206 Arrests Occured at West Virginia College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, 206 arrests made at West Virginia colleges. The arrest rate per 1,000 students is 2.02 at West Virginia college campues. By violation type, there were 2 weapon-related arrests, 61 drug law violation arrests, and 143 liquor law violation arrests.

Of the 120 total on-campus arrests at West Virginia colleges,

1.67% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related arrests rate per 1,000 students is 0.02.
31.67% were drug law violation arrests, and the on-campus durg law violation arrest per 1,000 students is 0.37.
66.67% were liquor law vioation arrests, and the on-campus liquor law violation arrest rate per 1,000 students is 0.79.

For all arrests, there were 120 on-campus, 1 non-campus, 85 public property, and 48 residence hall arrests made last year. (The number for on-campus arrests includes residence hall arrests).

Arrests statistics at West Virginia Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	206	120	1	85	48	2.02
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	2	2	0	0	0	0.02
Drug Law Violation	61	38	0	23	6	0.60
Liquor Law Violation	143	80	1	62	42	1.40
Rate Per 1000 Students	2.02	1.18	0.01	0.83	0.47	-

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

Arrests Statistics for West Virginia Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the arrests statistics between colleges in West Virginia. 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 Arrests Statistics at West Virginia Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Arrests	Rate per 1000 Students	Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	Drug Law Violation	Liquor Law Violation
Ben Franklin Career Center	99	0	0.00	0	0	0
Bethany College	671	0	0.00	0	0	0
Bluefield State University	1,270	0	0.00	0	0	0
University of Charleston	2,758	0	0.00	0	0	0
Davis & Elkins College	683	0	0.00	0	0	0
Fairmont State University	3,307	0	0.00	0	0	0
Glenville State University	1,633	1	0.61	0	1	0
Marshall University	11,027	15	1.36	1	5	9
Marshall University - Medical Science Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Morgantown Beauty College Inc	74	0	0.00	0	0	0
Potomac State College of West Virginia University	1,143	8	7.00	0	3	5
Academy of Careers and Technology	147	0	0.00	0	0	0
Salem University	894	0	0.00	0	0	0
Shepherd University	3,318	2	0.60	0	2	0
West Virginia State University	3,458	0	0.00	0	0	0
West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition	61	13	213.11	0	4	9
West Liberty University	2,348	20	8.52	0	6	14
West Virginia University Institute of Technology	1,448	5	3.45	0	5	0
West Virginia Wesleyan College	991	0	0.00	0	0	0
West Virginia Northern Community College	1,263	0	0.00	0	0	0
West Virginia University	24,200	54	2.23	1	10	43
West Virginia University - WVU School of Nursing - Bridgeport Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Wheeling University	748	0	0.00	0	0	0
Pierpont Community and Technical College - Gaston Caperton Center	-	2	-	0	2	0
Pierpont Community and Technical College - Culinary Academy	-	0	-	0	0	0
New River Community and Technical College	1,262	0	0.00	0	0	0
Total	101,908	206	2.02	2	38	80

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