Anxiety and Depression Association of America reports that around 30% of students say they have felt so depressed “that it negatively affected their academic performance.” Even so, the rate of suicide among college students is much lower than that of the general population. According to CBS News, 1 in 5 college students are so stressed out they considered committing suicide. Somewhere between 6 and 8 percent of college students report having serious suicidal thoughts, but only around 1 percent of students will actually attempt suicide each year.

You can’t deny that we live in a difficult and challenging society today especially during university years. The economy is suffering as well and many people are struggling to find a job. This leaves many people with major depression and acute pain. No one wants to suffer and go through hardships, but sometimes it is part of life.

Parents want their kids to succeed and become successful and happy. Sometimes parents push their kids way too much. It’s good to motivate your child but if you do it too much it can cause serious pain and discomfort on a child. As a child becomes a more enhanced and dedicated student when they get older, they are faced with more difficult tasks. Once again, it’s ok to be challenged but there is a difference between being challenged and being too hard on a student. Many student feel that if they fail in school, they belong in a psych ward and should develop major depression. They feel like a true failure. They have worked so hard and dedicated so much time into their studies only to fail.

We need to help students realize that they are beautiful and they have a special gift. They just need to find out what their gift is. They don’t need to force extreme pressure and stress on themselves which causes depression, anxiety, stress, and possible suicide. We used statistical analysis and surveyed studies to find out the top schools with the highest depression rates. If you know anyone on that go to the following schools or are an alumni please spread awareness about the following schools with the highest depression rates.

Some ways to help prevent depression or suicidal thoughts are:

Stay involved with your kid as much as possible. Attend events and do activities together whenever possible.

Stay in touch with your kid when they are off to college miles away. Freshman especially need to know that their family always have their back.

If you sense something isn’t right, seek help from a guidance counselor immediately and don’t wait.

Encouragement are ways to keep college students to stay positive.

Here is a list of the top 50 schools in USA with the most depressed student bodies:

University of Pennsylvania UCLA Carnegie Mellon Emory University Johns Hopkins University University of Virginia Yale University University of Chicago Columbia University Brown University University of Missouri – Columbia UC Berkeley Dartmouth College WUSTL Vanderbilt University Cornell University Harvard University University of Southern California Princeton University University of Wisconsin – Madison UC San Diego UC Irvine Stanford University University of Notre Dame Duke University Rutgers University Temple University NYU Penn State University Boston University Arizona State University University of Minnesota Michigan State University of South Florida University of South Carolina Indiana University University of Illinois Florida State University University of Central Florida University of Arizona University of Houston University of Maryland Ohio State University CU Boulder University of Michigan NC State University of Georgia University of Florida Virginia Tech University of Alabama