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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.

31
ATA CollegeTulsa · 193 students
Enrollment
193
Incidents /1k
5.18
#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Murray State CollegeTishomingo · 2,949 students2,9490.344% of the leader · rank #1
2Southern Nazarene UniversityBethany · 2,198 students2,1980.464% of the leader · rank #2
3Oral Roberts UniversityTulsa · 5,936 students5,9360.514% of the leader · rank #3
4Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City · 11,475 students11,4750.524% of the leader · rank #4
5Cameron UniversityLawton · 3,696 students3,6960.544% of the leader · rank #5
6Seminole State CollegeSeminole · 1,488 students1,4880.674% of the leader · rank #6
7Oklahoma Christian UniversityEdmond · 2,851 students2,8510.704% of the leader · rank #7
8Eastern Oklahoma State CollegeWilburton · 1,285 students1,2850.784% of the leader · rank #8
9Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityDurant · 5,851 students5,8510.854% of the leader · rank #9
10Central Technology CenterDrumright · 1,159 students1,1590.864% of the leader · rank #10
11Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa · 15,655 students15,6550.894% of the leader · rank #11
12Oklahoma Panhandle State UniversityGoodwell · 1,021 students1,0210.984% of the leader · rank #12
13Meridian Technology CenterStillwater · 1,009 students1,0090.994% of the leader · rank #13
14University of Central OklahomaEdmond · 12,554 students12,5541.044% of the leader · rank #14
15Tulsa Welding School-TulsaTulsa · 892 students8921.124% of the leader · rank #15
16Spartan College of Aeronautics and TechnologyTulsa · 840 students8401.194% of the leader · rank #16
17Connors State CollegeWarner · 2,376 students2,3761.264% of the leader · rank #17
18Rose State CollegeMidwest City · 7,758 students7,7581.294% of the leader · rank #18
19East Central UniversityAda · 3,377 students3,3771.484% of the leader · rank #19
20Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherford · 5,186 students5,1861.544% of the leader · rank #20
21Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah · 6,751 students6,7511.785% of the leader · rank #21
22Carl Albert State CollegePoteau · 1,851 students1,8512.166% of the leader · rank #22
23Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater · 27,278 students27,2782.387% of the leader · rank #23
24Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee · 2,396 students2,3962.507% of the leader · rank #24
25University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman · 30,851 students30,8513.018% of the leader · rank #25
26Randall UniversityMoore · 298 students2983.369% of the leader · rank #26
27Oklahoma Wesleyan UniversityBartlesville · 880 students8803.419% of the leader · rank #27
28Rogers State UniversityClaremore · 3,272 students3,2723.6710% of the leader · rank #28
29Oklahoma Baptist UniversityShawnee · 1,569 students1,5694.4612% of the leader · rank #29
30Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CollegeMiami · 1,962 students1,9624.5913% of the leader · rank #30
31ATA CollegeTulsa · 193 students1935.1814% of the leader · rank #31
32University of Science and Arts of OklahomaChickasha · 1,027 students1,0275.8416% of the leader · rank #32
33University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences CenterOklahoma City · 3,680 students3,6807.0720% of the leader · rank #33
34Clary Sage CollegeTulsa · 415 students4157.2320% of the leader · rank #34
35Oklahoma Technical CollegeTulsa · 128 students1287.8122% of the leader · rank #35
36Oklahoma City UniversityOklahoma City · 2,966 students2,9668.4323% of the leader · rank #36
37University of TulsaTulsa · 3,914 students3,91412.0133% of the leader · rank #37
38Northern Oklahoma CollegeTonkawa · 3,138 students3,13820.4056% of the leader · rank #38
39Langston UniversityLangston · 1,937 students1,93736.14100% 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.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Academy of Cosmetology, Barbering, and EstheticsOklahoma City · 19 students190.00
Autry Technology CenterEnid · 632 students6320.00
Broken Arrow Beauty CollegeTulsa · 71 students710.00
Caddo Kiowa Technology CenterFort Cobb · 358 students3580.00
Canadian Valley Technology CenterEl Reno · 2,197 students2,1970.00
Central Oklahoma CollegeOklahoma City · 477 students4770.00
Chisholm Trail Technology CenterOmega · 192 students1920.00
College of the Muscogee NationOkmulgee · 241 students2410.00
Community Care CollegeTulsa · 493 students4930.00
Durant Institute of Hair DesignDurant · 41 students410.00
Eastern Oklahoma County Technology CenterChoctaw · 558 students5580.00
Elite Beauty CollegeMuskogee · 10 students100.00
Eves College of HairstylingLawton · 86 students860.00
Family of Faith Christian UniversityShawnee · 320 students3200.00
Formations InstituteEnid · 39 students390.00

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).

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman · 30,851 students30,851100% of the leader · rank #13.01
2Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater · 27,278 students27,27888% of the leader · rank #22.38
3Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa · 15,655 students15,65551% of the leader · rank #30.89
4University of Central OklahomaEdmond · 12,554 students12,55441% of the leader · rank #41.04
5Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City · 11,475 students11,47537% of the leader · rank #50.52
6Rose State CollegeMidwest City · 7,758 students7,75825% of the leader · rank #61.29
7Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah · 6,751 students6,75122% of the leader · rank #71.78
8Oral Roberts UniversityTulsa · 5,936 students5,93619% of the leader · rank #80.51
9Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityDurant · 5,851 students5,85119% of the leader · rank #90.85
10Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherford · 5,186 students5,18617% of the leader · rank #101.54
11Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa · 4,148 students4,14813% of the leader · rank #110.00
12Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City · 3,959 students3,95913% of the leader · rank #120.00
13University of TulsaTulsa · 3,914 students3,91413% of the leader · rank #1312.01
14Cameron UniversityLawton · 3,696 students3,69612% of the leader · rank #140.54
15University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences CenterOklahoma City · 3,680 students3,68012% of the leader · rank #157.07

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.