Data from the Healthy Minds Study—a national survey of student mental health—have shown steady increases in the share of students who are reporting high levels of distress, particularly in recent years. For example, from 2014 to 2022, the percentage of students with significant symptoms of depression rose from 20 percent to 44 percent, and the percentage of students with significant symptoms of anxiety rose from 20 percent to 37 percent over the same time period.
Read more from the American Council on Education.
