College sexual assault: share of students experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact 2019

This statistic illustrates the share of students experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact since enrolling at university in the United States in 2019, by gender. In that year, 13.7 percent of female students reported experiencing nonconsensual penetration since enrolling at university, compared to three percent of male students.

Share of students experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact since enrolling at university in the U.S. in 2019, by tactic and gender

Characteristic	Female	Male	TGQN*
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Release date

October 2019

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Region

United States

Survey time period

Spring 2019

Number of respondents

181,752 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Total sample size was 150,072 respondents.
Both undergraduate and graduate students are included in the total.
*TGQN are respondents identifying as either a transgender woman or transgender man, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, questioning, or not listed.

Nonconsensual sexual contact involves penetration/attempted penetration by physical force or threat of physical force, penetration by incapacitation, and sexual touching by physical force or threat of physical force and/or incapacitation.

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