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7 Things You Should Know About Today’s
College Student
#1. Bachelor Degree Completed & in Debt
1.Academics and/or
Time Management
3. Making
future plans
2. Financial, social,
extracurricular, housing, or
family stress
$20,340 student debt has TRIPLED in the past 20 YEARS
Debt distribution
(huffingtonpost.com))
$32,795
In 2013, 52% of college students agreed that:
“My need to pay student loan debt is hampering my ability to further my
career” (ASA Study)
#2. Fighting the Freshman 15
2015 Average College Student Debt in the U.S.:
>$35,000
College Students...eat more
drink more (21+beverages)
move less
“So much of college is built around social
calorie consumption. if it’s not social, it’s
emotional eating.” (Cohen 442)
59% of college students studied agreed that their diet has gone downhill since they
started college (usatoday.com)
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#3. Underemployment: The True Fiasco [The condition in which people in a labor force are employed at less than full-time or regular jobs or at jobs inadequate with respect to their training or economic needs. (merriam-webster)]
UnemployedUnderemployed
Underemployment rate in the U.S. March 2015:
15.5%
“We’re willing to do whatever it takes to get a job right now, because we know that it’s competitive.”
- Pompelia, Ligonier, Pennsylvania (bloomberg.com)
“According to BLS, the economy will create 50.6 million job openings by 2022 and only 27.1%
will require college degrees.” (pbs.org)
#4. Tsunami of Social Media
87%53%
37% 34% 23%
2014 % Use Among 18-29 year old (PewResearchCenter)
VSHelpfulDistracting
Where’s the balance...“~ 2/3 of the students
reported using electronic media while in class, studying, or
doing homework” (Johnson & Wales University)
Most Pop
ular M
ajors
Most Paid Majors
Most Unique Majors
1. Business Administration & Management
2. General Psychology
3. Nursing
4. Biology
5. Teacher Edu. & Pro. Dev.
Puppet Arts
Turfgrass Science
Bagpiping
Farrier Science
Comic Art1. Petroleum Engineer
2. Actuarial Math
3. Nuclear Eng.
4. Chem. Eng.
5. Electronics & Communications Eng.
#6. Dear Stress, Let’s break Up
Top Causes of Stress for College Students (rampages.us)
85% of college students feel stressed on a daily basis
(collegeparents.org)
#7. The Sky is Our LImit
Most Popular Places to Study Abroad 2015 (topuniversities.com)
Paris, FranceMelbourne, Australia
London, EnglandSydney, Australia Hong Kong, Japan
Millennials: “Study Abroad Generation”
Sources:
(Mark Kantrowitz, WSJ.com)
(usnews.com/cartoons)
(statista.com)
(zerohedge.com)
(fastweb.com)
(payscale.com)(college.usatoday.com)
Cohen, Harlan. The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run into in College. Naperville, IL: Source, 2009. Print. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/05/08/congratulations-class-of-2015-youre-the-most-indebted-ever-for-now/http://college.usatoday.com/2014/10/26/same-as-it-ever-was-top-10-most-popular-college-majors/http://college.usatoday.com/2015/03/03/campaign-aims-to-double-number-of-u-s-students-abroad-in-4-years/http://rampages.us/ewilliams/2014/07/24/77/http://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=mba_studenthttp://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/diet/2002-01-10-college-eating.htmhttp://www.asa.org/site/assets/files/2205/life_delayed.pdfhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-06-05/college-graduates-struggle-to-find-employment-worth-a-degreehttp://www.collegeparents.org/members/resources/articles/your-college-student-stressed-probablyhttp://www.fastweb.com/career-planning/articles/the-35-weird-but-cool-college-majorshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/19/student-debt-map_n_6168396.htmlhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underemploymenthttp://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/majors-that-pay-you-back/bachelorshttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/many-college-grads/http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/09/demographics-of-key-social-networking-platforms-2/http://www.statista.com/statistics/205240/us-underemployment-rate/http://www.topuniversities.com/blog/15-best-places-study-abroad-2015http://www.usnews.com/cartoons/economy-cartoonshttp://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/11/13/average-student-loan-debt-hits-30-000http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-05/june-payrolls-195k-much-higher-expected-underemployment-rate-soars-143
(college.usatoday.com)
#5. The Major Conglomerate
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