Safest Campuses 2026
Lowest campus crime rates based on Clery Act reports
How this ranking is calculated
Ranks schools by campus crime rates drawn from federally mandated annual safety disclosures, normalized per 1,000 students to fairly compare schools of different sizes.
Source measurement years vary and may precede the ranking edition. The update date records the published dataset, not when every outcome was measured.
See exact overall weights and a worked exampleWhat drives the score
- Violent crime incidents per 1,000 students (assault, robbery, sexual offenses)
- Property crime incidents per 1,000 students (burglary, theft, arson)
- Drug and alcohol violations per 1,000 students
Data sources
- Federally mandated campus crime disclosures (reported annually by all Title IV institutions)
Crime statistics reflect reported incidents only. Schools in urban settings or with larger populations may report higher rates in part due to greater reporting thoroughness. A higher score means a safer campus relative to other schools.
Top 100 safety results
Sorted by College Index's safety score. The displayed list index rescales the leading score to 100; equal rounded scores may have different sequential ranks.
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC
Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale, AZ
CUNY New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
Florida International University
Miami, FL
CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
CUNY Queens College
Queens, NY
American Public University System
Charles Town, WV
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Towson University
Towson, MD
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York, NY
Bob Jones University
Greenville, SC
Texas A&M University-College Station
College Station, TX
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, GA
University of Phoenix-Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO
CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, OK
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA
CUNY City College
New York, NY
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD
Ohio University-Main Campus
Athens, OH
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA
California State University-Northridge
Northridge, CA
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
CUNY Lehman College
Bronx, NY
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
New York University
New York, NY
Baylor University
Waco, TX
University of Houston
Houston, TX
Hampton University
Hampton, VA
National University
San Diego, CA
Full Sail University
Winter Park, FL
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
Washington State University
Pullman, WA
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Merrimack College
North Andover, MA
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Providence College
Providence, RI
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
Auburn University
Auburn, AL
California State University-Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
Boston University
Boston, MA
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC