For the calendar year 2023, 1,544 arrests made at Pennsylvania colleges. The arrest rate per 1,000 students is 1.68 at Pennsylvania college campues. By violation type, there were 65 weapon-related arrests, 511 drug law violation arrests, and 968 liquor law violation arrests.
Of the 1,147 total on-campus arrests at Pennsylvania colleges,
For all arrests, there were 1,147 on-campus, 82 non-campus, 315 public property, and 714 residence hall arrests made last year. (The number for on-campus arrests includes residence hall arrests).
| Total | On-Campus | Non-Campus | Public Properties | Residence Halls1 | Rate per 1000 Students | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,544 | 1,147 | 82 | 315 | 714 | 1.68 |
| Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.) | 65 | 29 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 0.07 |
| Drug Law Violation | 511 | 298 | 62 | 151 | 136 | 0.55 |
| Liquor Law Violation | 968 | 820 | 9 | 139 | 574 | 1.05 |
| Rate Per 1000 Students | 1.68 | 1.25 | 0.09 | 0.34 | 0.78 | - |
The following table summarizes and compares the arrests statistics between colleges in Pennsylvania. It includes only on-campus incidents rather than non-campus and public properties.
| State | Enrollment | Total Arrests | Rate per 1000 Students | Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.) | Drug Law Violation | Liquor Law Violation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 285 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albright College | 1,652 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Community College of Allegheny County | 10,451 | 2 | 0.19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Community College of Allegheny County - North Campus | - | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Community College of Allegheny County - Homewood-Brushton Center | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allegheny College | 1,231 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Beauty Institute | 61 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeSales University | 2,919 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alvernia University | 2,485 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alvernia University - John R. Post Center at Reading CollegeTowne Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Beauty Institute-Ambler - The Beauty Institute-Philadelphia | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arcadia University | 3,142 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryn Mawr College | 1,666 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bucknell University | 3,892 | 1 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bucks County Community College | 6,098 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bucks County Community College - Upper Bucks Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bucks County Community College - Epstein Campus at Lower Bucks | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butler County Community College | 2,468 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlow University | 2,310 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 15,596 | 8 | 0.51 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Carnegie Mellon University - Qatar | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedar Crest College | 1,248 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Penn College | 827 | 1 | 1.21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chatham University | 2,319 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chestnut Hill College | 1,402 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 724 | 2 | 2.76 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Institute of Music | 159 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delaware County Community College | 7,638 | 1 | 0.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Delaware County Community College - Upper Darby Center | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delaware Valley University | 2,189 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dickinson College | 2,217 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Douglas Education Center | 200 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drexel University | 21,703 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drexel University - Center City Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drexel University - Queen Lane Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duquesne University | 8,137 | 10 | 1.23 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 5,460 | 27 | 4.95 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| Eastern University | 6,981 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elizabethtown College | 2,152 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Empire Beauty School-York | 95 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Empire Beauty School-Lancaster | 87 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin and Marshall College | 1,911 | 1 | 0.52 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Franklin and Marshall College - Bath England Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gannon University | 4,548 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geneva College | 1,258 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gettysburg College | 2,895 | 8 | 2.76 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Gratz College | 482 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gwynedd Mercy University | 2,165 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harcum College | 936 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haverford College | 1,424 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Commonwealth Technical Institute | 132 | 2 | 15.15 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Holy Family University | 3,148 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Immaculata University | 2,407 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 9,246 | 37 | 4.00 | 1 | 9 | 27 |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus - Punxsutawney Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson College | 627 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juniata College | 1,292 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keystone College | 1,051 | 1 | 0.95 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| King's College | 1,932 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 7,416 | 54 | 7.28 | 1 | 7 | 46 |
| La Roche University | 2,618 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Salle University | 3,554 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lackawanna College | 1,939 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lafayette College | 2,764 | 1 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lancaster Bible College | 2,455 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lebanon Valley College | 2,142 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lehigh Carbon Community College | 6,385 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lehigh University | 7,590 | 5 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lincoln University | 1,848 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing | 91 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lycoming College | 1,063 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marywood University | 2,850 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mercyhurst University | 2,668 | 2 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Messiah University | 3,344 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Messiah University - Winding Hill Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 6,732 | 19 | 2.82 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania - Ware Center | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Misericordia University | 2,107 | 6 | 2.85 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Moore College of Art and Design | 399 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moravian University | 2,658 | 1 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mount Aloysius College | 2,967 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muhlenberg College | 1,818 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neumann University | 2,171 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northampton County Area Community College | 8,695 | 11 | 1.27 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Northampton County Area Community College - Pocono Campus | - | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Northampton County Area Community College - The Fowler Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania Institute of Technology | 662 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 3,323 | 2 | 0.60 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington | 456 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango | 332 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre | 353 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton | 838 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley | 954 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 2,421 | 33 | 13.63 | 0 | 9 | 24 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 504 | 7 | 13.89 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 1,944 | 2 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 4,651 | 8 | 1.72 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 1,223 | 2 | 1.64 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 510 | 2 | 3.92 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 50,399 | 229 | 4.54 | 1 | 65 | 163 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus - Hershey College of Medicine | - | 18 | - | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 361 | 3 | 8.31 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 588 | 1 | 1.70 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 3,095 | 11 | 3.55 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 650 | 2 | 3.08 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York | 707 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peirce College | 872 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | 141 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | 323 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 28,711 | 3 | 0.10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cairn University-Langhorne | 1,056 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | 3,027 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Community College of Philadelphia | 12,224 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 1,003 | 2 | 1.99 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 1,326 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 1,940 | 20 | 10.31 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 34,525 | 34 | 0.98 | 0 | 4 | 30 |
| Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc | 402 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Point Park University | 3,299 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing | 55 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reading Area Community College | 4,788 | 3 | 0.63 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences | 270 | 1 | 3.70 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Morris University | 4,737 | 6 | 1.27 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Rosemont College | 777 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Francis University | 2,835 | 1 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint Joseph's University | 7,201 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Joseph's University - University City Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Vincent College | 1,442 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Scranton | 4,825 | 3 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Seton Hill University | 1,984 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharon Regional School of Nursing | 37 | 3 | 81.08 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Laurel Technical Institute | 160 | 2 | 12.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 5,184 | 54 | 10.42 | 0 | 14 | 40 |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 8,350 | 61 | 7.31 | 0 | 7 | 54 |
| The Beauty Institute | 51 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Susquehanna University | 2,247 | 3 | 1.34 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Swarthmore College | 1,644 | 11 | 6.69 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology | 1,453 | 4 | 2.75 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Temple University | 30,205 | 4 | 0.13 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Temple University - Health Science Campus | - | 3 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Temple University - School of Podiatric Medicine | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thiel College | 920 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | 8,315 | 1 | 0.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Jefferson University - Thomas Jefferson University East Falls Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Triangle Tech Inc-Pittsburgh | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ursinus College | 1,492 | 1 | 0.67 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Valley Forge | 573 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valley Forge Military College | 86 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Villanova University | 10,111 | 6 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Washington Health System School of Nursing | 39 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington & Jefferson College | 1,162 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waynesburg University | 1,315 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17,076 | 218 | 12.77 | 0 | 12 | 206 |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania - West Chester University Philadelphia Center | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Westminster College | 1,203 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Widener University | 5,610 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilkes University | 5,198 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilson College | 1,694 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| York College of Pennsylvania | 3,720 | 13 | 3.49 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| YTI Career Institute-York | 497 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County | 76 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fayette County Career & Technical Institute Practical Nursing Program | 69 | 1 | 14.49 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology | 4,307 | 13 | 3.02 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center | 174 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine | 4,117 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine - LECOM at Seton Hill | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Madeline Aveda Institute - Neshaminy | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Madeline Aveda Institute - University City Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| York County School of Technology-Adult & Continuing Education | 288 | 2 | 6.94 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jefferson County Dubois Area Vocational Technical Practical Nursing Program | 25 | 5 | 200.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lenape Technical School Practical Nursing Program | 71 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lancaster County Career and Technology Center | 250 | 7 | 28.00 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Lebanon County Area Vocational Technical School | 64 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana County Technology Center | 90 | 1 | 11.11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Northern Tier Career Center | 37 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hazleton Area Career Center | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UPMC Mercy School of Nursing | 305 | 12 | 39.34 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center | 59 | 1 | 16.95 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences | 1,770 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrisburg University of Science and Technology | 3,558 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrisburg University of Science and Technology - Harrisburg University of Science and Technology - Philadelphia | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Automotive Training Center-Warminster | 275 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Empire Beauty School-North Hills | 59 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine | 649 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine - Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Wilkes Barre -South Campus | - | 14 | - | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine - Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine -Central Danville Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine - Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine-Guthrie Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine - Geisinger School of Nursing | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine - Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine-West Campus | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Somerset County Technology Center | 50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Metro Beauty Academy | 174 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Berks Career & Technology Center | 47 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fountain of Youth Academy of Cosmetology | 52 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Empire Beauty School-Cheltenham | 151 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Studio Incamminati | 40 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Barber and Beauty Academy | 118 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| European Medical School of Massage | 23 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| European Medical School of Massage - Branch | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Health and Technology Training Institute | 57 | 3 | 52.63 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| The Salon Professional Academy | 72 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Bloomsburg | - | 55 | - | 0 | 13 | 42 |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Lock Haven - Main Campus | - | 6 | - | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Mansfield | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Mansfield - Sayre Campus | - | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania Western University - Pennsylvania Western University: California/Main Campus | - | 3 | - | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania Western University - Pennsylvania Western University: Clarion Campus | - | 9 | - | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Pennsylvania Western University - Pennsylvania Western University: Edinboro Campus | - | 14 | - | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Lehigh Career & Technical Institute | 12 | 20 | 1,666.67 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Total | 920,821 | 1,544 | 1.68 | 29 | 298 | 820 |