The university released the data in its Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, which detailed all on-campus incidents involving crime or fire since 2010.

Paulette Granberry Russell, director of MSU’s Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, said the rise might come from more students reporting incidents rather than an increase in assaults. She said campus education programs, such as Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence, or SARV, could have brought about more awareness for students.

“We have engaged, in the past two and a half years, in a fairly aggressive manner to create education on campus on reporting sexual assaults,” Granberry Russell said. “To an extent, we see more students reporting it.”