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Vermont Campus Safety
According to the U.S. Department of Education's Clery Act filings, this covers on-campus safety for all 15 tracked colleges and universities in Vermont, ranked by reported incident rate per 1,000 enrolled students.
- 15
- Institutions tracked
- 12.35
- Avg incidents / 1k
- #57
- State safety rank
- 38,992
- Students enrolled
Data updated June 2026
The state in one line
Across Vermont's 15 campuses, Community College of Vermont reports the lowest rate (0.00 per 1,000), the median campus reports 3.05, and 5 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents.
- 15
- campuses tracked
- 12.35
- statewide avg, per 1,000
- 0.00
- safest - Community College of
- 5
- campuses reporting zero
Per-1,000-student rates let small and large campuses be compared fairly, but a handful of reports at a small school can still produce a high rate. Read alongside enrollment.
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.
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.
Vermont campuses, ranked by safety
| # | Campus | Enrollment | Incidents /1k |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Community College of Vermont Montpelier · 5,377 students | 5,377 | 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #1 |
| 2 | SIT Graduate Institute Brattleboro · 640 students | 640 | 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #2 |
| 3 | Vermont Law and Graduate School South Royalton · 690 students | 690 | 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #3 |
| 4 | Vermont State University Randolph Center · 5,136 students | 5,136 | 2.34 4% of the leader · rank #4 |
| 5 | Champlain College Burlington · 3,328 students | 3,328 | 3.00 4% of the leader · rank #5 |
| 6 | Norwich University Northfield · 3,274 students | 3,274 | 3.05 4% of the leader · rank #6 |
| 7 | University of Vermont Burlington · 14,320 students | 14,320 | 4.19 4% of the leader · rank #7 |
| 8 | Landmark College Putney · 650 students | 650 | 6.15 5% of the leader · rank #8 |
| 9 | Middlebury College Middlebury · 2,857 students | 2,857 | 7.70 6% of the leader · rank #9 |
| 10 | Bennington College Bennington · 867 students | 867 | 8.07 6% of the leader · rank #10 |
| 11 | Saint Michael's College Colchester · 1,370 students | 1,370 | 12.41 10% of the leader · rank #11 |
| 12 | Advanced Welding Institute South Burlington · 97 students | 97 | 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #12 |
| 13 | O'Briens Aveda Institute Williston · 85 students | 85 | 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #13 |
| 14 | Sterling College Craftsbury Common · 78 students | 78 | 12.82 10% of the leader · rank #14 |
| 15 | Vermont College of Fine Arts Montpelier · 223 students | 223 | 125.56 100% of the leader · rank #15 |
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What this means for you
Use Vermont's list as a starting point for comparison, not a final judgment on any one campus.
- Weigh a Vermont campus against similarly-sized institutions, scale changes what a raw count means. Compare campuses
- See Community College of Vermont's full profile and how its rate breaks down by incident category. View Community College of
- National rankings put this state in context against every other state. National rankings
Figures reflect the June 2026 Clery Act reporting release as filed with the U.S. Department of Education.
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.