The average college student gets 6 to 6.9 hours of sleep when the recommended amount of sleep for college students is 8 hours.
The average teenager gets only 7 hours of sleep each night even though teens need at least 9 hours of sleep.
Many students believe lost sleep during the week can be made up for on the weekend. This is not true--there is no sleep bank. The body needs sleep daily.
Sleep deprivation increases the likelihood of concentration problems. Students are more likely to make mistakes, and are less likely to engage in class and effectively process lecture material.
A 1998 study by psychologists Amy Wolfson and Mary Carskadon showed a direct correlation between sleep and grade point average, with students who earned C's, D's and F's getting about 25 minutes less sleep per night than students who earned A's and B's.