College students require 7-9 hours of sleep per night.

Question

According to this link below, for college students, researches have shown that it is best to get 7-9 hours of sleep per night.

Comments

This claim is true. After looking at a few different websites, I have found that it is in fact best for college students to get 7-9 hours of sleep per night. Studies conducted by Cornell Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Southern New Hampshire University have all confirmed this.

According to the sleepfoundation.org, receiving 7-9 hours of sleep can help college students avoid daytime drowsiness and increase focus.

This also makes sense considering that most college students are around 18 to 24 years old. Studies conducted by different sources (such as mayoclinic.org and sleep.com) suggest that young adults around this age receive 7-9 hours of sleep each night.

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/about-us
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/expert-answers/how-many-hours-of-sleep-are-enough/faq-20057898
https://health.cornell.edu/resources/health-topics/sleep

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I believe this claim is true. I have inquired further on a few other websites, all stating that optimal sleep for a college student (18-25 in age) is between 7-9 hours. A study conducted by Harvard Summer School, a subunit of the Harvard Division of Continuing Education, found that 70-96% of college students get less than 8 hours of sleep per each week night during school. Even when students try to catch up on their sleep during the weekend, this is not proven to be a beneficial or permanent solution for the issue at hand. The list of consequences for a sleep deprived college student is quite extensive and can include anything from constant brain fog to incapability to control emotions such as stress. The percentage of college students who get below the recommended hours of sleep really surprised me, and it was something I found interesting when I dug deeper into this study.

Answer 1

After I reviewed multiple sources, I found that this claim is very true but does require context. One of the leading sleep organizations, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, advises young adults, including college student,s to get 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night. When I looked at studies and surveys of college populations it showed that sleeping within this range each night improves academic performance and also overall health. Sleeping less then the recommned range is linked to negative outcomes. For instance, a big survey discovered that students who sleep more than 10 hours or less than 5 hours were most likely to experience academic difficulties. Cornell an institutional health resource, recommends 7 to 9 hours of sleep to prevent mood problems, health issues, and drowsiness. Although, many students only get 6 to 6.9 hours of sleep which shows individual needs change. Some biases include reliance on self reported sleep data and health organizations emphasize optimal sleep guidelines. The claim is true but there is context required.

Answer 2

This is true after researching a few different websites, college students do need 7-9 hours. 

According to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "The optimal amount of sleep for each person may vary, but generally research suggests 7-9 hours per night for college-aged populations". Sleep is very important for college students because good sleep has been linked to increases in GPA. The GPA's of students who slept 9+ hours was on average 3.24 and the students who slept 6 hours or less per night average was 2.74. This is a significant difference just from sleeping. Sleep plays a critical role in helping our bodies and minds recover as a result, sleep contributes to improvements in learning and promotes regulatory functions such as emotional and behavioral control that are important for each and every day. An example being improving our ability to learn new information and form new memories. I looked through other college articles and also Cornell states "most college-aged students need 7-9 hours of sleep in order to avoid daytime drowsiness". Sleep is a necessity not a luxury and what you want to do in your day to your best ability revolves around the amount of sleep you get. 

In conclusion, this is very true and college aged students should get at least 7-9 hours of sleep each night. 

sources 

https://health.cornell.edu/resources/health-topics/sleep

https://learningcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/sleeping-to-succeed/#:~:text=How%20much%20sleep%20do%20you,night%20for%20college%2Daged%20populations.