College students whose mental health care access was affected by COVID-19 U.S. 2020

In May 2020, around 23.3 percent of college students in the United States who sought mental health care, stated they felt that their access to mental health care became much more difficult due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This statistic illustrates the percentage of college students in the United States whose mental health care access was affected by COVID-19 as of May 2020.

Percentage of college students in the United States whose mental health care access was affected by COVID-19 as of May 2020

Characteristic	Percentage of students
Much more difficult	23.3%
Somewhat more difficult	36.8%
No signifcant change in access	34.9%
Less difficult	5.1%

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Release date

July 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

From March to May 2020

Number of respondents

18,764 respondents

Special properties

Students from 14 campuses

Supplementary notes

Original question: How has your access to mental health care been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?

Overall, 58.2% of students indicated that they have not tried to access mental health care. This stat presents data from the 41.8% of students who did attempt to seek care.

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