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Website ranks safest colleges by state; Asbury University No. 1 in Kentucky

List includes school no longer in operation

Safest-schools-logo-10-16LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 14, 2016) — BackgroundChecks.org, a public safety focused organization committed to increasing public safety, community involvement, transparent government and education, has ranked the safest colleges in each state, including its list of The Safest Colleges in Kentucky 2016.

To compile the report, BackgroundChecks.org combined data from recent Department of Education Reports, natural language analysis, social media sentiment analysis and their own research to create rankings.

The Safest Colleges in Kentucky 2016:

  • 1. Asbury University
  • 2. Kentucky Christian University
  • 3. Mid-Continent University (school actually closed in 2014)
  • 4. University of the Cumberlands
  • 5. Northern Kentucky University
  • 6. Bellarmine University
  • 7. Centre College
  • 8. Morehead State University
  • 9. Campbellsville University
  • 10. University of Louisville
  • 11. Murray State University
  • 12. Georgetown College
  • 13. Spalding University
  • 14. Lindsey Wilson College
  • 15. Berea College
  • 16. Brescia University
  • 17. Transylvania University
  • 18. Kentucky Wesleyan College
  • 19. Western Kentucky University
  • 20. Eastern Kentucky University
  • 21. University of Kentucky
  • 22. University of Pikeville
  • 23. Kentucky State University