  • RANK-MID #28/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mississippi · ±0.05
  • ZERO-HEAVY 61% zero
  • WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −0.26
  • BOOK-FULL 384/384
  • CONC-FLAT top5 15%

Nearest campus-rate peer: Mississippi (+0.05/1k)

New York sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT · peer Mississippi. 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-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Mississippi (+0.05/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, CUNY Bernard M Baruch College leads at 0.05/1k. 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 York (236 of 384) reported zero in the 2024 score categories and stay unranked against each other. Among the nonzero reporters, CUNY Bernard M Baruch College leads at 0.05/1k, then CUNY LaGuardia Community College (0.07/1k); CUNY Graduate School and University Center (0.10/1k). A high zero share is a filing pattern, not a proof that campuses are safer.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around New York

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

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around New York's 1.95/1k 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 York, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 148 New York campuses with at least one incident in those score categories. Showing the top 50 here so the page stays crawlable; positions are numbered within the full nonzero group.

6
Touro University New York · 11,937 students
Enrollment
11,937
Incidents /1k
0.17
8
Molloy University Rockville Centre · 5,005 students
Enrollment
5,005
Incidents /1k
0.20
12
SUNY Adirondack Queensbury · 2,576 students
Enrollment
2,576
Incidents /1k
0.39
31
The New School New York · 9,068 students
Enrollment
9,068
Incidents /1k
0.99
37
Pace University New York · 13,634 students
Enrollment
13,634
Incidents /1k
1.10
38
Utica University Utica · 3,627 students
Enrollment
3,627
Incidents /1k
1.10
41
Mercy University Dobbs Ferry · 8,991 students
Enrollment
8,991
Incidents /1k
1.22
49
CUNY City College New York · 15,544 students
Enrollment
15,544
Incidents /1k
1.48
# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York · 20,081 students 20,081 0.05 4% of the leader · rank #1
2 CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City · 14,494 students 14,494 0.07 4% of the leader · rank #2
3 CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York · 9,536 students 9,536 0.10 4% of the leader · rank #3
4 CUNY York College Jamaica · 6,174 students 6,174 0.16 4% of the leader · rank #4
5 CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn · 18,165 students 18,165 0.17 4% of the leader · rank #5
6 Touro University New York · 11,937 students 11,937 0.17 4% of the leader · rank #6
7 SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton · 5,327 students 5,327 0.19 4% of the leader · rank #7
8 Molloy University Rockville Centre · 5,005 students 5,005 0.20 4% of the leader · rank #8
9 Hudson Valley Community College Troy · 9,227 students 9,227 0.22 4% of the leader · rank #9
10 CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York · 20,123 students 20,123 0.25 4% of the leader · rank #10
11 Suffolk County Community College Selden · 19,973 students 19,973 0.35 4% of the leader · rank #11
12 SUNY Adirondack Queensbury · 2,576 students 2,576 0.39 4% of the leader · rank #12
13 Yeshiva University New York · 6,965 students 6,965 0.43 4% of the leader · rank #13
14 Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie · 6,606 students 6,606 0.45 4% of the leader · rank #14
15 CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside · 10,337 students 10,337 0.48 4% of the leader · rank #15
16 CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn · 3,736 students 3,736 0.54 4% of the leader · rank #16
17 CUNY Lehman College Bronx · 13,324 students 13,324 0.60 4% of the leader · rank #17
18 Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge · 3,091 students 3,091 0.65 4% of the leader · rank #18
19 CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn · 14,486 students 14,486 0.69 4% of the leader · rank #19
20 Farmingdale State College Farmingdale · 10,039 students 10,039 0.70 4% of the leader · rank #20
21 Fashion Institute of Technology New York · 8,206 students 8,206 0.73 4% of the leader · rank #21
22 Long Island University Brookville · 16,689 students 16,689 0.78 4% of the leader · rank #22
23 D'Youville University Buffalo · 2,556 students 2,556 0.78 4% of the leader · rank #23
24 University of Mount Saint Vincent Bronx · 3,774 students 3,774 0.79 4% of the leader · rank #24
25 CUNY Hunter College New York · 22,538 students 22,538 0.80 4% of the leader · rank #25
26 Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences New York · 1,233 students 1,233 0.81 4% of the leader · rank #26
27 Nassau Community College Garden City · 12,301 students 12,301 0.81 4% of the leader · rank #27
28 SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla · 9,359 students 9,359 0.85 4% of the leader · rank #28
29 College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island · 11,033 students 11,033 0.91 4% of the leader · rank #29
30 Genesee Community College Batavia · 4,240 students 4,240 0.94 4% of the leader · rank #30
31 The New School New York · 9,068 students 9,068 0.99 4% of the leader · rank #31
32 Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua · 6,004 students 6,004 1.00 4% of the leader · rank #32
33 CUNY Queens College Queens · 15,965 students 15,965 1.00 4% of the leader · rank #33
34 Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Paul Smiths · 948 students 948 1.05 4% of the leader · rank #34
35 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York · 933 students 933 1.07 4% of the leader · rank #35
36 Niagara County Community College Sanborn · 4,547 students 4,547 1.10 4% of the leader · rank #36
37 Pace University New York · 13,634 students 13,634 1.10 4% of the leader · rank #37
38 Utica University Utica · 3,627 students 3,627 1.10 4% of the leader · rank #38
39 Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh · 2,491 students 2,491 1.20 4% of the leader · rank #39
40 Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden · 4,958 students 4,958 1.21 4% of the leader · rank #40
41 Mercy University Dobbs Ferry · 8,991 students 8,991 1.22 4% of the leader · rank #41
42 Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake · 1,527 students 1,527 1.31 4% of the leader · rank #42
43 St. Francis College Brooklyn · 4,567 students 4,567 1.31 4% of the leader · rank #43
44 Monroe University Bronx · 8,141 students 8,141 1.35 4% of the leader · rank #44
45 New York University New York · 56,832 students 56,832 1.39 4% of the leader · rank #45
46 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse · 2,757 students 2,757 1.45 4% of the leader · rank #46
47 SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica · 2,733 students 2,733 1.46 4% of the leader · rank #47
48 St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill · 2,037 students 2,037 1.47 4% of the leader · rank #48
49 CUNY City College New York · 15,544 students 15,544 1.48 4% of the leader · rank #49
50 Jamestown Community College Jamestown · 4,054 students 4,054 1.48 4% of the leader · rank #50

98 additional nonzero-reporting campuses rank below this top-50 list in the same rate order.

Look up any campus via the Campus Safety Incident Tool or browse all schools.

Unranked campuses (236): zero score or no normalized rate

236 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 221 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

Access Careers Hempstead · 511 students
Enrollment
511
Incidents /1k
0.00
# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
Academy for Jewish Religion Yonkers · 82 students 82 0.00
Access Careers Hempstead · 511 students 511 0.00
Access Careers-Islandia Islandia · 312 students 312 0.00
Ace Institute of Technology New York · 275 students 275 0.00
Aesthetic Science Institute Latham · 164 students 164 0.00
Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing Program Albany · 187 students 187 0.00
Allen School-Jamaica Jamaica · 67 students 67 0.00
Alliance Computing Solutions Flushing · 7 students 7 0.00
American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service New York · 270 students 270 0.00
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York New York · 187 students 187 0.00
American Beauty School Bronx · 113 students 113 0.00
AMG School of Nursing Brooklyn · 552 students 552 0.00
Apex Technical School Long Island City · 1,400 students 1,400 0.00
Arrojo Cosmetology School New York · 104 students 104 0.00
Associated Beth Rivkah Schools Brooklyn · 254 students 254 0.00

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

The largest universities in New York by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: New York University (56,832); Columbia University in the City of New York (35,173); University at Buffalo (31,903), then 381 more. The 15 biggest New York 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 15% of the 1,154,131 students enrolled across all 384 tracked New York institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Institute of Culinary Education (589 students, 0.00/1k).

# Institution EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 New York University New York · 56,832 students 56,832 100% of the leader · rank #1 1.39
2 Columbia University in the City of New York New York · 35,173 students 35,173 62% of the leader · rank #2 5.12
3 University at Buffalo Buffalo · 31,903 students 31,903 56% of the leader · rank #3 1.88
4 Cornell University Ithaca · 26,793 students 26,793 47% of the leader · rank #4 4.22
5 Stony Brook University Stony Brook · 26,689 students 26,689 47% of the leader · rank #5 2.62
6 Syracuse University Syracuse · 22,589 students 22,589 40% of the leader · rank #6 4.60
7 CUNY Hunter College New York · 22,538 students 22,538 40% of the leader · rank #7 0.80
8 CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York · 20,123 students 20,123 35% of the leader · rank #8 0.25
9 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York · 20,081 students 20,081 35% of the leader · rank #9 0.05
10 Suffolk County Community College Selden · 19,973 students 19,973 35% of the leader · rank #10 0.35
11 St. John's University-New York Queens · 19,389 students 19,389 34% of the leader · rank #11 1.50
12 Binghamton University Vestal · 18,816 students 18,816 33% of the leader · rank #12 8.93
13 CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn · 18,165 students 18,165 32% of the leader · rank #13 0.17
14 University at Albany Albany · 17,560 students 17,560 31% of the leader · rank #14 5.24
15 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester · 17,098 students 17,098 30% of the leader · rank #15 3.10

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 York: closest on tracked campus count (384 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (1.95/1k 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: Mississippi sits nearest on unweighted campus average (+0.05/1k). Inside New York, open CUNY Bernard M Baruch College's campus sheet next.

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College profile → | All states → | New York net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

New York campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in New York?

Among New York campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, CUNY Bernard M Baruch College has the lowest rate (0.05 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: CUNY LaGuardia Community College (0.07/1k); CUNY Graduate School and University Center (0.10/1k). 236 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 York?

In New York, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - CUNY Bernard M Baruch College currently leads that nonzero list at 0.05/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in New York are compared?

This page covers 384 tracked higher-education institutions in New York, serving about 1,154,131 enrolled students combined across 143 cities. 148 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 236 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are New York University (56,832); Columbia University in the City of New York (35,173); University at Buffalo (31,903). Nearby state averages for context: Mississippi (2.00/1k); Illinois (1.87/1k); South Carolina (1.82/1k); Colorado (2.10/1k); California (2.11/1k); Wisconsin (1.75/1k).

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.