Statistics and data

For Union College crime statistics, please visit the Union College Campus Safety website.

New York State Education Law 129-B requires institutions to facilitate a campus climate survey regarding sexual assault every two years.

You can review Union College's 2023 Sexual Assault Climate Survey results here.

You can review Union College's 2021 Sexual Assault Climate Survey results here.

You can review Union College's 2019 Sexual Assault Climate Survey results here.

Sexual violence on campus is pervasive.

• 11.2% of all students experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation (among all graduate and undergraduate students). Source 2
• Among graduate and professional students, 8.8% of females and 2.2% of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation. Source 2
• Among undergraduate students, 23.1% of females and 5.4% of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation. Source 2
• 4.2% of students have experienced stalking since entering college. Source 2

Student or not, college-age adults are at high risk for sexual violence.

• Male college-aged students (18-24) are 78% more likely than non-students of the same age to be a victim of rape or sexual assault. Source 1
• Female college-aged students (18-24) are 20% less likely than non-students of the same age to be a victim of rape or sexual assault. Source 1

Sources:

1. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Rape and Sexual Victimization Among College-Aged Females, 1995-2013 (2014).

2. David Cantor, Bonnie Fisher, Susan Chibnall, Reanna Townsend, et. al. Association of American Universities (AAU), Report on the AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct (September 21, 2015).

• More than 50% of college sexual assaults occur in either August, September, October, or November.
• Students are at an increased risk during the first few months of their first and second semesters in college.

Source: Campus Sexual Assault Study, 2007; Matthew Kimble, Andrada Neacsiu, et. Al, Risk of Unwanted Sex for College Women: Evidence for a Red Zone, Journal of American College Health (2008).

• Campus Sexual Assault Study (2007)
• Risk of Unwanted Sex for College Women: Evidence for a Red Zone (2008)