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About the Benchmark Data
The benchmark results are a snapshot of our public two-year and four-year and private campuses. The benchmark questions, as well as the implementation of a campus climate survey, were part of ODHE’s Changing Campus Culture initiative, which launched in the fall of 2015 to support the work at all Ohio colleges and universities to end sexual violence.
The statewide benchmark questions were carefully selected to provide a common set of data across all participating Ohio campuses. Each of the report links below provides data point comparisons for each question by sector for the past two academic years. The questions asked during the 2016-2017 academic year were altered slightly from the questions asked the previous year. As a result, the data collected in the spring 2016 term cannot be compared to the data collected the last two academic years.
While participation in the Changing Campus Culture initiative was not mandated, we are pleased to announce that more than 37,000 students from all public (two-year and four-year) and 38 private colleges and universities completed surveys. Ohio remains one of the few states in the nation asking campuses to collect data at this level.
The benchmark data for Ohio align with what is being reported nationally and provide a road map for developing next steps to support our campuses in changing the culture regarding sexual violence.
- 2018 Public Universities Statewide Benchmark Data
- 2018 Public Community Community/State/Technical Colleges Statewide Benchmark Data
- 2018 Private Universities Statewide Benchmark Data
- Campuses being recognized for achieving three or more of the recommendations in the third year
About the Campus Climate Surveys
As part of the Changing Campus Culture report, released in October 2015, all Ohio campuses were asked to complete comprehensive campus climate surveys on sexual violence (see recommendation #1). Climate Surveys are an important tool in assisting the college/university in understanding the best way to address prevention and response efforts on campus. As a widely accepted best practice in sexual violence prevention and response, climate surveys provide insight on the true levels of perpetration among other important factors, including knowledge of campus reporting options and protocols, prevention training effectiveness, campus readiness to address sexual violence, confidence in the campus’ ability to effectively respond to reports, and more.
The Ohio Department of Higher Education asks that campuses in Ohio collect climate survey data in two-year cycles. Eighty campuses in Ohio (public and private) reported collected climate survey data on sexual violence between August 2016 and May 2018.
Campus climate survey data belongs to each individual campus and not to ODHE.
Ohio colleges and universities reporting the collection of climate survey data between August 2016 and May 2018:
Four-year Public Universities
Bowling Green State University
Central State University
Cleveland State University
Kent State University
Miami University
Northeast Ohio Medical University
The Ohio State University
Ohio University
Shawnee State University
The University of Akron
University of Cincinnati
The University of Toledo
Wright State University
Youngstown State University
Two-year Community & Technical Colleges
Central Ohio Technical College
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Clark State Community College
Columbus State Community College
Cuyahoga Community College
Eastern Gateway Community College
Edison State Community College
Hocking College
Lakeland Community College
Lorain County Community College
Marion Technical College
North Central State College
Northwest State Community College
Owens Community College
Rhodes State College
Sinclair Community College
Southern State Community College
Stark State College
Terra State Community College
Rio Grande Community College
Washington State Community College
Zane State College
Private Colleges and Universities
Ashland University
Aultman College of Nursing
Baldwin-Wallace University
Bluffton University
Capital University
Cedarville University
The Christ College of Nursing
Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland Institute of Music
The College of Wooster
Columbus College of Art & Design
Defiance College
Denison University
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Franklin University
Good Samaritan College of Nursing
Heidelberg University
Hiram College
John Carroll University
Kenyon College
Kettering College
Lourdes University
Malone University
Marietta College
Mercy College of Ohio
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Mount St. Joseph University
Muskingum University
Notre Dame College
Oberlin College
Ohio Dominican University
Ohio Northern University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Otterbein University
Tiffin University
University of Dayton
The University of Findlay
University of Mount Union
University of Northwestern Ohio
University of Rio Grande
Urbana University, a branch campus of Franklin University
Ursuline College
Walsh University
Wilmington College
Wittenberg University
Xavier University
Ohio colleges & universities submitting benchmark data for the 2017-2018 academic year:
Four-year Public Universities
Bowling Green State University
Central State University
Cleveland State University
Kent State University
Miami University
Northeast Ohio Medical University
The Ohio State University
Ohio University
Shawnee State University
The University of Akron
University of Cincinnati
The University of Toledo
Wright State University
Youngstown State University
Two-year Community & Technical Colleges
Belmont College
Central Ohio Technical College
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Clark State Community College
Columbus State Community College
Cuyahoga Community College
Eastern Gateway Community College
Edison State Community College
Hocking College
Lakeland Community College
Lorain County Community College
Marion Technical College
North Central State College
Northwest State Community College
Owens Community College
Rhodes State College
Sinclair Community College
Southern State Community College
Stark State College
Terra State Community College
Rio Grande Community College
Washington State Community College
Zane State College
Private Colleges and Universities
Antioch University Midwest
Ashland University
Aultman College of Nursing
Baldwin-Wallace University
Bluffton University
Capital University
Case Western Reserve University
The Christ College of Nursing
Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland Institute of Music
Columbus College of Art & Design
Defiance College
Franklin University
Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Heidelberg University
Hiram College
John Carroll University
Kettering College
Lourdes University
Malone University
Marietta College
Mercy College of Ohio
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Mount St. Joseph University
Muskingum University
Notre Dame College
Oberlin College
Ohio Dominican University
Ohio Northern University
Tiffin University
The University of Findlay
University of Mount Union
University of Northwestern Ohio
University of Rio Grande
Urbana University, a branch campus of Franklin University
Ursuline College
Walsh University
Wilmington College
Wittenberg University
Xavier University
