179 Arrests Occured at Massachusetts College Campuses

179

Total Arrests

100

On-Campus Arrests

For the calendar year 2023, 179 arrests made at Massachusetts colleges. The arrest rate per 1,000 students is 0.26 at Massachusetts college campues. By violation type, there were 24 weapon-related arrests, 50 drug law violation arrests, and 105 liquor law violation arrests.

Of the 100 total on-campus arrests at Massachusetts colleges,

  • 11.00% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related arrests rate per 1,000 students is 0.02.
  • 11.00% were drug law violation arrests, and the on-campus durg law violation arrest per 1,000 students is 0.02.
  • 78.00% were liquor law vioation arrests, and the on-campus liquor law violation arrest rate per 1,000 students is 0.11.

For all arrests, there were 100 on-campus, 13 non-campus, 66 public property, and 3 residence hall arrests made last year. (The number for on-campus arrests includes residence hall arrests).

Arrests statistics at Massachusetts Colleges
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1Rate per 1000 Students
Total179100136630.26
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)241121110.04
Drug Law Violation501153420.07
Liquor Law Violation1057862100.15
Rate Per 1000 Students0.260.150.020.100.00-
1 The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Arrests Statistics for Massachusetts Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the arrests statistics between colleges in Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts Colleges
StateEnrollmentTotal ArrestsRate per 1000 StudentsWeapons (carrying, processing, etc.)Drug Law ViolationLiquor Law Violation
Hult International Business School2,00300.00000
Hult International Business School - London Undergraduate Campus-0-000
American International College2,14210.47100
Amherst College1,91000.00000
Anna Maria College1,33200.00000
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School4800.00000
Assumption University2,04600.00000
Babson College3,94300.00000
Bancroft School of Massage Therapy5100.00000
Bay Path University2,64300.00000
Bentley University5,26400.00000
Berklee College of Music8,44800.00000
Berklee College of Music - Valencia Campus-0-000
Boston Architectural College78700.00000
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc16900.00000
Boston College15,28000.00000
Boston University36,62410.03010
Boston University - Boston University Medical Campus-2-200
Boston University - School of Social Work, Bedford-0-000
Brandeis University5,30200.00000
Bridgewater State University9,55030.31012
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing15200.00000
Bunker Hill Community College8,54500.00000
Bunker Hill Community College - Chelsea Campus-0-000
Cape Cod Community College2,60400.00000
Cape Cod Community College - Plymouth Aviation-0-000
Cape Cod Community College - Funeral Service Program Campus-0-000
Clark University4,12400.00000
Curry College1,99400.00000
Dean College1,15100.00000
National Aviation Academy of New England21000.00000
Eastern Nazarene College45800.00000
Emerson College5,67010.18100
Emmanuel College2,05900.00000
Endicott College4,25400.00000
Fisher College1,50100.00000
Fitchburg State University6,29600.00000
Framingham State University4,02800.00000
Gordon College1,61000.00000
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary1,37300.00000
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary - Boston Campus-0-000
Hampshire College71700.00000
Harvard University30,38600.00000
Harvard University - Longwood Campus-0-000
College of the Holy Cross3,03500.00000
Lasell University1,52700.00000
Lesley University3,13400.00000
University of Massachusetts-Lowell16,77000.00000
University of Massachusetts-Lowell - Lowell-Haverhill-0-000
University of Massachusetts-Amherst31,810762.390373
University of Massachusetts-Boston15,81010.06100
Massachusetts Bay Community College3,97300.00000
MCPHS University6,32100.00000
MCPHS University - MCPHS, Worcester Campus-0-000
Massachusetts College of Art and Design1,98600.00000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology11,92000.00000
Massachusetts Maritime Academy1,36200.00000
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School1,39421.43200
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School - Baystate Regional Campus-0-000
Merrimack College5,68800.00000
Middlesex Community College8,28000.00000
Middlesex Community College - Lowell Campus-0-000
Mount Holyoke College2,33000.00000
Mount Wachusett Community College3,20400.00000
The New England Conservatory of Music78400.00000
New England Law-Boston1,08300.00000
Nichols College1,35400.00000
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts93300.00000
North Shore Community College4,83300.00000
North Shore Community College - Lynn Campus-0-000
Northeastern University31,15950.16230
Northeastern University - London Campus-0-000
Northern Essex Community College - Lawrence Campus-0-000
College of Our Lady of the Elms1,33200.00000
Quincy College2,60300.00000
Quinsigamond Community College6,93000.00000
Regis College2,84200.00000
Roxbury Community College1,63110.61100
Salem State University6,23930.48012
Simmons University5,05300.00000
Smith College2,83000.00000
Springfield College2,78500.00000
Springfield Technical Community College4,56100.00000
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth7,75900.00000
Stonehill College2,58400.00000
Suffolk University6,69700.00000
Tufts University13,27400.00000
Tufts University - Boston Health Sciences Campus-0-000
Tufts University - Grafton Campus-0-000
Tufts University - School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts-0-000
Wellesley College2,41800.00000
Wentworth Institute of Technology4,01800.00000
Western New England University3,57410.28001
Westfield State University4,55500.00000
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)1,77821.12110
Williams College2,16800.00000
Worcester Polytechnic Institute7,35300.00000
Worcester State University5,61100.00000
Bard College - Bard College at Simon's Rock-0-000
Rob Roy Academy-Worcester12100.00000
Motoring Technical Training Institute32800.00000
Urban College of Boston72811.37010
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering40200.00000
Total678,7601790.26111178