Safest Large College Campuses

Large residential four-year campuses (10,000+ undergrads, dorm capacity for at least a fifth of them) with the fewest reported on-campus offenses per 1,000 students per year under the Clery Act. Counts reflect reports, not convictions — strong reporting cultures show more.

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1Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida13,87463%0.34 2University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi10,07599%0.66 3Oakland UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan12,35188%0.68 4James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia20,88872%0.70 5Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota11,70388%0.70 6Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia26,62355%0.71 7The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas21,75165%0.80 8George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia27,75287%0.87 9Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio19,32086%0.88 10University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island13,38172%0.89 11Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas12,67390%0.90 12Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina19,44490%0.91 13Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, South Carolina10,37775%0.91 14University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina24,45380%0.94 15Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey18,37688%0.94 16New York UniversityNew York, New York28,6639%0.96 17Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois19,05788%0.97 18Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts17,3265%0.97 19Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri13,31391%0.97 20University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri23,92978%0.99 21Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio12,81281%1.00 22University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida13,35953%1.03 23Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi18,39778%1.08 24Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah32,95268%1.09 25Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia30,92355%1.12 26George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia11,18247%1.12 27The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas32,29480%1.13 28Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois11,73782%1.13 29Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana13,98886%1.14 30University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia32,13738%1.16 31Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, Georgia21,79088%1.18 32Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan15,58781%1.19 33The University of TampaTampa, Florida10,57240%1.20 34Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas15,14282%1.25 35Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa25,36789%1.27 36Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey37,75158%1.29 37University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi21,47397%1.29 38Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania20,97080%1.30 39University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana12,42887%1.30 40University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina29,82060%1.31 41East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee10,00486%1.31 42University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York20,11274%1.35 43Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan10,03590%1.36 44University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas28,67774%1.38 45University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska11,48887%1.40 46Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia15,24383%1.42 47Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York18,10149%1.44 48Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts18,24811%1.45 49University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin16,75891%1.46 50University of DelawareNewark, Delaware19,07171%1.47

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Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee16,30169%0.83 The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana7,48896%3.88 The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas30,58087%1.03 Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon30,74377%2.24 Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey7,53789%1.78 University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia16,14668%0.62 University of ToledoToledo, Ohio9,77092%1.83 University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada24,62296%2.55

Offenses per 1,000 students — computed from the US Department of Education College Scorecard and NOAA climate normals / Natural Earth coastline data. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates unless noted.