Sleep and

Academic
Performance
By: Madilyn Holman, Hannah Axtell &
John Ramos

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Madilyn Holman

Hannah Axtell

John Ramos

EDT 180-D

Professor Lewallen
For this project our group decided to

find information on how sleep ultimately affects

students academic performance. We were interested in

this topic because we wanted to see

how sleep can actually negatively or positively

affect academic performance at Arizona State University!

Survey questions & charts...
1. What year are you in college? ● There are 92 Freshmen
who took this survey.
● There are 34
Sophomore’s who took
this survey.
● There are 18 Junior’s
who took this survey.
● There are 9 Senior’s who
took this survey.
● There are 2 Graduate’s
who took this survey.
● We had a total of 155
responses.
2. In which college are you enrolled in?

➔ Students within the

college of Liberal Arts
and Sciences; and the
Mary Lou Fulton
Teachers College were
where we saw the most
participants enrolled in.
3. How many hours of sleep do you average per
night? (maximum/minimum)
● On average the
individuals that took
this survey sleep 6.5
hours a night. Which is
not the ideal 8 hours of
recommended sleep.
● The maximum hours of
sleep per night was 10
hours.
● The minimum hours of
sleep per night was
only 1 hour.
4. How many hours per week do you spend on homework/studying on average?
● Individuals that spend
more than 15 hours per
week on
homework/studying on
average have a 3.27
GPA.
● Individuals that spend
more than 10 hours per
week on
homework/studying on
average have a 3.30
GPA.
● Individuals that spend 10
hours per week on
homework/studying on
average have a 3.25
GPA.
● Individuals that spend
less than 10 hours on
homework/studying on
average have a 3.19
GPA.
5. How many credit hours are you currently taking
this semester? ● The average credit
hours per semester
from our participants
is 15.43 credit hours.
● The minimum credit
hours per semester
is 1 credit hour,
which cannot be
true.
● The maximum credit
hours per semester
is 21 credit hours.
 6. Do you tend to fall asleep during class?
● Individuals who
claim to sleep
during class at
times had on
average a 3.15
GPA.

● Those who said

they sometimes
fall asleep during
class had on
average a 3.25
GPA, while
those who never
sleep in class
have a 3.26
7. What is your GPA?

★ The average GPA

shown in our survey
is around 3.2.
★ The Maximum GPA
shown in our survey
is around 4.0.
★ The minimum GPA
shown in our survey
is around 0.7.
Overall Analysis!
Overall Analysis!
Overall Analysis!
Discussion!
The overall correlations that we found within

our data proves that sleep is necessary for

proficient academic performance. We found that students

that get the most amount of sleep

per night have the highest GPAs.