This statistic illustrates the share of undergraduate students experiencing harassment in the United States in 2019, by student's gender and harasser's association with the university. During the survey, 5.5 percent of female respondents reported being harassed by a faculty member, compared to 4.3 percent of male respondents, and 13.5 percent of students identifying as transgender, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, or questioning.
Share of undergrads experiencing harassment in the U.S. in 2019, by student's gender and harasser's association with university
Total sample size was 150,072 respondents.
*TGQN are respondents identifying as either a transgender woman or transgender man, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, questioning, or not listed.
Multiple answers were possible and therefore values add up to more than 100 percent.
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Share of undergrads experiencing harassment in the U.S. in 2019, by student's gender and harasser's association with university [Graph], Association of American Universities, October 15, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/937116/college-sexual-assault-share-undergrads-experiencing-harassment-gender-harassers-association-university/