Hazing Statistics

According to national statistics from insidehazing.com, hazingprevention.org, and hazingstudy.org:

• More than half of college students are involved in some form of campus hazing

• In 95% of hazing cases, students who were aware they were hazed did not report it

• In 25% of hazing cases, coaches or advisors who were aware of hazing incidents did not report it

• Only one of every 10 students who is hazed realizes that they have been hazed

• In more than half of the hazing incidents, a member of the offending group posts pictures on a public web space

• Students are more likely to be hazed if they know an adult who was hazed

• At present in the United States, 44 states have anti-hazing laws

• Since 1970, there has been at least one hazing-related death on a college campus each year

• 82% of deaths from hazing involve alcohol

• The first recorded incident of hazing involving sexual abuse occurred in 1983. Other hazing incidents involving sexual intimidation, nudity or stimulation have been increasing in their frequency since 1995

• More than 250,000 students experienced some sort of hazing to join a college athletic team
• 50% of the female NCAA Division I athletes reported being hazed
• More than 20% of female NCAA athletes were subjected to alcohol-related hazing; however, even a higher percentage admitted to "mental hazing," which ranged from singing to being kidnapped
• 10% of the female NCAA athletes were physically hazed, including being branded, tattooed, beaten, thrown in water or having their head forcibly shaved
• 6-9% of the female NCAA athletes were subjected to sexually related hazing, including harassment, actual assault, or being expected to simulate sex activities

1. Alfred University Study, Dr. Norm Pollard, Dr. Elizabeth Allan et al., 1999
2. National Study of Student Hazing, Hazing in View: Students at Risk, Dr. Elizabeth Allan and Dr. Mary Madden, 2006 – 2008
3. Dissertation, Dr. Colleen McGlone, 2005
4. Inside Hazing, Dr. Susan Lipkins, 2006