Mental health hospitalizations among college students by year U.S. 2010-2022

From 2021 to 2022, around 8.5 percent of college and university students who received mental health services had been hospitalized for their mental health concerns. This statistic shows the percentage of college and university students in the U.S. who received mental health services and were hospitalized for mental health concerns from 2010 to 2022.

Percentage of college students in the U.S. that were receiving mental health services and had been hospitalized for mental health concerns from 2010 to 2022, by year

Characteristic	Percentage of students receiving mental health services
2021-2022	8.5%
2020-2021	8.1%
2019-2020	9.9%
2018-2019	9.8%
2017-2018	9.9%
2016-2017	9.8%
2015-2016	9.5%
2014-2015	10.3%
2013-2014	10.2%
2012-2013	10.1%
2011-2012	7.8%
2010-2011	7.2%

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Special properties

college students receiving mental health services

Supplementary notes

Number of institutions and clients for each year: 2010-2011- 97 institutions/82,611 clients, 2011-2012- 120 institutions/97,012 clients, 2012-2013- 132 institutions/95,109 clients, 2013-2014- 140 institutions/101,027 clients, 2014-2015- 139 institutions/100,736 clients, 2015-2016- 139 institutions/150,483 clients, 2016-2017- 147 institutions/161,014 clients, 2017-2018 - 152 institutions/179,964 clients, 2018-2019 - 163 institutions/207,818 clients, 2019-2020 - 153 institutions/185,440 clients, 2020-2021- 180 institutions/153,233 clients, 2021-2022- 180 institutions/190,907 clients.
Figures prior to 2022 were taken from the previous reports.

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