Universities that do and don’t track student suicides
Close to half of the nation’s largest public universities do not track suicide deaths among their students, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. Through public records requests, the AP asked the 100 largest public universities in the U.S. for annual student suicide statistics over the past decade. Suicide rates for those that provided data ranged from 0.27 suicides per 100,000 students to 8 per 100,000, but because of the inconsistency in responses the AP is not publishing figures for colleges that provided data.
A look at the schools for which data were requested. Unless a branch campus is named, the line refers to a school system’s main campus:
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SCHOOLS THAT DON’T HAVE STATISTICS OR DON’T CONSISTENTLY COLLECT THEM
Arizona State University-Tempe
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
California State University-Fullerton
California State University-Fresno
California State University-Los Angeles
California State University-Long Beach
California State University-Northridge
California State University-Sacramento
Central Michigan University
East Carolina University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Iowa State University
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Middle Tennessee State University
Oklahoma State University
Old Dominion University
Purdue University
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
San Diego State University
San Jose State University
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University
University of Alabama
University of Texas-San Antonio
University of Arkansas
University of Central Florida
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Georgia
University of Kentucky
University of Maryland-University College
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
University of New Mexico
University of Oklahoma-Norman
University of Oregon
University of South Florida
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Weber State University
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SCHOOLS THAT DID NOT PROVIDE STATISTICS
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Temple University
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SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDED LIMITED DATA BUT DID NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY OF THEIR TRACKING
University of Utah
Florida Atlantic University
Florida International University
Kennesaw State University
Portland State University
University at Buffalo
Washington State University
San Francisco State University
The University of Texas at Arlington
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SCHOOLS THAT CURRENTLY KEEP STATISTICS ON STUDENT SUICIDES
Auburn University
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Florida State University
George Mason University
Georgia State University
Grand Valley State University
James Madison University
Kansas State University
Kent State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Michigan State University
Northern Arizona University
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Oregon State University
Pennsylvania State University
Texas State University
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
The University of Texas at El Paso
University of Arizona
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Davis
University of California-Irvine
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
University of California-Santa Barbara
University of Florida
University of Houston
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of North Texas
University of South Carolina-Columbia
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Utah State University
Utah Valley University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech University
West Virginia University