Table 9

WEST VIRGINIA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by University and College, 2006

University/College	Student enrollment¹	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson²
Fairmont State University	7,759	1	0	0	0	1	62	15	47	0	0
Marshall University	13,988	7	0	0	1	6	138	17	120	1	1
Potomac State College	1,279	2	0	0	1	1	17	0	16	1	0
Shepherd University	3,901	3	2	0	0	1	33	1	30	2	2
West Virginia State University	3,491	1	0	1	0	0	39	13	25	1	0
West Virginia University	26,051	3	0	0	3	0	217	8	206	3	1

¹ The student enrollment figures provided by the United States Department of Education are for the 2005 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
² The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.
NOTE: Caution should be exercised in making any intercampus comparisons or ranking schools because university/college crime statistics are affected by a variety of factors. These include demographic characteristics of the surrounding community, ratio of male to female students, number of on-campus residents, accessibility of the campus to outside visitors, size of enrollment, etc.

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