Yale University
- Health & Safety

Yale could definitely be safer.

New Haven already has some danger, so Yale is not the safest campus given that it is located in a sketchy city. Yale has also had some safety issues on campus these past few years: A few suicides, a murder, a machine shop accident, etc. So Yale could be better. That said, the Yale Police do a pretty good job of keeping campus and the immediately surrounding area relatively safe. Most of the muggings are graduate students who live off-campus.

Yale Security

Campus security is second only to airforce one's security. Chief R. Higgins- has this s*** on lock. Yale is basically in a bubble and the campus security combined with the New Haven police force keeps the crazies at bay. Honestly, Yale has a 19 billion dollar endowment- they put a lot of that into their students' safety.

Heavy Security

The university does everything in its power to keep the students safe. There are always plenty of security officers roaming around campus (and they are very friendly, I must add). There are plenty of options for late night transportation (such as the mini-bus and security escort service) so students don't have to walk back to their dorms alone. There are also many "blue lights" scattered around campus. These devices have an emergency button you can press and security will be on site within the minute. They also have a phone attached so you can request a security escort. As far as I know, every residential college dean and freshman counselor provides freshmen with their cell phone numbers within the first week for emergency purposes as well. Security tries its best to keep the students aware of situations on campus, and although I receive more emails from the police chief about muggings than I would prefer, I generally feel very safe on campus.