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Oregon Campus Sexual Misconduct Survey Summary Reports

Colleges and universities in Oregon must offer the Oregon Campus Sexual Misconduct Survey to their students every two years. The Oregon Campus Sexual Misconduct Survey asks students about sexual misconduct experiences. Institutions provide summary reports of this survey to the HECC. This page contains links to the survey report summaries and background to readers to assist in understanding the reports.   

The Oregon Campus Sexual Misconduct Survey is distributed to institutions of higher education by the HECC. After the institutions offer the survey to students, the institutions post reports summarizing the results of the survey on their websites, and they submit these summary reports to the HECC. This page includes all summary reports received to date by the HECC. The summary reports available here may be used to: 

  • Increase awareness of sexual misconduct experienced by higher education students on Oregon campuses; 
  • Inform the efforts of institutions of higher education to improve campus safety and sexual misconduct prevention and response; and/or 
  • Provide information that victim service organizations, survivors, and the public can use to better understand campus sexual misconduct and response.  
There are numerous limitations to the survey that readers should keep in mind when interpreting results. Because each institutions’ student population is different, it would not be accurate to use these reports to compare the results between institutions of higher education. Every school is very different in size and in the characteristics of its student body, so comparisons of this kind can be misleading. Read additional background on the survey results in the Q&A below.

Every effort has been made to protect the privacy of students who completed the survey. See details on student privacy in the Q&A below. 

Questions and Answers on the Sexual Misconduct Survey Reports

Sexual misconduct is a term for unwanted behaviors that have to do with sex, sexuality, gender, and relationships. Research has found that sexual misconduct has negative academic and social effects on college and university students. Students who experience sexual misconduct may have lower grades and be more likely to drop out than students without those experiences. 

The survey asks students about sexual misconduct experiences that include: harassment because of sex, gender, or sexual orientation; stalking; creating or sharing intimate images without consent; relationship abuse; and sexual assault. Remembering these experiences may be very uncomfortable or traumatizing. The survey was developed using a trauma-informed framework and languag.  Students do not have to take the survey, and can skip any questions. At the end of the survey, they are given the choice to submit their answers to the school. If they decide not to, the data is discarded and not included in the summary report.  

In the survey, students are asked if they have experienced different kinds of sexual misconduct. Students are not asked to describe their experiences. The only details the survey asks for are:  

  • If the experience happened once or more than once 
  • The month and year when the incident happened  
  • If it happened on campus or off campus 
  • If they were in an intimate relationship with the other person 
  • If the other person was associated with the school  

Students with experiences are asked if they told anyone what happened, and how the experience affected the student personally and academically.  

All students are asked how well they think their school handles sexual misconduct, and how they think people at the school would respond if they saw sexual misconduct.  ​

Institutions are required to remove any personally identifiable information from survey responses, and to report only aggregated data. Every effort has been made to protect the anonymity of students who complete the survey. If you have any questions or concerns about information in the reports, please contact Rowan Frost, Sexual Misconduct Policy Analyst, at rowan.frost@hecc.oregon.gov​. 

To help protect student privacy, schools do not report fewer than 10 responses to demographic questions such as race, ethnicity, gender, and economic status. Schools do not report fewer than five responses to questions about experiences and beliefs. The summary report is set up so that the demographics and experiences of students are separated. This is done to minimize the chances that someone could guess the identity of a student who completed the survey. 

Institutions are required to remove any personally identifiable information from survey responses, and to report only aggregated data. Every effort has been made to protect the anonymity of studentIn 2023, the Oregon Legislature passed a law (ORS 350.336-339) requiring all institutions of higher education to offer a survey about sexual misconduct experiences to enrolled students. The law created the Sexual Misconduct Survey Council​ to write the survey. The Council is made up of experts from colleges and universities, representatives from sexual and domestic violence advocacy agencies, and legislators. Six seats on the Council are reserved for students from community colleges, public universities, and private colleges and universities. 

The first survey and recommendations for its implementation were sent to schools in August 2025. All institutions of higher education must administer the survey for the first time by August 2027. The Council will use feedback from students and schools to adjust subsequent surveys, which will be released every two years.  ​


Please contact the school for sexual misconduct resources and specific questions. Other resources for people affected by sexual misconduct can be found at RAINN.org or on the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault webpage. For information about the Sexual Misconduct Survey Council, including meetings, and for links to the survey and implementation guide, please see the HECC Sexual Misconduct Reporting page. For general questions about the survey, please contact Rowan Frost (rowan.frost@hecc.oregon.gov​). ​

Survey summary reports should not be used to compare institutions of higher education with each other. Every school is very different, and has students of different ages and backgrounds so comparisons of this sort could be misleading.  

Only students enrolled in Oregon institutions of higher education that grant degrees can take the survey. Not all eligible students take the survey or turn in their answers. Summary reports only have information about the students who completed the survey. The students who complete the survey may be different from students who did not.  

Small numbers are not reported for confidentiality reasons. To help protect student privacy, schools do not report fewer than 10 responses to demographic questions such as race, ethnicity, gender, and economic status. Schools do not report fewer than 5 responses to questions about experiences and beliefs. The summary report is set up so that the demographics and experiences of students are separated. This is done to minimize the chances that someone could guess the identity of a student who completed the survey. 

This survey has not been evaluated for validity and reliability (measures that scientists use to measure the accuracy and consistency of an instrument).  



Links to Institution Reports  

All of the Sexual Misconduct Survey reports that HECC has received to date are linked below. Please contact HECC if you have any trouble viewing the documents.

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