The list of the top 50 safest universities in the United States!

Studying abroad, safety is the most important top priority for everyone.

　　The U.S. is a vast country, with large differences in safety from state to state and city to city, as well as from city centers to suburbs, and even schools have "red and black lists".

　　If conditions permit, a reputable and relatively safe school is a more secure choice for both international students and their parents.

　　According to the latest U.S. crime data released by the FBI, as well as the relevant information provided by the neighborhoodscout website, and referring to the official website of SafeWise and U.S. News, the editor has collected and sorted out the safety situation in the areas where the top 50 U.S. universities are located in the comprehensive ranking in 2024, and listed 5 universities with high academic level and high degree of security, providing some reference for everyone who is still choosing a school.

　　Top 50 safest universities

　　A total of 11 U.S. universities have a safety index above 30 and are located in a relatively reassuring area:

　　Princeton University(58)

　　·Stanford University(34)

　　Dartmouth College (80)

　　University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (31)

　　Wake Forest University(68)

　　Tufts University(55)

　　University of California, Irvine(36)

　　College of William & Mary (37)

　　Brandeis University (70)

　　Villanova University(50)

　　Purdue University West Lafayette (48)

　　Next, let's take stock of five relatively safe and academically advantageous American universities!

　　(1) Princeton University

　　Located in Princeton, New Jersey, between New York and Philadelphia, this perennially No. 1 Ivy League school is a unique rural metropolis.

　　Surrounded by greenery, it is a place of tranquility and beauty, with a strong academic atmosphere and full of talent, and it is a favored residence for the upper class of Americans. Because of the relatively "village" geographical location, the majority of the residents here are scholars, and the literacy of the neighbors is relatively high, so safety accidents rarely occur.

　　For these reasons, Princeton University is located in an area with a low rate of violent crime of 18 per year and a violent crime rate of 0.59 per 1,000 people.

　　In addition, Princeton University has its own campus safety office, which also provides students with a whistleblowing hotline, anonymous reporting, encrypted email, and sexual abuse reports, which make Princeton students feel safe.

　　(2) Stanford University

　　Stanford University is a world-renowned private research university located in Palo Alto, in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, California, near Silicon Valley.

　　Because of Stanford's good security controls, the total number of violent cases in the area is only 62 per year, and the violent crime rate per 1,000 people is 2.93. The website also has an emergency police number, which can be called on the main campus for assistance if you need emergency medical assistance or report a crime.

　　(3) Dartmouth College

　　Dartmouth College is a private research comprehensive university, one of the eight Ivy League schools, focusing on "small but fine", beautiful scenery, harmonious academic atmosphere, and one of the most difficult universities in the United States to get into.

　　Dartmouth is located in New Hampshire, which ranks second in the "Top 50 Safest College Towns" on the SafeWise official website, and the town's people are simple and high-quality, so there are very few crime cases in the area where the school is located, the total number of violent cases per year is only 6, and the violent crime rate per 1,000 people is only 0.51, and the safety index has reached 80 among the top 50 colleges and universities in the United States, which is the safest from the data point of view.

　　(4) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

　　Since its establishment, the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor has made outstanding achievements and had a great impact in various disciplines, with more than 70% of its majors ranked in the top 10 in the United States.

　　The University of Michigan is close to Dartmouth College in terms of security.

　　The University of Michigan is located in the town of Ann Arbor, in a beautiful and safe environment. At the same time, Michigan does not have a very high crime rate, ranking 26th in the "Top 50 Safest College Towns" on the SafeWise website.

　　However, because of the area's proximity to Detroit, the total number of property cases is much higher than other school districts with a safety index greater than 30, affecting the security situation of the entire city (safety index of 31).

　　(5) Wake Forest University

　　Founded in 1834 and located in the historic city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Wake Forest University is a small private comprehensive university with a long history, ranked 28th in the U.S. News National University Rankings, and is known as the "Harvard of the South".

　　Wake Forest University is a typical village school, a little bit of a village, but also a rich cultural place, with a safety index of 68, which is much safer than most of the United States.

　　In addition to the security built into the school area, 911 can be called to police in the event of a crime on and off Wake campus, where police, fire and medical teams will be on hand to help, and phone booths are located throughout the campus to facilitate emergency contact.

　　TOP 50 Universities for Relative Safety

　　A total of 20 U.S. universities have a safety index between 10-30, including:

　　Harvard University(21)

　　Massachusetts Institute of Technology (21)

　　Columbia University(19)

　　Northwestern University(22)

　　California Institute of Technology(20)

　　Brown University(17)

　　University of California, Los Angeles (14)

　　University of Virginia (18)

　　University of Southern California(14)

　　University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill(25)

　　New York University(19)

　　University of California, Santa Barbara (12)

　　University of California, San Diego(25)

　　Boston College (19)

　　Boston University(19)

　　·威斯康辛麦迪逊分校（14）

　　University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(14)

　　University of Georgia(12)

　　Lehigh University(49)

　　Tohoku University(19)

　　The biggest law and order feature of the cities where these universities are located is the relatively low level of violence. For example, in New York City and Los Angeles, the three most frequent types of cases are burglary, theft, and violent assault.

　　TOP 50 Most Unsafe Colleges

　　There are 23 U.S. universities with a safety index below 10 and the top 50 cities on the safety black list, which are:

　　Yale University(6)

　　University of Chicago(10)

　　University of Pennsylvania (8)

　　Duke University (4)

　　Johns Hopkins University(4)

　　Vanderbilt University(3)

　　Washington University in St. Louis (1)

　　Cornell University(5)

　　Rice University (3)

　　University of Notre Dame (3)

　　Emory University(5)

　　University of California, Berkeley (3)

　　Georgetown University(5)

　　Carnegie Mellon University (7)

　　University of Florida (8)

　　University of Rochester(7)

　　University of Texas at Austin(6)

　　Georgia Tech (5)

　　University of California, Davis (4)

　　Case Western Reserve University (2)

　　Tulane University (2)

　　Ohio State University, Columbus(9)

　　Peberdine University (9)

　　Xiaobian also reminds everyone that in any country and region, danger and safety coexist, compared with urban factors, improving safety awareness is the most powerful weapon to ensure their own safety!