This statistic presents the percentage of college students in the U.S. who had ever seriously considered suicide as of fall 2018. According to the data, 6.9 percent of students had seriously considered suicide within the last 12 months.
Percentage of U.S. college students that had ever seriously considered suicide as of fall 2018
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NCHA. (January 1, 2019). Percentage of U.S. college students that had ever seriously considered suicide as of fall 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/826903/suicide-considerations-among-us-college-students/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
NCHA. "Percentage of U.S. college students that had ever seriously considered suicide as of fall 2018." Chart. January 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/826903/suicide-considerations-among-us-college-students/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
NCHA. (2019). Percentage of U.S. college students that had ever seriously considered suicide as of fall 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/826903/suicide-considerations-among-us-college-students/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
NCHA. "Percentage of U.S. College Students That Had Ever Seriously Considered Suicide as of Fall 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/826903/suicide-considerations-among-us-college-students/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Percentage of U.S. college students that had ever seriously considered suicide as of fall 2018 [Graph], NCHA, January 1, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/826903/suicide-considerations-among-us-college-students/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed