Vermont Campus Safety

Vermont reports Clery Act campus safety data across 15 higher education institutions distributed across 13 cities , serving approximately 38,992 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 12.35 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Vermont at national rank #57 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Vermont reports 3.05 incidents per 1,000 students, while 5 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

Community College of Vermont in Montpelier leads Vermont with the lowest reported incident rate (0.00 per 1,000 students). The largest institution by enrollment is University of Vermont with 14,320 students and a safety score of 4.19. 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.