What is Hazing? - Statistics

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.

• 55% of those in students orgs have been hazed
• 91% did not realize it
• 95% did not report
• 1 in 10 labeled it as hazing
• 74% of student-athletes experience hazing

Presence of Alcohol

Alcohol is often involved in hazing incidents.

• 71% of students witness alcohol-related hazing
• 47% of student-athletes report drinking games
• 82% of hazing deaths are alcohol-related

Before College

Many students experience hazing even before college begins.

• 1.5 million high school students experience hazing each
• 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