Survey of American College Students 2022: Use of Group Study Rooms in the Academic Library

Survey of American College Students 2022: Use of Group Study Rooms in the Academic Library

Students from private colleges generally reported more difficulty than those from public colleges, as more than 6% of private school respondents reported some level of difficulty vs less than 4% of public school respondents. Respondents at the smallest and largest colleges also reported considerably more difficulty than did those at schools in-between.This 142 page study presents data from a representative survey of 1,765 full time college students at 4year colleges in the United States about their use of group study rooms provided by academic libraries.  The report presents highly detailed data on student incidence and frequency of use, and their evaluation of the importance of and quality of the rooms provided.  In open ended questions, survey participants comment on what they most like and dislike about their college library’s group study rooms. They also comment on the ease or difficulty in reserving group study rooms.

Data is broken out by more than 20 institutional and personal variables including but not limited to: income of family of origin, race/ethnicity, religion, gender, regional origins, current employment status, sexual orientation, major field of study, age, year of school standing, type of college, size of college, tuition level of college, and many other variables.