Hazing is more common than most people realize, and no level of hazing is allowed or acceptable.
National Hazing Statistics
Hazing is not a challenge unique to any one campus, but is common in sports, clubs and student organizations across the nation.
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55%of those in student orgs. have been hazed
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91%did not realize it
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95%did not report
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1 in 10labeled it as hazing
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74%of student-athletes experience hazing
Presence of Alcohol
Alcohol is often involved in hazing incidents.
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71%of students witnessed alcohol-related hazing
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47%of student-athletes report drinking games
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82%of hazing deaths are alcohol-related
Before College
Many students experience hazing even before college begins.
1.5 millionhigh school students experience hazing each year
47%of college students were hazed in high school
25%are hazed before age 13
Sources
- National data was primarily sourced from the national study Hazing in View: Students at Risk conducted by Elizabeth Allan, Ph.D. and Mary Madden, Ph.D.
- Hoover and Pollard, 2000
- Allan, E.J. and Madden, M., 2008
- WITH US Center for Bystander Intervention, 2020