<p>Does anyone have a list?</p>
<p>University of Southern California (USC) but a fantastic school!!</p>
<p>Clark University is in rough Main South Worcester.</p>
<p>I think there are threads on this from previous years and perhaps earlier this year. Its a common question. </p>
<p>“Bad neighborhood” is a subjective test. From kids in milktoast suburbia and are used to being with Buffy and Biffy all day long, any urban campus could be considered a “bad neighborhood.” </p>
<p>Its all relative to your experience and what you expect. Eclectic or urban is perhaps a better definition.</p>
<p>Some surprising schools are in areas where the surrounding neighborhood is not always the best. But bad stuff can happen (and does) at even the rural schools or places that seem idyllic. The real message is to be careful at all times. Don’t do stupid things like go out alone at night, drink off campus and saunter around where you are a target for a mugging. Crime stats are available from each school and published by government agencies. Even some urban schools have surprising LOW CRIME rates, particularly for on campus issues. </p>
<p>The biggest problem on college campuses is theft. Dont leave your dorm room unlocked if you go out. Be aware of your surroundings and your belongings. Don’t advertise (really dont even bring) expensive jewelry. Safeguard your stuff. Don’t flash cash or credit cards.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins is a beautiful school, but I heard their off-campus housing is quite dangerous. All I know is that the Baltimore police gave me a parking ticket when I parked in a dark, vacant lot for dinner near the school last year. I thought they’d be much better off spending time catching the crooks than ticketing me. Told my son not to apply!</p>
<p>I’ve never visited a college campus anywhere that I haven’t seen a campus police force or at least security guards.</p>
<p>Columbia, USC, UChicago, UPenn, Temple, Trinity College (CT), Maryland (College Park), Clark (MA)</p>
<p>^ Not so Columbia. The neighborhood in which Columbia is located, Morningside Heights, was pretty rough about 30 years ago, but it now has one of the lowest crime rates in Manhattan, thanks in no small measure to Columbia’s substantial security force. There are some rough areas relatively nearby, but the campus and immediate neighborhood are probably quite a lot safer than, say, NYU in the Village, or Yale in New Haven.</p>
<p>Yale University
University of Chicago
Temple University
Columbia University
Loyola University - Maryland</p>
<p>^look up any crime statistic for the Columbia campus and the Columbia neighborhood, it is located in one of the safest neighborhoods in the safest big city in the US (NYC). Your stereotypes are lagging reality by about 15-20 years.</p>
<p>^ So true. Anybody who thinks Columbia is in a “bad neighborhood” is currently watching Sanford & Sons reruns while laughing and remarking “Wow, great new show about an antiques dealer!”</p>
<p>Define “bad”.</p>
<p>For me, bad is Ada, Ohio, a hellhole in the middle of nowhere that hosts Ohio Northern U. You can drive 30+ minutes and only see corn and beans.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I’d consider Seton Hall’s ghetto hood to be a plus. Then again. I’m an urban activist. So simple difference of opinion :).</p>
<p>^^^^^ precisely my point earlier. Threads like this are disguised as bashing threads. Not going there.</p>
<p>Neighborhoods adjoining college campuses that contribute to students regularly getting robbed at gunpoint, pistol whipped, and shot dead are “bad neighborhoods.” Nothing subjective about being murdered. Colleges with problems like this absolutely have do whatever it takes to make their students safer; it isn’t something to be swept under the rug or debated as a social issue. </p>
<p>[Another</a> robbery rekindles safety concerns at University of Tampa - St. Petersburg Times](<a href=“http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/another-robbery-rekindles-safety-concerns-at-university-of-tampa/1076628]Another”>http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/another-robbery-rekindles-safety-concerns-at-university-of-tampa/1076628)</p>
<p>2 things:</p>
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<li><p>Seton Hall’s in a “ghetto hood”? South Orange is probably the nicest of the Oranges; it’s not far from the nice “main street” area/trainstation, and if you drive around South Orange you’ll come across quite a few nice old houses and such. Not quite the projects.</p></li>
<li><p>People who think Columbia’s in a bad neighborhood clearly haven’t the vaguest knowledge of New York City. First of all crime has been at an all time low in NYC, and Manhattan in particular. There was something like 400 murders in all five boroughs combined one year; it’s been mostly around then since. Out of 8 million total, I’d say that’s pretty good. Also, most of the victims of violent crime knew they’re attackers, so unless you’re a Columbia student/drug dealer don’t expect to be shot any time soon. You may not want to go wandering around at 3 in the morning, but if you expect to be able to walk around any urban area late in the night without risk of anything at all you’re an idiot. The worst that might happen at Columbia is you get pick-pocketed on the subway. Morningside Heights is the second safest precinct in New York City, the safest being the (mostly) nonresidential Central Park. </p></li>
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<p>Also, Manhattan in general is so expensive to live in that criminals can’t afford to live in Manhattan and be criminals. They’re elsewhere, and probably not commuting to go college students.</p>
<p>TLDR: Urban areas aren’t all “bad neighborhoods”. Minorities aren’t all criminals, really.</p>
<p>“Minorities aren’t all criminals, really.” </p>
<p>Nobody is saying all minorities are criminals; but even Jesse Jackson seemed to agree that in an urban setting, most criminals are minorities.</p>
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<p>I have no qualms with your statement. But please, no one in their right mind listens to that idiot, Jesse Jackson.</p>
<p>I can see alot of you are trying to be Politically correct and sugar coat bad neighborhoods. The people ask these questions because they are concerned about the safety of their sons and daughters. you are not helping by sugar coating it and afraid to say something bad about a neighboehood.</p>
<p>We Visited several universities, and I can tell you from experience. </p>
<p>Ohio State, is a PIT
University of Cincinnati, is a PIT
University of Chicago, Beautiful school in the middle of a PIT
University of Kentucky, surrounded by bad neighborhoods but campus was nice
University of Illinois, OK
Illinois State, OK
Eastern Illinois University, OK
University of Akron, a PIT
Northwestern, Nice, some ruff neighborhood but not bad
Grand Valley State, very Nice
Notre Dame, Very Nice
University of Wisconsin, Nice some ruff around but it’s ok
University Of Pittsburgh, Pretty rough
Purdue, Nice some ruff around but it’s ok
University Of Minnesota Twin Cities, pretty bad neighborhood</p>
<p>Wow, thanks for bumping this particular old thread up :rolleyes:</p>
<p>There is a huge crime problem at University of Maryland. Students get mugged there on a regular basis. Actually, the police are part of the problem too. They beat a student up who was doing nothing and it was caught on tape. The student’s grandfather was a retired judge. This has opened up a HUGE investigation into police brutality in College Park. The FBI is now in control of the investigation as it wasn’t going anywhere by county officials investigating. When the county executive is arrested, you know the issues are all over Prince George’s County. Yes it is a nice campus, awful town. UVA also a problem with crime. These stats are not easy to come by because what college wants to advertise their crime issues. It’s really an awful problem. I tell my daughter this "if you have to call the police, make sure it’s NOT THE CAMPUS POLICE! Oh, yeah, and when the college tells you that they will make available information to all students regarding crimes committed on their campus for protection, it is not beiing done on timely basis. In other words, it can be days later, usually after it gets out on a blog…</p>