Young people who go to university are almost three times less likely to commit suicide than those who don't, official data suggests.
An Office of National Statistics (ONS) report looked at the rates in the general population compared to people in higher education, which also included college.
It found that, between 2017 and 2020, suicides among under-25s in England and Wales were 2.7 times lower in people studying compared to those who were not.
More mature students, those aged over 25 and above had suicide rates about 2.4 times lower than the general population.
It is not clear if the pandemic impacted the trend, when universities and colleges moved to online tutoring and many students were sent home.
