Dive Brief:
- A Syracuse.com analysis has found that Cazenovia College has the highest rate of forcible sex offenses per capita of all New York colleges and universities — 12.12 per 1,000 students.
- Rounding out the top five on the sex offense list, on a per-student basis, in New York are Vassar College at 12.05, Hamilton College at 10.08, Bard College with 9.82, and the Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany BOCES, which reports because it offers college courses, at 9.62.
- The five schools with the largest overall number of reported sex offenses are SUNY at Stony Brook with 37, Rochester Institute of Technology with 33, Vassar College at 29, the University of Rochester at 28, and Syracuse University with 27.
Dive Insight:
These figures, based on the latest data available from Clery Act reporting, come with the somewhat obvious caveat that some schools will have lower numbers because they aren’t doing a good job of collecting the information. Also, the figures count reported incidents, not arrests or convictions. Forcible sex offenses include rape, sodomy, fondling, and sexual assault with an object. The statewide average for the 590 higher ed institutions is 0.36 per 1,000. Syracuse.com offers a link to look up any college or university in New York.
