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Safest Colleges in Texas

Federal Clery Act filings for all 370 tracked Texas campuses, ranked by 2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students. Among nonzero reporters, Odessa College currently has the lowest rate.

370
Institutions tracked
2.59
Avg campus rate / 1k (370 of 370 scored)
2.72
Statewide rate / 1k
#45
Rank by avg campus rate
1,693,589
Students enrolled

Among nonzero Clery reporters, Odessa College has the lowest rate in Texas

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act filings, across 370 tracked campuses in Texas, 223 reported zero 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents used in the rate; among campuses with any in those categories, Odessa College has the lowest rate at 0.10 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
370
average campus, per 1,000 (370 of 370 scored)
2.59
lowest nonzero rate - Odessa College
0.10
campuses at zero in score categories
223

Data updated August 2026

Clery Act plate

Sheet TX · Texas 2.59/1k campus avg · #45/59

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

  • RATE-MID 2.59/1k
  • RANK-LOWER #45/59
  • PHOTO-FINISH Maryland · ±0.06
  • ZERO-HEAVY 60% zero
  • WT-LARGE-HOT Δ −0.13
  • BOOK-FULL 370/370
  • CONC-FLAT top5 19%

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

Texas sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · ZERO-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT · peer Maryland. 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-HEAVY · WT-LARGE-HOT · BOOK-FULL · CONC-FLAT. Nearest unweighted-rate peer is Maryland (+0.06/1k). Among nonzero reporters inside the state, Odessa College leads at 0.10/1k. 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 Texas (223 of 370) reported zero in the 2024 score categories and stay unranked against each other. Among the nonzero reporters, Odessa College leads at 0.10/1k, then Lone Star College System (0.16/1k); Midland College (0.18/1k). A high zero share is a filing pattern, not a proof that campuses are safer.

Campus-rate neighbourhood around Texas

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

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of scored states around Texas's 2.59/1k 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 Texas, ranked by reported rate

Ranked from the lowest 2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA rate upward, counting only the 147 Texas 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.

1
Odessa College Odessa · 9,981 students
Enrollment
9,981
Incidents /1k
0.10
3
Midland College Midland · 5,690 students
Enrollment
5,690
Incidents /1k
0.18
9
Howard College Big Spring · 4,101 students
Enrollment
4,101
Incidents /1k
0.24
15
Amarillo College Amarillo · 9,262 students
Enrollment
9,262
Incidents /1k
0.32
17
Palo Alto College San Antonio · 12,395 students
Enrollment
12,395
Incidents /1k
0.40
18
Galveston College Galveston · 2,405 students
Enrollment
2,405
Incidents /1k
0.42
19
Kilgore College Kilgore · 7,198 students
Enrollment
7,198
Incidents /1k
0.42
26
Del Mar College Corpus Christi · 10,256 students
Enrollment
10,256
Incidents /1k
0.49
32
Dallas College Dallas · 69,749 students
Enrollment
69,749
Incidents /1k
0.60
35
Cisco College Cisco · 3,160 students
Enrollment
3,160
Incidents /1k
0.63
38
Hill College Hillsboro · 4,158 students
Enrollment
4,158
Incidents /1k
0.72
39
Panola College Carthage · 2,691 students
Enrollment
2,691
Incidents /1k
0.74
# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Odessa College Odessa · 9,981 students 9,981 0.10 4% of the leader · rank #1
2 Lone Star College System The Woodlands · 73,077 students 73,077 0.16 4% of the leader · rank #2
3 Midland College Midland · 5,690 students 5,690 0.18 4% of the leader · rank #3
4 Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont · 5,680 students 5,680 0.18 4% of the leader · rank #4
5 El Paso Community College El Paso · 25,567 students 25,567 0.20 4% of the leader · rank #5
6 South Texas College Mcallen · 27,431 students 27,431 0.22 4% of the leader · rank #6
7 Paris Junior College Paris · 4,533 students 4,533 0.22 4% of the leader · rank #7
8 Coastal Bend College Beeville · 4,259 students 4,259 0.23 4% of the leader · rank #8
9 Howard College Big Spring · 4,101 students 4,101 0.24 4% of the leader · rank #9
10 McLennan Community College Waco · 7,850 students 7,850 0.25 4% of the leader · rank #10
11 St Philip's College San Antonio · 17,299 students 17,299 0.29 4% of the leader · rank #11
12 University of Houston-Downtown Houston · 13,730 students 13,730 0.29 4% of the leader · rank #12
13 San Jacinto Community College Pasadena · 31,812 students 31,812 0.31 4% of the leader · rank #13
14 Houston Community College Houston · 53,253 students 53,253 0.32 4% of the leader · rank #14
15 Amarillo College Amarillo · 9,262 students 9,262 0.32 4% of the leader · rank #15
16 Dallas Theological Seminary Dallas · 2,589 students 2,589 0.39 4% of the leader · rank #16
17 Palo Alto College San Antonio · 12,395 students 12,395 0.40 4% of the leader · rank #17
18 Galveston College Galveston · 2,405 students 2,405 0.42 4% of the leader · rank #18
19 Kilgore College Kilgore · 7,198 students 7,198 0.42 4% of the leader · rank #19
20 Northeast Lakeview College Universal City · 9,355 students 9,355 0.43 4% of the leader · rank #20
21 Parker University Dallas · 2,308 students 2,308 0.43 4% of the leader · rank #21
22 Chamberlain University-Texas Houston · 2,270 students 2,270 0.44 4% of the leader · rank #22
23 Blinn College District Brenham · 18,095 students 18,095 0.44 4% of the leader · rank #23
24 Central Texas College Killeen · 8,373 students 8,373 0.48 4% of the leader · rank #24
25 University of Dallas Irving · 2,078 students 2,078 0.48 4% of the leader · rank #25
26 Del Mar College Corpus Christi · 10,256 students 10,256 0.49 4% of the leader · rank #26
27 Trinity Valley Community College Athens · 5,961 students 5,961 0.50 4% of the leader · rank #27
28 University of North Texas at Dallas Dallas · 3,794 students 3,794 0.53 4% of the leader · rank #28
29 Lamar State College-Orange Orange · 3,629 students 3,629 0.55 4% of the leader · rank #29
30 Collin County Community College District Mckinney · 39,548 students 39,548 0.56 4% of the leader · rank #30
31 Northwest Vista College San Antonio · 20,060 students 20,060 0.60 4% of the leader · rank #31
32 Dallas College Dallas · 69,749 students 69,749 0.60 4% of the leader · rank #32
33 Weatherford College Weatherford · 6,520 students 6,520 0.61 4% of the leader · rank #33
34 Lubbock Christian University Lubbock · 1,595 students 1,595 0.63 4% of the leader · rank #34
35 Cisco College Cisco · 3,160 students 3,160 0.63 4% of the leader · rank #35
36 Texas Southmost College Brownsville · 8,828 students 8,828 0.68 4% of the leader · rank #36
37 Concordia University Texas Austin · 1,396 students 1,396 0.72 4% of the leader · rank #37
38 Hill College Hillsboro · 4,158 students 4,158 0.72 4% of the leader · rank #38
39 Panola College Carthage · 2,691 students 2,691 0.74 4% of the leader · rank #39
40 Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. Houston · 2,632 students 2,632 0.76 4% of the leader · rank #40
41 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg · 33,881 students 33,881 0.80 4% of the leader · rank #41
42 Alvin Community College Alvin · 5,872 students 5,872 0.85 4% of the leader · rank #42
43 Lamar State College-Port Arthur Port Arthur · 4,680 students 4,680 0.85 4% of the leader · rank #43
44 University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth · 2,332 students 2,332 0.86 4% of the leader · rank #44
45 Houston Christian University Houston · 4,276 students 4,276 0.94 4% of the leader · rank #45
46 San Antonio College San Antonio · 19,901 students 19,901 0.95 4% of the leader · rank #46
47 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso El Paso · 997 students 997 1.00 4% of the leader · rank #47
48 The College of Health Care Professions-Austin Austin · 974 students 974 1.03 4% of the leader · rank #48
49 The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso · 25,039 students 25,039 1.12 4% of the leader · rank #49
50 Tarleton State University Stephenville · 17,433 students 17,433 1.15 4% of the leader · rank #50

97 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 (223): zero score or no normalized rate

223 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 208 stay out of this HTML table so large states stay crawlable.

# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
ABC Beauty Academy Richardson · 52 students 52 0.00
Academy of Hair Design-Jasper Jasper · 52 students 52 0.00
Academy of Hair Design-Lufkin Lufkin · 74 students 74 0.00
Advanced Barber College and Hair Design Weslaco · 91 students 91 0.00
Alamo City Barber College San Antonio · 114 students 114 0.00
Allgood Beauty Institute Frisco · 30 students 30 0.00
Amberton University Garland · 892 students 892 0.00
American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Med Houston · 76 students 76 0.00
American InterContinental University-Houston Houston · 116 students 116 0.00
Angelina College Lufkin · 3,890 students 3,890 0.00
Ann Webb Skin Institute Austin · 121 students 121 0.00
Arizona College of Nursing-Dallas Dallas · 588 students 588 0.00
Arlington Baptist University Arlington · 302 students 302 0.00
Arlington Career Institute Grand Prairie · 562 students 562 0.00
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin Austin · 305 students 305 0.00

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

The largest universities in Texas by enrollment

Enrollment leaders: Texas A&M University-College Station (78,321); Lone Star College System (73,077); Dallas College (69,749), then 367 more. The 15 biggest Texas 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 19% of the 1,693,589 students enrolled across all 370 tracked Texas institutions. Mid-pack by size sits near South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco (521 students, 0.00/1k).

3
Dallas College Dallas · 69,749 students
Enrollment
69,749
Incidents /1k
0.60
# Institution EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · 78,321 students 78,321 100% of the leader · rank #1 12.28
2 Lone Star College System The Woodlands · 73,077 students 73,077 93% of the leader · rank #2 0.16
3 Dallas College Dallas · 69,749 students 69,749 89% of the leader · rank #3 0.60
4 The University of Texas at Austin Austin · 53,864 students 53,864 69% of the leader · rank #4 1.95
5 Houston Community College Houston · 53,253 students 53,253 68% of the leader · rank #5 0.32
6 University of Houston Houston · 47,980 students 47,980 61% of the leader · rank #6 5.54
7 University of North Texas Denton · 46,864 students 46,864 60% of the leader · rank #7 3.61
8 The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington · 44,956 students 44,956 57% of the leader · rank #8 2.34
9 Tarrant County College District Fort Worth · 43,928 students 43,928 56% of the leader · rank #9 1.68
10 Texas Tech University Lubbock · 40,757 students 40,757 52% of the leader · rank #10 3.66
11 Texas State University San Marcos · 40,674 students 40,674 52% of the leader · rank #11 7.30
12 Austin Community College District Austin · 39,727 students 39,727 51% of the leader · rank #12 4.05
13 Collin County Community College District Mckinney · 39,548 students 39,548 50% of the leader · rank #13 0.56
14 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio · 35,770 students 35,770 46% of the leader · rank #14 1.98
15 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg · 33,881 students 33,881 43% of the leader · rank #15 0.80

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 Texas: closest on tracked campus count (370 here) and closest on unweighted average 2024 Clery rate (2.59/1k 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: Maryland sits nearest on unweighted campus average (+0.06/1k). Inside Texas, open Odessa College's campus sheet next.

Odessa College profile → | All states → | Texas net price → | Incident tool → | Methodology →

Texas campus safety FAQ

What are the safest colleges in Texas?

Among Texas campuses that reported at least one 2024 Criminal Offense or VAWA incident in the Clery categories used here, Odessa College has the lowest rate (0.10 per 1,000 students). Next among nonzero reporters: Lone Star College System (0.16/1k); Midland College (0.18/1k). 223 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 Texas?

In Texas, campuses with any 2024 Criminal Offenses or VAWA incidents in the score categories are ordered by incidents per 1,000 students - Odessa College currently leads that nonzero list at 0.10/1k. Zero-report and unscored campuses stay unranked and alphabetical. See /methodology for the full rate definition.

How many colleges in Texas are compared?

This page covers 370 tracked higher-education institutions in Texas, serving about 1,693,589 enrolled students combined across 120 cities. 147 carry a ranked nonzero rate; 223 are listed without a safety ordinal. By enrollment the largest are Texas A&M University-College Station (78,321); Lone Star College System (73,077); Dallas College (69,749). Nearby state averages for context: Maryland (2.65/1k); Oregon (2.52/1k); Washington (2.46/1k); Hawaii (2.75/1k); Massachusetts (2.43/1k); Nebraska (2.42/1k).

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.