Poll Shows Students Are More Stressed, Yet Happier
An AP-mtvU poll released today shows that students are predictably concerned about their finances, the job market, and graduate-school admissions. But students reported to interviewers on 40 campuses that they were happier than they were last year.
The poll’s findings were drawn from 2,240 students between the end of April and beginning of May. Among other things, the poll found that:
- Students reporting stress from financial worries reached 32 percent, up from 27 percent in March 2008.
- Students whose stress levels were affected a lot by graduate-school admissions tallied 17 percent. Last year, 15 percent said they were affected a lot.
- 57 percent of students are somewhat or very worried about finding a job after graduation.
- Since 2008, the percentage of students reporting they felt “very unhappy” fell from 9 percent to 7 percent, while students reporting they were “very happy” grew from 31 percent to 36 percent.
- According to the report, 18 percent of students said one of their parents had been laid off or otherwise lost a job.
- Among students who had a parent lose a job, 27 percent considered dropping out of school in the past three months.
- Four percent of students reported somewhat honestly answering the questions, and 1 percent said they weren’t honest at all.
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