2,176 Disciplinary Actions Occured at Iowa College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, 2,176 disciplinary actions made at Iowa colleges. The disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 8.34 at Iowa college campues. By violation type, there were 13 weapon-related, 504 drug law violation, and 1,659 liquor law violation disciplinary actions.

Of the 2,169 total on-campus disciplinary actions at Iowa colleges,

0.55% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 0.05.
23.24% were drug law violation, and the on-campus durg law violation disciplinary action per 1,000 students is 1.93.
76.21% were liquor law vioation, and the on-campus liquor law violation disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 6.34.

For all disciplinary actions, there were 2,169 on-campus, 2 non-campus, 5 public property, and 2,169 residence hall disciplinary actions made last year. (The number for on-campus disciplinary actions includes residence hall disciplinary actions).

Disciplinary Actions statistics at Iowa Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	2,176	2,169	2	5	2,169	8.34
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	13	12	1	0	12	0.05
Drug Law Violation	504	504	0	0	504	1.93
Liquor Law Violation	1,659	1,653	1	5	1,653	6.36
Rate Per 1000 Students	8.34	8.31	0.01	0.02	8.31	-

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Disciplinary Actions Statistics for Iowa Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the disciplinary actions statistics between colleges in Iowa. It includes only on-campus incidents rather than non-campus and public properties.

Last Update: April 22, 2025 | Data source: CSS (Campus Safety and Security), OPE

On-campus Disciplinary Actions Statistics at Iowa Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Disciplinary Actions	Rate per 1000 Students	Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	Drug Law Violation	Liquor Law Violation
Allen College	489	0	0.00	0	0	0
Briar Cliff University	940	7	7.45	0	0	7
Buena Vista University	1,951	40	20.50	0	16	24
Central College	1,095	85	77.63	0	5	80
Clarke University	1,025	12	11.71	0	7	5
Coe College	1,278	20	15.65	0	3	17
Cornell College	1,084	29	26.75	0	18	11
Des Moines Area Community College	24,418	1	0.04	0	1	0
Des Moines Area Community College - Des Moines Area Community College - Boone Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0
Dordt University	1,929	8	4.15	0	0	8
Drake University	4,504	69	15.32	1	2	66
University of Dubuque	1,795	197	109.75	0	36	161
Ellsworth Community College	685	19	27.74	0	3	16
Eastern Iowa Community College District - Muscatine Community College	-	0	-	0	0	0
Graceland University-Lamoni	1,195	49	41.00	0	29	20
Grand View University	1,796	97	54.01	0	32	65
Grinnell College	1,775	36	20.28	0	3	33
Hawkeye Community College - The Van G. Miller Adult Learning Center	-	0	-	0	0	0
Indian Hills Community College	3,236	16	4.94	1	9	6
Indian Hills Community College - Centerville Campus	-	18	-	1	6	11
Iowa Central Community College	4,909	63	12.83	3	19	41
Iowa Lakes Community College	2,024	9	4.45	0	1	8
Iowa Lakes Community College - Iowa Lakes Community College - Emmetsburg	-	17	-	0	0	17
Iowa State University	30,177	252	8.35	0	10	242
Iowa Western Community College	5,503	218	39.61	1	81	136
Iowa Western Community College - Clarinda Center	-	0	-	0	0	0
University of Iowa	30,042	144	4.79	0	15	129
Kirkwood Community College	12,660	1	0.08	0	1	0
Kirkwood Community College - Linn County Regional Center	-	1	-	1	0	0
Loras College	1,213	57	46.99	0	14	43
Luther College	1,463	15	10.25	0	0	15
Maharishi International University	2,666	1	0.38	0	1	0
Marshalltown Community College	1,870	35	18.72	1	0	34
Mercy College of Health Sciences	907	0	0.00	0	0	0
Morningside University	2,158	87	40.32	0	22	65
Mount Mercy University	1,451	1	0.69	0	1	0
North Iowa Area Community College	2,471	65	26.31	1	4	60
University of Northern Iowa	9,013	99	10.98	0	10	89
Northwestern College	1,665	7	4.20	0	2	5
Northeast Iowa Community College - Peosta Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Northeast Iowa Community College - Cresco Center	-	0	-	0	0	0
Northeast Iowa Community College - Manchester Center	-	0	-	0	0	0
Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center	1,521	0	0.00	0	0	0
Palmer College of Chiropractic	2,219	0	0.00	0	0	0
Saint Ambrose University	2,703	102	37.74	0	90	12
Saint Ambrose University - Center for Communications and Social Development	-	0	-	0	0	0
St Luke's College	196	0	0.00	0	0	0
Simpson College	1,163	59	50.73	0	6	53
Southeastern Community College	2,562	12	4.68	1	0	11
Southwestern Community College	1,633	32	19.60	0	3	29
Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City	40	0	0.00	0	0	0
Upper Iowa University	3,102	14	4.51	0	6	8
Waldorf University	2,657	69	25.97	1	10	58
Wartburg College	1,472	14	9.51	0	6	8
Western Iowa Tech Community College	5,071	43	8.48	0	7	36
William Penn University	1,536	48	31.25	0	24	24
Mercy-St Luke's School of Radiologic Technology	21	0	0.00	0	0	0
Total	260,885	2,176	8.34	12	504	1,653

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