125,525 Disciplinary Actions Occured at U.S. College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, 125,525 disciplinary actions made at U.S. colleges. The disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 1.60 at U.S college campues. By violation type, there were 1,405 weapon-related, 27,982 drug law violation, and 96,138 liquor law violation disciplinary actions.

Of the 121,728 total on-campus disciplinary actions at U.S. colleges,

1.06% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 0.02.
22.07% were drug law violation, and the on-campus durg law violation disciplinary action per 1,000 students is 0.34.
76.87% were liquor law vioation, and the on-campus liquor law violation disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 1.19.

For all disciplinary actions, there were 121,728 on-campus, 2,540 non-campus, 1,257 public property, and 121,728 residence hall disciplinary actions made last year. (The number for on-campus disciplinary actions includes residence hall disciplinary actions).

Disciplinary Actions statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	125,525	121,728	2,540	1,257	121,728	1.60
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1,405	1,294	51	60	1,294	0.02
Drug Law Violation	27,982	26,863	643	476	26,863	0.36
Liquor Law Violation	96,138	93,571	1,846	721	93,571	1.22
Rate Per 1000 Students	1.60	1.55	0.03	0.02	1.55	-

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

Disciplinary Actions Statistics by State

The following table summarizes and compares the number of disciplinary actions. It only includes on-campus incidents, excluding ones at non-campus and pubic properties. You can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the column title.

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

On-campus Disciplinary Actions by State
State	Enrollment	Total Disciplinary Actions	Rate per 1000 Students	Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	Drug Law Violation	Liquor Law Violation
Alaska	279,062	148	0.56	0	32	116
Alabama	1,036,569	1,782	1.75	46	317	1,419
Arkansas	313,492	979	3.21	12	254	713
American Samoa	3,770	0	0.00	0	0	0
Arizona	2,332,432	3,363	1.46	5	414	2,944
California	7,152,807	5,804	0.93	92	1,791	3,921
Colorado	727,476	4,138	5.75	10	893	3,235
Connecticut	872,933	2,485	2.88	8	556	1,921
District of Columbia	820,203	1,524	1.90	3	298	1,223
Delaware	269,642	100	0.37	5	57	38
Florida	8,356,879	2,985	0.38	57	845	2,083
Federated States of Micronesia	10,440	6	1.34	0	0	6
Georgia	2,055,690	2,776	1.41	66	932	1,778
Guam	4,400	0	0.00	0	0	0
Hawaii	210,445	476	2.26	1	147	328
Iowa	856,257	2,169	2.54	12	504	1,653
Idaho	400,141	419	1.39	2	35	382
Illinois	2,155,191	4,074	1.91	46	1,014	3,014
Indiana	4,972,568	6,100	1.25	23	1,003	5,074
Kansas	804,101	1,767	2.20	31	490	1,246
Kentucky	1,534,562	1,498	0.98	8	269	1,221
Louisiana	718,413	234	0.34	6	175	53
Massachusetts	1,318,321	6,058	4.93	67	539	5,452
Maryland	1,583,194	1,167	0.77	18	295	854
Maine	223,528	1,822	8.20	3	354	1,465
Marshall Islands	2,432	0	0.00	0	0	0
Michigan	1,713,421	2,745	1.61	30	677	2,038
Minnesota	731,592	2,092	2.91	10	356	1,726
Missouri	1,527,782	1,658	1.10	18	335	1,305
Northern Marianas	3,759	0	0.00	0	0	0
Mississippi	440,020	615	1.45	28	245	342
Montana	199,626	844	4.27	2	125	717
North Carolina	1,891,977	5,215	2.83	110	1,494	3,611
North Dakota	115,435	745	6.59	2	45	698
Nebraska	416,442	1,491	3.77	12	157	1,322
New Hampshire	276,434	2,189	7.98	2	241	1,946
New Jersey	1,786,503	1,473	0.84	35	312	1,126
New Mexico	406,837	691	1.80	64	171	456
Nevada	561,178	216	0.38	0	61	155
New York	4,053,066	10,381	2.61	128	2,750	7,503
Ohio	1,607,197	4,224	2.69	48	1,247	2,929
Oklahoma	564,998	1,164	2.13	16	267	881
Oregon	808,927	1,649	2.07	7	413	1,229
Pennsylvania	1,813,706	8,069	4.58	67	2,023	5,979
Puerto Rico	773,423	1	0.00	0	0	1
Palau	387	0	0.00	0	0	0
Rhode Island	206,283	1,793	8.72	7	33	1,753
South Carolina	955,729	2,739	2.91	28	512	2,199
South Dakota	70,851	501	7.11	3	23	475
Tennessee	934,663	2,004	2.24	22	442	1,540
Texas	10,555,094	4,229	0.41	44	968	3,217
Utah	1,762,033	455	0.26	2	118	335
Virginia	2,843,961	3,990	1.45	27	889	3,074
Virgin Islands	33,655	0	0.00	0	0	0
Vermont	70,044	1,230	17.63	2	300	928
Washington	1,135,958	2,001	1.80	24	567	1,410
Wisconsin	1,063,457	4,085	3.95	22	665	3,398
West Virginia	288,137	948	3.40	12	183	753
Wyoming	48,052	417	8.68	1	30	386
Total	78,675,575	125,525	1.60	1,294	26,863	93,571

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