College Student Sleep Statistics
College Student Sleep Statistics 2023 | Mattress Advisor
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Sleep researchers recommend that you get an average of 7-9 hours of sleep per night; the average college student gets less than 7 hours of sleep a night. Here are more staggering statistics about the sleep habits of college students:
68% of college students report that stress due to academics or personal issues keeps them from falling asleep at night.
20% of college students will pull at least one all-nighter per month.
35% of students report staying up until around 3 a.m. at least one night every week.
30% of female and 18% of male college students report suffering from insomnia at least once in the past 90 days
Freshmen are 14% more likely to suffer bad grades due to sleep loss and drop a class.
About 30-35 percent of college students in the United States nap, but napper typically sleep less overall than non-nappers.
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Sleep Health Journal, 2018"
Memory and Academic Performance
College students are one of those age groups that don’t put the importance of sleep over the importance of grades. What they may not realize is that good sleep and good academic performance are intertwined.
As previously mentioned, sleep deprivation can affect recall, which is a major piece of the puzzle in academic performance. In fact, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, college students who pull all nighters are at a higher risk for a lower GPA.
The problem with lack of sleep lies with memory transfer. As you rest, your short-term memories are turned into long-term memories, meaning what you learned throughout the day in class or studying live in your short-term memory. As you sleep, those get stored so you can continue to recall them. Repeated nights of short sleep result in not all of the short-term memories get a chance to transfer and you are left forgetful.
Not only that, but lack of sleep can hurt your academic performance just as much as excessive alcohol intake and drug use.
Posted by: L. Bullock, College Student Sleep Statistics 2023 | Mattress Advisor
