6,495 Disciplinary Actions Occured at Massachusetts College Campuses

6,495

Total Disciplinary Actions

6,058

On-Campus Disciplinary Actions

For the calendar year 2023, 6,495 disciplinary actions made at Massachusetts colleges. The disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 9.57 at Massachusetts college campues. By violation type, there were 71 weapon-related, 540 drug law violation, and 5,884 liquor law violation disciplinary actions.

Of the 6,058 total on-campus disciplinary actions at Massachusetts colleges,

  • 1.11% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 0.10.
  • 8.90% were drug law violation, and the on-campus durg law violation disciplinary action per 1,000 students is 0.79.
  • 90.00% were liquor law vioation, and the on-campus liquor law violation disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 8.03.

For all disciplinary actions, there were 6,058 on-campus, 413 non-campus, 24 public property, and 6,058 residence hall disciplinary actions made last year. (The number for on-campus disciplinary actions includes residence hall disciplinary actions).

Disciplinary Actions statistics at Massachusetts Colleges
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1Rate per 1000 Students
Total6,4956,058413246,0589.57
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)716704670.10
Drug Law Violation540539015390.80
Liquor Law Violation5,8845,452413195,4528.67
Rate Per 1000 Students9.578.930.610.048.93-
1 The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Disciplinary Actions Statistics for Massachusetts Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the disciplinary actions 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 Disciplinary Actions Statistics at Massachusetts Colleges
StateEnrollmentTotal Disciplinary ActionsRate per 1000 StudentsWeapons (carrying, processing, etc.)Drug Law ViolationLiquor Law Violation
Hult International Business School2,003199.490217
Hult International Business School - London Undergraduate Campus-3-003
American International College2,1425023.340248
Amherst College1,910126.281011
Anna Maria College1,3323526.2801025
Assabet Valley Regional Technical School4810208.330100
Assumption University2,0467134.704067
Babson College3,9439423.840094
Bancroft School of Massage Therapy5100.00000
Bay Path University2,64310.38001
Bentley University5,26415128.69245104
Berklee College of Music8,44810111.9602378
Berklee College of Music - Valencia Campus-1-010
Boston Architectural College78700.00000
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc16900.00000
Boston College15,28071246.607139566
Boston University36,6242827.7000282
Boston University - Boston University Medical Campus-0-000
Boston University - School of Social Work, Bedford-0-000
Brandeis University5,3026913.010069
Bridgewater State University9,55020020.9400200
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 University4,1248821.3401078
Curry College1,9945025.081049
Dean College1,1518069.5001169
National Aviation Academy of New England21000.00000
Eastern Nazarene College458436951.97222412
Emerson College5,67036664.5514361
Emmanuel College2,0597837.880573
Endicott College4,25434079.92556279
Fisher College1,5012315.320023
Fitchburg State University6,296579.051056
Framingham State University4,02800.00000
Gordon College1,6101911.802314
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary1,37300.00000
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary - Boston Campus-0-000
Hampshire College7171926.500118
Harvard University30,38630.10030
Harvard University - Longwood Campus-0-000
College of the Holy Cross3,0359430.970292
Lasell University1,5275536.0212133
Lesley University3,134185.740216
University of Massachusetts-Lowell16,7701036.1420101
University of Massachusetts-Lowell - Lowell-Haverhill-0-000
University of Massachusetts-Amherst31,8101494.6800149
University of Massachusetts-Boston15,810825.1921466
Massachusetts Bay Community College3,97310.25010
MCPHS University6,321253.960025
MCPHS University - MCPHS, Worcester Campus-0-000
Massachusetts College of Art and Design1,98663.02015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology11,920433.610043
Massachusetts Maritime Academy1,36264.41006
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School1,39400.00000
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School - Baystate Regional Campus-0-000
Merrimack College5,68844077.3600440
Middlesex Community College8,28000.00000
Middlesex Community College - Lowell Campus-0-000
Mount Holyoke College2,3303414.5901222
Mount Wachusett Community College3,20400.00000
The New England Conservatory of Music78422.55002
New England Law-Boston1,08300.00000
Nichols College1,3544835.450048
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts9332425.720222
North Shore Community College4,83300.00000
North Shore Community College - Lynn Campus-0-000
Northeastern University31,1592227.1220220
Northeastern University - London Campus-0-000
Northern Essex Community College - Lawrence Campus-0-000
College of Our Lady of the Elms1,33243.00004
Quincy College2,60351.92230
Quinsigamond Community College6,93000.00000
Regis College2,842144.930014
Roxbury Community College1,63100.00000
Salem State University6,239325.130230
Simmons University5,053173.360017
Smith College2,830165.650511
Springfield College2,7858831.602086
Springfield Technical Community College4,56110.22100
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth7,759546.960252
Stonehill College2,58425297.5281243
Suffolk University6,69712218.2208114
Tufts University13,27417713.33126150
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-2-002
Wellesley College2,41820.83002
Wentworth Institute of Technology4,0188821.901087
Western New England University3,57411431.9050109
Westfield State University4,5559821.5161973
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)1,7784827.001839
Williams College2,16820.92200
Worcester Polytechnic Institute7,353618.303652
Worcester State University5,61110919.4312682
Bard College - Bard College at Simon's Rock-30-1218
Rob Roy Academy-Worcester12100.00000
Motoring Technical Training Institute32800.00000
Urban College of Boston72800.00000
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering40200.00000
Total678,7606,4959.57675395,452