Survey: Mental Health Issues Increasingly Impact College Students Decision to Drop Out

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A lot of college students are struggling with mental health issues and because of that, many of them are considering dropping out of school. Two out of five undergraduate students say they frequently experience emotional distress while at school. That's according to a survey by Gallup And the Lumina Foundation, the survey found more than 40% of students currently enrolled in undergraduate degree programs had considered dropping out in the past six months. That's compared with 34% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. A big source of stress was money and course work, man, you feel for those students that's for sure, not always an easy time.