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Safest Colleges in Oklahoma

Federal Clery Act filings for all 97 tracked Oklahoma campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Murray State College currently has the lowest rate.

97
Institutions tracked
1.64
Avg campus rate / 1k (97 of 97 scored)
2.37
Statewide rate / 1k
#21
Rank by avg campus rate
225,717
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Murray State College has the lowest rate in Oklahoma

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 97 tracked campuses in Oklahoma, 58 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Murray State College has the lowest rate at 0.34 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
97
average campus, per 1,000 (97 of 97 scored)
1.64
lowest nonzero rate - Murray State College
0.34
campuses at zero in score categories
58

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet OK · Oklahoma 1.64/1k campus avg · #21/59

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

  • RATE-LOW 1.64/1k
  • RANK-UPPER #21/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH Georgia · ±0.02
  • ZERO-HEAVY 60% zero
  • WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −0.73
  • BOOK-FULL 97/97
  • CONC-MID top5 43%

Nearest campus-rate peer: Georgia (+0.02/1k)

Oklahoma sheet RATE-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID · peer Georgia. 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-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Georgia (+0.02/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Murray State College leads at 0.34/1k. 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 Oklahoma (58 of 97) reported zero in the 2024 score categories and stay unranked against each other. Among the nonzero reporters, Murray State College leads at 0.34/1k, then Southern Nazarene University (0.46/1k); Oral Roberts University (0.51/1k). A high zero share is a filing pattern, not a proof that campuses are safer.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Oklahoma

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

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Oklahoma's 1.64/1k 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 Oklahoma, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 39 Oklahoma 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.

18
Rose State College Midwest City · 7,758 students
Enrollment
7,758
Incidents /1k
1.29
31
ATA College Tulsa · 193 students
Enrollment
193
Incidents /1k
5.18
# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Murray State College Tishomingo · 2,949 students 2,949 0.34 4% of the leader · rank #1
2 Southern Nazarene University Bethany · 2,198 students 2,198 0.46 4% of the leader · rank #2
3 Oral Roberts University Tulsa · 5,936 students 5,936 0.51 4% of the leader · rank #3
4 Oklahoma City Community College Oklahoma City · 11,475 students 11,475 0.52 4% of the leader · rank #4
5 Cameron University Lawton · 3,696 students 3,696 0.54 4% of the leader · rank #5
6 Seminole State College Seminole · 1,488 students 1,488 0.67 4% of the leader · rank #6
7 Oklahoma Christian University Edmond · 2,851 students 2,851 0.70 4% of the leader · rank #7
8 Eastern Oklahoma State College Wilburton · 1,285 students 1,285 0.78 4% of the leader · rank #8
9 Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant · 5,851 students 5,851 0.85 4% of the leader · rank #9
10 Central Technology Center Drumright · 1,159 students 1,159 0.86 4% of the leader · rank #10
11 Tulsa Community College Tulsa · 15,655 students 15,655 0.89 4% of the leader · rank #11
12 Oklahoma Panhandle State University Goodwell · 1,021 students 1,021 0.98 4% of the leader · rank #12
13 Meridian Technology Center Stillwater · 1,009 students 1,009 0.99 4% of the leader · rank #13
14 University of Central Oklahoma Edmond · 12,554 students 12,554 1.04 4% of the leader · rank #14
15 Tulsa Welding School-Tulsa Tulsa · 892 students 892 1.12 4% of the leader · rank #15
16 Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology Tulsa · 840 students 840 1.19 4% of the leader · rank #16
17 Connors State College Warner · 2,376 students 2,376 1.26 4% of the leader · rank #17
18 Rose State College Midwest City · 7,758 students 7,758 1.29 4% of the leader · rank #18
19 East Central University Ada · 3,377 students 3,377 1.48 4% of the leader · rank #19
20 Southwestern Oklahoma State University Weatherford · 5,186 students 5,186 1.54 4% of the leader · rank #20
21 Northeastern State University Tahlequah · 6,751 students 6,751 1.78 5% of the leader · rank #21
22 Carl Albert State College Poteau · 1,851 students 1,851 2.16 6% of the leader · rank #22
23 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater · 27,278 students 27,278 2.38 7% of the leader · rank #23
24 Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology Okmulgee · 2,396 students 2,396 2.50 7% of the leader · rank #24
25 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman · 30,851 students 30,851 3.01 8% of the leader · rank #25
26 Randall University Moore · 298 students 298 3.36 9% of the leader · rank #26
27 Oklahoma Wesleyan University Bartlesville · 880 students 880 3.41 9% of the leader · rank #27
28 Rogers State University Claremore · 3,272 students 3,272 3.67 10% of the leader · rank #28
29 Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee · 1,569 students 1,569 4.46 12% of the leader · rank #29
30 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Miami · 1,962 students 1,962 4.59 13% of the leader · rank #30
31 ATA College Tulsa · 193 students 193 5.18 14% of the leader · rank #31
32 University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Chickasha · 1,027 students 1,027 5.84 16% of the leader · rank #32
33 University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City · 3,680 students 3,680 7.07 20% of the leader · rank #33
34 Clary Sage College Tulsa · 415 students 415 7.23 20% of the leader · rank #34
35 Oklahoma Technical College Tulsa · 128 students 128 7.81 22% of the leader · rank #35
36 Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City · 2,966 students 2,966 8.43 23% of the leader · rank #36
37 University of Tulsa Tulsa · 3,914 students 3,914 12.01 33% of the leader · rank #37
38 Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa · 3,138 students 3,138 20.40 56% of the leader · rank #38
39 Langston University Langston · 1,937 students 1,937 36.14 100% of the leader · rank #39

Unranked campuses (58): zero score or no normalized rate

58 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 43 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
Academy of Cosmetology, Barbering, and Esthetics Oklahoma City · 19 students 19 0.00
Autry Technology Center Enid · 632 students 632 0.00
Broken Arrow Beauty College Tulsa · 71 students 71 0.00
Caddo Kiowa Technology Center Fort Cobb · 358 students 358 0.00
Canadian Valley Technology Center El Reno · 2,197 students 2,197 0.00
Central Oklahoma College Oklahoma City · 477 students 477 0.00
Chisholm Trail Technology Center Omega · 192 students 192 0.00
College of the Muscogee Nation Okmulgee · 241 students 241 0.00
Community Care College Tulsa · 493 students 493 0.00
Durant Institute of Hair Design Durant · 41 students 41 0.00
Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center Choctaw · 558 students 558 0.00
Elite Beauty College Muskogee · 10 students 10 0.00
Eves College of Hairstyling Lawton · 86 students 86 0.00
Family of Faith Christian University Shawnee · 320 students 320 0.00
Formations Institute Enid · 39 students 39 0.00

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

The largest universities in Oklahoma by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus (30,851); Oklahoma State University-Main Campus (27,278); Tulsa Community College (15,655), then 94 more. The 15 biggest Oklahoma 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 43% of the 225,717 students enrolled across all 97 tracked Oklahoma institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Gordon Cooper Technology Center (860 students, 0.00/1k).

# Institution EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman · 30,851 students 30,851 100% of the leader · rank #1 3.01
2 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater · 27,278 students 27,278 88% of the leader · rank #2 2.38
3 Tulsa Community College Tulsa · 15,655 students 15,655 51% of the leader · rank #3 0.89
4 University of Central Oklahoma Edmond · 12,554 students 12,554 41% of the leader · rank #4 1.04
5 Oklahoma City Community College Oklahoma City · 11,475 students 11,475 37% of the leader · rank #5 0.52
6 Rose State College Midwest City · 7,758 students 7,758 25% of the leader · rank #6 1.29
7 Northeastern State University Tahlequah · 6,751 students 6,751 22% of the leader · rank #7 1.78
8 Oral Roberts University Tulsa · 5,936 students 5,936 19% of the leader · rank #8 0.51
9 Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant · 5,851 students 5,851 19% of the leader · rank #9 0.85
10 Southwestern Oklahoma State University Weatherford · 5,186 students 5,186 17% of the leader · rank #10 1.54
11 Tulsa Technology Center Tulsa · 4,148 students 4,148 13% of the leader · rank #11 0.00
12 Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City Oklahoma City · 3,959 students 3,959 13% of the leader · rank #12 0.00
13 University of Tulsa Tulsa · 3,914 students 3,914 13% of the leader · rank #13 12.01
14 Cameron University Lawton · 3,696 students 3,696 12% of the leader · rank #14 0.54
15 University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City · 3,680 students 3,680 12% of the leader · rank #15 7.07

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 Oklahoma: closest on tracked campus count (97 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (1.64/1k 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: Georgia sits nearest on unweighted campus average (+0.02/1k). Inside Oklahoma, open Murray State College's campus sheet next.

Murray State College profile → | All states → | Oklahoma net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Oklahoma campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Oklahoma?

Among Oklahoma campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Murray State College has the lowest rate (0.34 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Southern Nazarene University (0.46/1k); Oral Roberts University (0.51/1k). 58 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 Oklahoma?

In Oklahoma, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Murray State College currently leads that nonzero list at 0.34/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Oklahoma are compared?

This page covers 97 tracked higher-education institutions in Oklahoma, serving about 225,717 enrolled students combined across 47 cities. 39 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 58 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus (30,851); Oklahoma State University-Main Campus (27,278); Tulsa Community College (15,655). Nearby state averages for context: Georgia (1.66/1k); U.S. Virgin Islands (1.67/1k); Maine (1.60/1k); Alabama (1.70/1k); Montana (1.57/1k); 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.