University of Michigan campus survey: 22.5% of female undergrads sexually assaulted

University surveyed 3,000 undergrad, graduate students

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan is reporting 22.5 percent of undergraduate female students who took part in an Ann Arbor campus survey said they experienced some form of nonconsensual sexual behavior in the past year.

Moreover, the survey found 9.7 percent of all female students -- 12 percent of female undergraduate students -- experienced nonconcensual sexual penetration during the past year.

Overall, survey results show 11.4 percent of the respondents -- both male and female students, undergraduate and graduate students -- report some form of nonconsensual sexual behavior during the past year. That unwanted behavior could include touching, kissing, fondling or penetration, according to the university.

The university says the questions and survey methodology was offered to a sample of 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The data was released Wednesday. It is the first detailed data on sexual misconduct on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus, according to the university.

This survey had a 67 percent response rate, which the university said is significantly higher than the typical college campus web survey's response rate.

The survey found that 6.8 percent of undergraduate males reported some form of nonconsensual sexual behavior and 1.1 percent of graduate male students reported such activity.

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"As a university president, a physician-scientist, an educator and a father, the issue of sexual misconduct keeps me awake at night," said University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel. "I feel personally responsible for the safety and well-being of all students at the University of Michigan."

Read more remarks from President Schlissel here.