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College Student Statistics

In the United States, we have the lowest college completion rate in the developed world. Our dropout crisis doesn’t get discussed a great deal outside of education circles, but it needs to be. (Source)
Thirty percent of college freshman dropout after their first year! And Surprisingly, only around half of the students who enroll in college end up graduating with a bachelor’s degree. (Source)
Eighty-seven percent of high school and college students are self-proclaimed procrastinators. (Source)
Writing papers poses the biggest time-management challenge for students. When asked whether they are most likely to procrastinate on a paper, studying for a test or working on a group project, two-thirds of college students (69 percent) selected papers. In fact, more than half (51 percent) of all students surveyed said they’re most likely to finish a paper the night before it’s due. (Source)
Male students are more likely than female students to put off their school assignments; a whopping 92 percent of male college students say they procrastinate. (Source)
Distraction is the most common reason for procrastination—48 percent say it’s why they procrastinate—followed by feeling overwhelmed and not knowing where to start (40 percent) (Source)
Almost 8 out of 10 college students (79 percent) say they’ve pulled at least one all-nighter to finish an assignment this school year. (Source)
The Fact is College is taking longer and longer to get through with Less than 60 percent of students who enter four-year schools finish within six years. (Source)
The average time-to-degree at the (so-called) four-year college hovers at about six years, with only one-third of students graduating in four years and another third taking six or more years to finish. (Source)
Of the students that do graduate a third of students transfer before graduating adding thousands of dollars to the cost of their degree. (Source)
The situation at community colleges is no better. Only fifty percent of students graduate within two to four years, while a full quarter of students are taking more than four years to complete their associate degree. (Source)
According to CBS News, 71% of students surveyed rated themselves as being in the top 10% of students in their academic ability.
The cost associated with transitioning to college are not just financial, they are deeply emotional as well. Reports show, that one-third of all college students report being overwhelmed after just one semester, (Source) and according to the American College Health Association, 32% of students say they have felt so depressed “that it was difficult to function.”
One in ten college students makes a plan for suicide. (Source)

College and University Enrollment

In fall 2017, some 20.4 million students are expected to attend American colleges and universities, constituting an increase of about 5.1 million since fall 2000 (source).
Females are expected to account for the majority of college and university students in fall 2017: about 11.5 million females will attend in fall 2017, compared with 8.9 million males. Also, more students are expected to attend full time (an estimated 12.6 million students) than part-time (about 7.8 million students) (source).
Some 7.0 million students will attend 2-year institutions and 13.4 million will attend 4-year institutions in fall 2017. About 17.5 million students are expected to enroll in undergraduate programs and 3.0 million will enroll in post-baccalaureate programs (source).
Increases in the traditional college-age population and rising enrollment rates have contributed to the increase in college and university enrollment. Between 2000 and 2015, the 18- to 24-year-old population rose from approximately 27.3 million to some 31.2 million (source). The percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in college and university also was higher in 2015 (40.5 percent) than in 2000 (35.5 percent) (source).
In 2015, there were 11.8 million college and university students under age 25 and 8.1 million students 25 years old and over. The numbers of younger and older students increased between 2000 and 2015 (source).
Increasing numbers and percentages of Black and Hispanic students are attending college. Between 2000 and 2015, the percentage of college students who were Black rose from 11.7 to 14.1 percent, and the percentage of students who were Hispanic rose from 9.9 to 17.3 percent (source).
The percentage of Hispanic 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in college and university increased from 21.7 percent in 2000 to 36.6 percent in 2015, and the percentage of Black 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled increased from 30.5 percent to 34.9 percent in that same period (source).
Of the 3.1 million youth age 16 to 24 who graduated from high school between

January and October 2016, about 2.2 million (69.7 percent) were enrolled in college in October. (Source)

The college enrollment rate of recent high school graduates in October 2016 was little changed from the rate in October 2015 (69.2 percent). (Source)
For 2016 high school graduates, the college enrollment rate was 71.9 percent for young women and 67.4 percent for young men. (Source)
The college enrollment rate of recent Asian graduates (92.4 percent) was higher than for their Hispanic (72.0 percent), White (69.7 percent), and Black (58.2 percent). (Source)

Undergraduate Prices

For the 2015–16 academic year, average annual prices for undergraduate tuition, fees, room, and board were estimated to be $16,757 at public institutions, $43,065 at private nonprofit institutions, and $23,776 at private for-profit institutions in current dollars. (Source)

Between 2005–06 and 2015–16, prices for undergraduate tuition, fees, room, and board at public institutions rose 34 percent, and prices at private nonprofit institutions rose 26 percent, after adjustment for inflation. Prices for total tuition, fees, room, and board at private for-profit institutions decreased 16 percent between 2005–06 and 2015–16. (Source)