Sioux County, Iowa — The top two safest college campuses in Iowa are both in Sioux County, according to one source.
Northwestern College in Orange City and Dordt University in Sioux Center have been named numbers one and two in that order, of the safest college campus in Iowa and two of the safest college campuses in America, according to Niche’s 2025 Best Colleges rankings.
We are told the 2025 Safest College Campuses ranking looks at “top-ranked colleges [that] offer a safe and healthy environment with little to no campus crime, drugs, or alcohol usage.”
