The University ranks 27 for campus safety among Texas public schools and 107 nationwide, according to a survey conducted by StateUniversity.com.
Among the University of Texas System schools, the Tyler campus ranks fifth behind the Brownsville, Pan American, San Antonio and Dallas branches, according to the survey.
Student safety and campus crime are sometimes overlooked during the college evaluation process. “We believe it is important for students to be aware of crime on campus and in the surrounding community,” said Dominik Mazur, founder of StateUniversity.com.
Every year StateUniversity.com releases a campus safety report after analyzing 450 colleges and universities and assigning a safety rating to each school. Violent crimes have a heavier weight on the safety score than non-violent crimes.
Safety ratings are based on campus assault, robbery, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, rape, and murder. Campus safety ratings and academic quality of the school had no impact on each other, the report showed.
The UT Tyler campus crime statistics showed three violent crimes — two incidents of aggravated assault and one rape incident. There were no applicable reports of manslaughter or robbery. Also, 21 burglary and 15 larceny-theft charges, totaling in 36 property crimes were reported, according to StateUniversity.
UT Tyler, with a 94.4 score, ranked four spots above Tyler Junior College, ranked 31st in Texas, and 132nd overall, with a 93.5 score.
TJC had only one violent crime, an aggravated assault incident. Although TJC had less violent crimes than UT Tyler they had more property crimes. TJC had three burglary incidents, 64 larceny theft incidents, and 2 vehicle theft incidents, according to the report.
The Top 5 safest schools nationwide are:
1. Arkansas State University, Beebe Campus — Beebe, AR
2. Virginia Western Community College — Roanoke, VA
3. Northeast State Technical Community College — Blountville, TN
4. Central Texas College — Killeen, TX
5. Cuesta College — San Luis Obispo, CA
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