OH State Rank: #32

Ohio Campus Safety

260 colleges and universities in Ohio. Average safety score: 2.22 incidents per 1,000 students. Ranked by Clery Act on-campus incident rate.

Ohio reports Clery Act campus safety data across 260 higher education institutions distributed across 156 cities , serving approximately 616,719 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 2.22 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Ohio at national rank #32 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Ohio reports 0.00 incidents per 1,000 students, while 171 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

University of Akron Wayne College in ORRVILLE leads Ohio with the lowest reported incident rate (0.00 per 1,000 students). The largest institution by enrollment is Ohio State University-Main Campus with 60,046 students and a safety score of 11.84. 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.

State Rank Institution City Enrollment Safety Score
1 University of Akron Wayne College ORRVILLE 1,361 0.00
2 Apollo Career Center LIMA 527 0.00
3 Belmont College SAINT CLAIRSVILLE 833 0.00
4 Bowling Green State University-Firelands HURON 1,928 0.00
5 Bryant & Stratton College-Parma PARMA 522 0.00
6 University of Cincinnati-Clermont College BATAVIA 8,324 0.00
7 University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College BLUE ASH 7,166 0.00
8 Ohio Christian University CIRCLEVILLE 1,483 0.00
9 Edison State Community College PIQUA 4,548 0.00
10 Franklin University COLUMBUS 8,697 0.00
11 Eastern Gateway Community College STEUBENVILLE 15,493 0.00
12 Hondros College of Nursing Westerville 3,091 0.00
13 Kent State University at Ashtabula ASHTABULA 1,762 0.00
14 Kent State University at Stark NORTH CANTON 3,433 0.00
15 Kent State University at Trumbull WARREN 2,029 0.00
16 Kent State University at Salem SALEM 1,463 0.00
17 Kent State University at Geauga BURTON 2,154 0.00
18 Kettering College KETTERING 812 0.00
19 Mercy College of Ohio TOLEDO 1,150 0.00
20 Miami University-Middletown Middletown 1,213 0.00
21 Mount Carmel College of Nursing COLUMBUS 712 0.00
22 Mount St. Joseph University CINCINNATI 2,083 0.00
23 Zane State College Zanesville 1,619 0.00
24 Northwest State Community College ARCHBOLD 4,110 0.00
25 Ohio University-Eastern Campus SAINT CLAIRSVILLE 1,149 0.00
26 Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus CHILLICOTHE 1,941 0.00
27 Ohio University-Southern Campus IRONTON 1,639 0.00
28 Ohio University-Lancaster Campus LANCASTER 1,977 0.00
29 Ohio University-Zanesville Campus ZANESVILLE 1,799 0.00
30 Owens Community College Perrysburg 7,762 0.00
31 Stautzenberger College-Maumee Maumee 520 0.00
32 Southern State Community College Mount Orab 2,000 0.00
33 Washington State Community College MARIETTA 1,637 0.00
34 Wright State University-Lake Campus Celina 1,398 0.00
35 MyComputerCareer at Columbus Columbus 824 0.00
36 Ross College-Sylvania Sylvania 1,273 0.00
37 Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati Cincinnati 670 0.00
38 Valley College-Cleveland Cleveland 787 0.00
39 Stark State College NORTH CANTON 9,616 0.10
40 Lorain County Community College ELYRIA 9,410 0.11
41 Clark State College SPRINGFIELD 4,724 0.21
42 Lakeland Community College KIRTLAND 4,654 0.21
43 James A. Rhodes State College LIMA 3,968 0.25
44 Marion Technical College Marion 3,008 0.33
45 Columbus State Community College Columbus 26,663 0.38
46 University of Northwestern Ohio Lima 2,606 0.38
47 North Central State College MANSFIELD 2,451 0.41
48 Miami University-Hamilton Hamilton 2,374 0.42
49 Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Cincinnati 8,681 0.46
50 Kent State University at Tuscarawas NEW PHILADELPHIA 1,885 0.53
51 Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland 17,407 0.63
52 Ohio Northern University ADA 3,042 0.66
53 Sinclair Community College DAYTON 17,431 0.80
54 Kent State University at East Liverpool EAST LIVERPOOL 1,056 0.95
55 Northeast Ohio Medical University ROOTSTOWN 1,021 0.98
56 Hiram College HIRAM 1,011 0.99
57 Ohio State University-Marion Campus MARION 886 1.13
58 Fortis College-Columbus Westerville 761 1.31
59 Ohio State University-Lima Campus LIMA 740 1.35
60 Central Ohio Technical College NEWARK 2,890 1.38
61 Central State University WILBERFORCE 3,454 1.45
62 Baldwin Wallace University BEREA 3,308 1.51
63 Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville 3,750 1.60
64 Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton 9,884 1.62
65 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus BOWLING GREEN 17,027 1.64
66 Ohio State University-Newark Campus NEWARK 2,422 1.65
67 Malone University CANTON 1,205 1.66
68 Ashland University Ashland 4,143 1.69
69 Kent State University at Kent Kent 26,106 1.72
70 Cedarville University CEDARVILLE 5,374 1.86
71 The University of Findlay FINDLAY 5,057 1.98
72 Youngstown State University Youngstown 11,040 2.36
73 Marietta College MARIETTA 1,171 2.56
74 University of Toledo Toledo 14,939 2.61
75 Heidelberg University TIFFIN 1,059 2.83
76 Lourdes University Sylvania 1,014 2.96
77 Ohio University-Main Campus ATHENS 24,937 2.97
78 Otterbein University WESTERVILLE 2,357 2.97
79 Wilmington College WILMINGTON 964 3.11
80 Shawnee State University PORTSMOUTH 3,206 3.12
81 University of Mount Union ALLIANCE 2,169 3.23
82 University of Rio Grande RIO GRANDE 2,168 3.23
83 Mount Vernon Nazarene University Mount Vernon 1,845 3.25
84 Columbus College of Art & Design COLUMBUS 918 3.27
85 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus CINCINNATI 43,338 3.44
86 Cleveland Institute of Art CLEVELAND 566 3.53
87 Terra State Community College Fremont 2,214 3.61
88 Walsh University North Canton 2,160 3.70
89 Miami University-Oxford Oxford 18,618 3.92
90 John Carroll University University Heights 2,773 3.97
91 Ursuline College Pepper Pike 923 4.33
92 University of Akron Main Campus AKRON 13,518 4.36
93 Cleveland State University CLEVELAND 14,117 4.53
94 Oberlin College OBERLIN 2,976 5.04
95 Bluffton University BLUFFTON 678 5.90
96 Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND 12,266 6.20
97 Lake Erie College PAINESVILLE 942 6.37
98 Capital University COLUMBUS 2,388 6.70
99 Muskingum University New Concord 2,108 7.12
100 Ohio Dominican University COLUMBUS 1,258 7.15
101 Tiffin University TIFFIN 3,598 7.78
102 University of Dayton DAYTON 11,304 7.96
103 Wilberforce University WILBERFORCE 617 8.10
104 Hocking College Nelsonville 1,846 8.13
105 Xavier University CINCINNATI 6,000 8.17
106 Kenyon College GAMBIER 2,184 9.62
107 The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Cincinnati 765 10.46
108 The College of Wooster Wooster 1,876 10.66
109 Ohio Wesleyan University DELAWARE 1,452 11.71
110 Ohio State University-Main Campus COLUMBUS 60,046 11.84
111 Denison University GRANVILLE 2,405 13.31
112 Defiance College DEFIANCE 511 15.66
113 Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus MANSFIELD 849 16.49
114 Wittenberg University SPRINGFIELD 1,333 21.76
— Academia Medical Institute COLUMBUS 133 0.00
— Adult and Community Education-Hudson COLUMBUS 37 27.03
— Allegheny Wesleyan College SALEM 70 0.00
— Allstate Hairstyling & Barber College Cleveland 41 0.00
— American Institute of Alternative Medicine COLUMBUS 393 0.00
— Antioch College Yellow Springs 127 62.99
— Antioch University Yellow Springs 434 0.00
— Apex Academy Hair Skin Nails School of Cosmetology Ontario 16 0.00
— Art Academy of Cincinnati CINCINNATI 259 7.72
— Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center Ashland 35 0.00
— Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus JEFFERSON 161 0.00
— ATA College-Cincinnati Springdale 264 0.00
— Athena Career Academy Toledo 395 0.00
— Auburn Career Center Concord Township 234 0.00
— Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences CANTON 241 24.90
— Aveda Fredric's Institute-Cincinnati West Chester 482 0.00
— Aveda Institute-Columbus Columbus 242 4.13
— Brown & Clermont Adult Career Campuses BETHEL 59 0.00
— Brown Aveda Institute-Mentor MENTOR 118 0.00
— Brown Aveda Institute-Strongsville Strongsville 139 0.00
— Buckeye Hills Career Center RIO GRANDE 163 0.00
— Buckeye Joint Vocational School NEW PHILADELPHIA 80 0.00
— Butler Technology and Career Development Schools Middletown 483 0.00
— Canton City Schools Adult Career and Technical Education CANTON 87 57.47
— Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County NEWARK 220 0.00
— Casal Aveda Institute Niles 93 0.00
— Central School of Practical Nursing Independence 56 0.00
— Chamberlain University-Ohio Columbus 336 0.00
— Choffin Career and Technical Center Youngstown 73 13.70
— Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science CINCINNATI 104 9.62
— Cincinnati School of Barbering & Hair Design Cincinnati 48 0.00
— Cleveland Clinic Health System-School of Diagnostic Imaging Beachwood 31 0.00
— Cleveland Institute of Music CLEVELAND 350 0.00
— Collins Career Technical Center CHESAPEAKE 427 0.00
— Columbiana County Career and Technical Center LISBON 114 0.00
— Creative Images Institute of Cosmetology-North Dayton Dayton 186 0.00
— Creative Images Institute of Cosmetology-South Dayton DAYTON 52 0.00
— Cuyahoga Valley Career Center Brecksville 90 0.00
— Davis College Toledo 95 0.00
— Dayton Barber College Miamisburg 60 0.00
— Dayton School of Medical Massage Dayton 425 0.00
— DeVry University-Ohio Columbus 221 0.00
— East Ohio College East Liverpool 149 0.00
— Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools GROVEPORT 84 0.00
— EHOVE Career Center MILAN 375 0.00
— Elite Academy of Hair Design Bridgeport 84 0.00
— Elite School of Cosmetology Norwalk 179 0.00
— Elite Welding Academy Houston 29 0.00
— Elite Welding Academy LLC Cincinnati 65 0.00
— Elite Welding Academy South Point Cincinnati 17 0.00
— Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati CINCINNATI 175 0.00
— ETI Technical College NILES 182 0.00
— Felbry College Columbus 214 0.00
— Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing SANDUSKY 71 0.00
— Fortis College-Centerville CENTERVILLE 460 0.00
— Fortis College-Cincinnati Cincinnati 403 0.00
— Fortis College-Cuyahoga Falls CUYAHOGA FALLS 489 0.00
— Four County Career Center Archbold 129 0.00
— Gerbers Akron Beauty School Akron 59 0.00
— Global Tech College Toledo 63 0.00
— Gods Bible School and College CINCINNATI 443 0.00
— Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science CINCINNATI 457 0.00
— Great Oaks Career Campuses Cincinnati 138 0.00
— Greene County Career Center Xenia 22 0.00
— Hair Academy Chillicothe 9 0.00
— Hamrick School MEDINA 89 0.00
— Hannah E Mullins School of Practical Nursing SALEM 30 0.00
— Herzing University-Akron Akron 381 0.00
— Hobart Institute of Welding Technology Troy 327 0.00
— Knox County Career Center MOUNT VERNON 110 0.00
— LaBarberia Institute of Hair Mayfield Heights 213 0.00
— Lorain County Joint Vocational School District OBERLIN 108 0.00
— Madison Adult Career Center MANSFIELD 91 0.00
— Mahoning County Career and Technical Center CANFIELD 74 0.00
— Medina County Career Center MEDINA 52 0.00
— Meryma'at Barber College Cleveland 51 0.00
— Methodist Theological School in Ohio DELAWARE 172 0.00
— Miami Valley Career Technology Center Englewood 84 0.00
— Mid-EastCTC-Adult Education ZANESVILLE 268 3.73
— Moler Hollywood Beauty Academy CINCINNATI 76 0.00
— Moler-Pickens Beauty Academy FAIRFIELD 89 0.00
— National Beauty College CANTON 149 0.00
— Northern Career Institute Eastlake 140 0.00
— Northern Institute of Cosmetology LORAIN 41 0.00
— Ohio Business College-Dayton-Driving Academy Dayton 126 0.00
— Ohio Business College-Sandusky Sandusky 24 0.00
— Ohio Business College-Sheffield Sheffield Village 165 0.00
— Ohio Institute of Allied Health Huber Heights 39 0.00
— Ohio Media School-Cincinnati Norwood 67 0.00
— Ohio Media School-Columbus Columbus 43 0.00
— Ohio Media School-Valley View VALLEY VIEW 74 0.00
— Ohio Medical Career College Dayton 121 0.00
— Ohio State Beauty Academy Lima 96 0.00
— Ohio State College of Barber Styling COLUMBUS 323 0.00
— Ohio State School of Cosmetology-Canal Winchester Canal Winchester 50 0.00
— Ohio State School of Cosmetology-Heath HEATH 92 0.00
— Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute WOOSTER 462 17.32
— Ohio Technical College CLEVELAND 331 0.00
— Orion Institute PERRYSBURG 60 0.00
— Paramount Beauty Academy PORTSMOUTH 53 0.00
— Paul Mitchell the School-Cincinnati Cincinnati 241 0.00
— Paul Mitchell the School-Cleveland Twinsburg 142 0.00
— Paul Mitchell the School-Columbus Columbus 166 0.00
— Paul Mitchell the School-Toledo Sylvania 169 5.92
— Payne Theological Seminary Wilberforce 149 0.00
— Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School District CHILLICOTHE 237 0.00
— Pioneer Career and Technology Center SHELBY 68 0.00
— Polaris Career Center Middleburg Heights 230 0.00
— Pontifical College Josephinum COLUMBUS 73 0.00
— Portage Lakes Career Center Uniontown 217 0.00
— Professional Skills Institute Maumee 402 0.00
— Rabbinical College Telshe Wickliffe 70 0.00
— Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Alliance ALLIANCE 410 0.00
— Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Boardman BOARDMAN 131 0.00
— Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Brunswick Brunswick 81 0.00
— Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Niles NILES 145 0.00
— Remington College-Cleveland Campus Maple Heights 133 0.00
— Rosedale Bible College IRWIN 86 0.00
— Ross College-Canton Canton 344 0.00
— Ross Medical Education Center-Cincinnati CINCINNATI 91 0.00
— Ross Medical Education Center-Dayton Fairborn 106 0.00
— Ross Medical Education Center-Elyria Elyria 58 0.00
— Ross Medical Education Center-Niles Niles 69 0.00
— Ross Medical Education Center-Ontario Ontario 37 0.00
— Salon Institute-Toledo Campus Toledo 152 0.00
— Sandusky Career Center SANDUSKY 81 0.00
— Scioto County Career Technical Center LUCASVILLE 125 0.00
— Stautzenberger College-Brecksville Brecksville 98 0.00
— Summit Salon Academy-Perrysburg Perrysburg 108 0.00
— The Modern College of Design KETTERING 189 0.00
— The Spa School COLUMBUS 117 0.00
— Tiffin Academy of Hair Design TIFFIN 46 0.00
— Toledo Public Schools Adult and Continuing Education TOLEDO 33 0.00
— Tri-County Adult Career Center NELSONVILLE 24 0.00
— Tri-Rivers Career Center MARION 162 0.00
— Tri-State Bible College SOUTH POINT 20 0.00
— Trinity Health System School of Nursing STEUBENVILLE 25 0.00
— United Theological Seminary Dayton 471 0.00
— Upper Valley Career Center PIQUA 113 17.70
— Valor Christian College Columbus 352 0.00
— Vanguard-Sentinel Adult Career and Technology Center FREMONT 19 0.00
— Vantage Career Center VAN WERT 158 12.66
— Warren County Career Center LEBANON 206 0.00
— Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical Training MARIETTA 189 0.00
— Wayne County Schools Career Center Smithville 90 0.00
— Winebrenner Theological Seminary FINDLAY 125 0.00

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