70% of students typically procrastinate, compared to only 20% of general population

“According to recent studies, about 70 percent of college students say they typically procrastinate on starting or finishing their assignments. Researchers say academic procrastination raises students' anxiety and sinks their self-esteem. The behavior also correlates with some of higher education's thorniest problems, including depression, cheating, and plagiarism among students.”

The context for rampant procrastination is set by the college environment of lots of free time, long-term deadlines and extracurricular activities.


Quoted from:
Hoover, Eric. (2005). Chronicle of Higher Education, 52(16), A30-A32.