Table 3. Representative depression rates among undergraduate and other students.
Please refer to Table 1 for abbreviations.
| Source | Measurement scale | Demographic | Time range of
symptoms |
Type and result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHA NCHA 45 | Diagnosis or treatment by
professional |
Mixed: ~85% undergraduate;
15% graduate sample |
Past 12 months | 17.3% |
| Ibrahim et al. 27 | Various, including BDI, CES-D,
and PHQ-9 (literature review) |
Global, undergraduates | N/A | 10-84.5%
Weighted mean: 30.6% |
| Eisenberg et al. 17 | PHQ-9 | Mixed: 74% undergraduate;
26% graduate sample |
Past 2 weeks | Any, 17.3%; Major, 9%;
Mild, 8% |
| Zivin et al. 48 | PHQ-9 | American undergraduates | Past 2 weeks | Any, 13- 15% |
| Zivin et al. 48 | PHQ-9 | American undergraduates | Past 4 weeks | Any, 15.4% |
| Eisenberg et al. 47 | PHQ-9 | Undergraduates and
graduates |
Past 4 weeks | U, 13.8%; G 11.3% |
| Farrer et al. 49 | PHQ-9 | American undergraduates | Past 2 weeks | Major, 7.9% |
| Garlow et al. 50 | PHQ-9 | Emory University
undergraduates |
Past 2 weeks | Mild, 29.6%; Moderate,
30.6%; Severe, 6.6% |
| Gress-Smith et al. 51 | CES-D | American undergraduates | Past week | Any, 33.5%; Moderate-
severe, 14.5%; Mild, 19% |
| Bayram & Bilgel 52 | DASS-42 | Turkish undergraduates | N/A | Moderate, 27.1% |
| Boujut et al. 20 | Varying (literature review) | French students | Past 12 months | Any, 30%; Major, 6% |
| Boujut et al. 20 | BDI | French freshmen | Past week | Moderate or severe, 18% |