The National Crime Victimization Survey found that about 3% of college women are raped each academic year,[2] usually by someone they know. The National College Women Sexual Victimization study estimates about 20 to 25% of college women are victims of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault during their college years.[3]
College students, because of their age, are a group at high risk for sexual assault, and some researchers believe that college women are more vulnerable than their nonstudent peers.[4] The National Crime Victimization Survey found no statistical differences in rape and sexual assault rates between women at college and women of the same age who are not students.[5] The finding of higher risk is based on the National College Women Sexual Victimization survey, which used a different methodology.[6]
“Women ages 16 to 24 experience rape at rates four times higher than the assault rate of all women,”[7] making the college (and high school) years the most vulnerable forwomen.[8]
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Private colleges and major universities have higher rates than the national average, while religiously affiliated institutions have lower than average rates.[15] Students at two-year institutions (15.6%) were more likely than those at four-year institutions (11.1%)
to report they had been forced during their lifetime to have sexual intercourse.
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