227 Arrests Occured at Montana College Campuses

227

Total Arrests

187

On-Campus Arrests

For the calendar year 2023, 227 arrests made at Montana colleges. The arrest rate per 1,000 students is 4.93 at Montana college campues. By violation type, there were 1 weapon-related arrests, 51 drug law violation arrests, and 175 liquor law violation arrests.

Of the 187 total on-campus arrests at Montana colleges,

  • 0.53% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related arrests rate per 1,000 students is 0.02.
  • 25.67% were drug law violation arrests, and the on-campus durg law violation arrest per 1,000 students is 1.04.
  • 73.80% were liquor law vioation arrests, and the on-campus liquor law violation arrest rate per 1,000 students is 3.00.

For all arrests, there were 187 on-campus, 9 non-campus, 31 public property, and 87 residence hall arrests made last year. (The number for on-campus arrests includes residence hall arrests).

Arrests statistics at Montana Colleges
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1Rate per 1000 Students
Total227187931874.93
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)110000.02
Drug Law Violation514803361.11
Liquor Law Violation175138928513.80
Rate Per 1000 Students4.934.060.200.671.89-
1 The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Arrests Statistics for Montana Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the arrests statistics between colleges in Montana. 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 Montana Colleges
StateEnrollmentTotal ArrestsRate per 1000 StudentsWeapons (carrying, processing, etc.)Drug Law ViolationLiquor Law Violation
Highlands College of Montana Tech - Montana Technological University-0-000
Carroll College1,10310.91100
Dawson Community College40600.00000
Montana State University Billings4,09200.00000
Flathead Valley Community College2,20100.00000
Great Falls College Montana State University1,31800.00000
University of Providence67700.00000
Helena College University of Montana1,48500.00000
Little Big Horn College37800.00000
Miles Community College67000.00000
Montana Technological University1,62200.00000
Montana State University16,9601207.08011109
The University of Montana10,327555.3302629
Montana State University-Northern1,021109.790100
Rocky Mountain College99100.00000
Salish Kootenai College64811.54010
The University of Montana-Western1,45800.00000
Total46,0562274.93148138