The College Student Mental Wellness Advocacy Coalition envisions a world where all young adults thrive with the support of residential communities whose teams are dedicated to promoting and advocating for mental wellness. Composed of 24 college student residential housing companies across the U.S., the Coalition is committed to better understanding our residents, encouraging open dialogues, and raising public awareness about the importance of mental wellness. Our teams are dedicated to promoting and advocating for mental wellness to facilitate personal fulfillment, academic success, and the realization of each of our resident’s full potential.
For the past two years, the Hi, How Are You Project conducted a College Student Fall Mental Wellness Survey to better understand the student experience. The goal? To create customized peer-to-peer training programs that have become guiding tenets for American Campus Communities’ (ACC) Residence Life program. In 2022, ACC and Hi, How Are You Project expanded the effort, which led to the creation of the College Student Mental Wellness Advocacy Coalition. This collaboration brings together the nation’s leading student housing providers to better understand and improve their residents’ mental health and wellness.
This report highlights the findings from the 2022 Thriving College Students Survey, conducted on October 10th (World Mental Health Day) and the several weeks thereafter. The Hi, How Are You Project and the Coalition partnered with Ipsos, a world leader in research, to design and conduct the survey.
College Student Mental Wellness Advocacy Coalition members conducted email outreach to residents resulting in a total of 18,168 currently enrolled college students taking this survey, making this study one of the largest of its kind. They were given the choice to take it in English, French and Spanish. This report is intended to serve as a valuable resource for students and their peers, parents and other family members, universities, and student housing providers to support college students’ mental health and well-being. DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT HERE.