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Safest Colleges in Oregon

Federal Clery Act filings for all 65 tracked Oregon campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Linn-Benton Community College currently has the lowest rate.

65
Institutions tracked
2.52
Avg campus rate / 1k (65 of 65 scored)
3.30
Statewide rate / 1k
#44
Rank by avg campus rate
203,599
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Linn-Benton Community College has the lowest rate in Oregon

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 65 tracked campuses in Oregon, 33 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Linn-Benton Community College has the lowest rate at 0.19 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
65
average campus, per 1,000 (65 of 65 scored)
2.52
lowest nonzero rate - Linn-Benton Community College
0.19
campuses at zero in score categories
33

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet OR · Oregon 2.52/1k campus avg · #44/59

RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID

  • RATE-MID 2.52/1k
  • RANK-LOWER #44/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH Washington · ±0.06
  • ZERO-MIX 51% zero
  • WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −0.78
  • BOOK-FULL 65/65
  • CONC-MID top5 54%

Nearest campus-rate peer: Washington (-0.06/1k)

Oregon sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID · peer Washington. 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-MIX · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-MID. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Washington (-0.06/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Linn-Benton Community College leads at 0.19/1k. Instrument codes from this state's OPE Campus Safety sheet; compare similarly sized campuses before treating any single rate as decisive.

Oregon's unweighted average campus rate is higher than most scored U.S. states (only 25% of states report a higher average). Even so, Linn-Benton Community College leads nonzero reporters here at 0.19/1k, with Clackamas Community College (0.36/1k); Central Oregon Community College (0.46/1k) next. The five largest campuses account for 54% of enrollment, weigh large-campus rates separately from small ones.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Oregon

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

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Oregon's 2.52/1k 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 Oregon, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 32 Oregon 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.

32
Reed CollegePortland · 1,358 students
Enrollment
1,358
Incidents /1k
38.29
#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany · 5,242 students5,2420.194% of the leader · rank #1
2Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City · 5,545 students5,5450.364% of the leader · rank #2
3Central Oregon Community CollegeBend · 4,332 students4,3320.464% of the leader · rank #3
4Mt Hood Community CollegeGresham · 6,476 students6,4760.464% of the leader · rank #4
5Rogue Community CollegeGrants Pass · 4,009 students4,0090.504% of the leader · rank #5
6Klamath Community CollegeKlamath Falls · 1,834 students1,8340.554% of the leader · rank #6
7Oregon Institute of TechnologyKlamath Falls · 5,299 students5,2990.574% of the leader · rank #7
8George Fox UniversityNewberg · 4,916 students4,9160.614% of the leader · rank #8
9Eastern Oregon UniversityLa Grande · 2,894 students2,8940.694% of the leader · rank #9
10Portland Community CollegePortland · 20,861 students20,8611.154% of the leader · rank #10
11Lane Community CollegeEugene · 6,810 students6,8101.174% of the leader · rank #11
12Chemeketa Community CollegeSalem · 8,098 students8,0981.855% of the leader · rank #12
13University of PortlandPortland · 3,285 students3,2852.136% of the leader · rank #13
14National University of Natural MedicinePortland · 414 students4142.426% of the leader · rank #14
15Clatsop Community CollegeAstoria · 754 students7542.657% of the leader · rank #15
16Corban UniversitySalem · 1,029 students1,0292.928% of the leader · rank #16
17Pacific UniversityForest Grove · 3,427 students3,4273.509% of the leader · rank #17
18Linfield UniversityMcminnville · 1,709 students1,7093.519% of the leader · rank #18
19Portland State UniversityPortland · 19,951 students19,9513.8110% of the leader · rank #19
20Oregon State UniversityCorvallis · 37,163 students37,1633.8510% of the leader · rank #20
21Southwestern Oregon Community CollegeCoos Bay · 1,551 students1,5513.8710% of the leader · rank #21
22Southern Oregon UniversityAshland · 5,113 students5,1133.9110% of the leader · rank #22
23Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth · 3,722 students3,7225.1013% of the leader · rank #23
24Lewis & Clark CollegePortland · 3,504 students3,5045.9916% of the leader · rank #24
25University of OregonEugene · 24,404 students24,4046.5217% of the leader · rank #25
26Bushnell UniversityEugene · 761 students7616.5717% of the leader · rank #26
27Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend · 1,296 students1,2968.4922% of the leader · rank #27
28Willamette UniversitySalem · 2,180 students2,1808.7223% of the leader · rank #28
29Oregon Health & Science UniversityPortland · 2,942 students2,94212.5833% of the leader · rank #29
30Warner Pacific UniversityPortland · 378 students37813.2335% of the leader · rank #30
31Phagans Beauty CollegeCorvallis · 59 students5916.9544% of the leader · rank #31
32Reed CollegePortland · 1,358 students1,35838.29100% of the leader · rank #32

Unranked campuses (33): zero score or no normalized rate

33 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 18 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

#CampusEnrollmentIncidents /1k
Aveda Institute-PortlandPortland · 238 students2380.00
Beau Monde Academy of Barbering and CosmetologyPortland · 92 students920.00
Blue Mountain Community CollegePendleton · 1,407 students1,4070.00
Carrington College-PortlandPortland · 254 students2540.00
College of Hair Design CareersSalem · 58 students580.00
Columbia Gorge Community CollegeThe Dalles · 812 students8120.00
Concorde Career College-PortlandPortland · 172 students1720.00
East West College of the Healing ArtsPortland · 236 students2360.00
Institute of TechnologySalem · 267 students2670.00
Johnny Matthew's Hairdressing Training SchoolSalem · 60 students600.00
Mount Angel SeminarySaint Benedict · 127 students1270.00
New Hope Christian College-EugeneEugene · 56 students560.00
Northwest College-BeavertonBeaverton · 37 students370.00
Northwest College-ClackamasHappy Valley · 35 students350.00
Northwest College-EugeneSpringfield · 139 students1390.00

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

The largest universities in Oregon by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: Oregon State University (37,163); University of Oregon (24,404); Portland Community College (20,861), then 62 more. The 15 biggest Oregon 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 54% of the 203,599 students enrolled across all 65 tracked Oregon institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near Bushnell University (761 students, 6.57/1k).

#InstitutionEnrollmentIncidents /1k
1Oregon State UniversityCorvallis · 37,163 students37,163100% of the leader · rank #13.85
2University of OregonEugene · 24,404 students24,40466% of the leader · rank #26.52
3Portland Community CollegePortland · 20,861 students20,86156% of the leader · rank #31.15
4Portland State UniversityPortland · 19,951 students19,95154% of the leader · rank #43.81
5Chemeketa Community CollegeSalem · 8,098 students8,09822% of the leader · rank #51.85
6Lane Community CollegeEugene · 6,810 students6,81018% of the leader · rank #61.17
7Mt Hood Community CollegeGresham · 6,476 students6,47617% of the leader · rank #70.46
8Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City · 5,545 students5,54515% of the leader · rank #80.36
9Oregon Institute of TechnologyKlamath Falls · 5,299 students5,29914% of the leader · rank #90.57
10Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany · 5,242 students5,24214% of the leader · rank #100.19
11Southern Oregon UniversityAshland · 5,113 students5,11314% of the leader · rank #113.91
12George Fox UniversityNewberg · 4,916 students4,91613% of the leader · rank #120.61
13Central Oregon Community CollegeBend · 4,332 students4,33212% of the leader · rank #130.46
14Rogue Community CollegeGrants Pass · 4,009 students4,00911% of the leader · rank #140.50
15Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth · 3,722 students3,72210% of the leader · rank #155.10

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 Oregon: closest on tracked campus count (65 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (2.52/1k 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: Washington sits nearest on unweighted campus average (-0.06/1k). Inside Oregon, open Linn-Benton Community College's campus sheet next.

Linn-Benton Community College profile → | All states → | Oregon net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Oregon campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Oregon?

Among Oregon campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Linn-Benton Community College has the lowest rate (0.19 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Clackamas Community College (0.36/1k); Central Oregon Community College (0.46/1k). 33 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 Oregon?

In Oregon, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Linn-Benton Community College currently leads that nonzero list at 0.19/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Oregon are compared?

This page covers 65 tracked higher-education institutions in Oregon, serving about 203,599 enrolled students combined across 31 cities. 32 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 33 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are Oregon State University (37,163); University of Oregon (24,404); Portland Community College (20,861). Nearby state averages for context: Washington (2.46/1k); Texas (2.59/1k); Massachusetts (2.43/1k); Nebraska (2.42/1k); Alaska (2.41/1k); North Dakota (2.38/1k).

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.