Participation History
It's no wonder that survey participation has more than tripled since the survey's first administration in Spring 2000.
More than 2.2 million students at 1,000 colleges and universities across the country have already taken the survey. The NCHA has been used by two-year and four-year public and private institutions from varied geographical regions, Carnegie Foundation Classifications, and campus settings.
National media, government policymakers, and prominent public health and higher education organizations have repeatedly cited NCHA data in articles, proposals, and presentations. What started as a pilot program in 1998 has now grown into an established and well-regarded tool that presents a rich picture of college student health.
ACHA-NCHA Participants To Date
| ORIGINAL ACHA-NCHA |
| ACHA-NCHA Survey Periods |
Survey Mode |
Institutional Data Sets |
Sample (n) |
| Spring 2000 |
Paper |
28 |
16,024 |
| Fall 2000 |
Paper |
20 |
10,413 |
| Spring 2001 |
Paper |
31 |
16,813 |
| Fall 2001 |
Paper |
8 |
4,717 |
| Spring 2002 |
Paper |
44 |
28,258 |
| Fall 2002 |
Paper |
20 |
10,374 |
| Spring 2003 |
Paper & Web |
33 |
19,497 |
| Fall 2003 |
Paper & Web |
21 |
11,990 |
| Spring 2004 |
Paper & Web |
74 |
47,202 |
| Fall 2004 |
Paper & Web |
50 |
24,804 |
| Spring 2005 |
Paper & Web |
71 |
54,111 |
| Fall 2005 |
Paper & Web |
29 |
16,832 |
| Spring 2006 |
Paper & Web |
117 |
94,806 |
| Fall 2006 |
Paper & Web |
34 |
23,863 |
| Spring 2007 |
Paper & Web |
107 |
71,860 |
| Fall 2007 |
Paper & Web |
39 |
20,507 |
|
Spring 2008
|
Paper & Web |
106 |
80,121 |
| Cumulative Participation in Original ACHA-NCHA |
|
832 |
552,192 |
| |
|
|
|
| ACHA-NCHA II |
| ACHA-NCHA Survey Periods |
Survey Mode |
Institutional Data Sets |
Sample (n) |
| Fall 2008 |
Paper & Web |
40 |
26,685 |
| Spring 2009 |
Paper & Web |
117 |
87,105 |
| Fall 2009 |
Paper & Web |
57 |
34,208 |
| Spring 2010 |
Paper & Web |
139 |
95,712 |
| Fall 2010 |
Paper & Web |
39 |
30,093 |
| Spring 2011 |
Paper & Web |
129 |
105,781 |
| Fall 2011 |
Paper & Web |
44 |
27,774 |
| Spring 2012 |
Paper & Web |
141 |
99,066 |
| Fall 2012 |
Paper & Web |
51 |
28,237 |
| Spring 2013 (US Sample) |
Paper & Web |
153 |
123,078 |
| Spring 2013 (Canadian Sample) |
Web |
32 |
34,039 |
| Fall 2013 |
Paper & Web |
57 |
32,964 |
| Spring 2014 |
Paper & Web |
140 |
79,266 |
| Fall 2014 |
Paper & Web |
34 |
25,841 |
| Spring 2015 |
Paper & Web |
108 |
93,034 |
| Fall 2015 |
Paper & Web |
40 |
19,861 |
| Spring 2016 (US Sample) |
Paper & Web |
137 |
95,761 |
| Spring 2016 (Canadian Sample) |
Web |
41 |
43,780 |
| Fall 2016 |
Paper & Web |
51 |
33,512 |
| Spring 2017 |
Paper & Web |
92 |
63,497 |
| Fall 2017 |
Paper & Web |
52 |
31,463 |
| Spring 2018 |
Paper & Web |
140 |
88,178 |
| Fall 2018 |
Paper & Web |
40 |
26,181 |
| Spring 2019 (US Sample) |
Paper & Web |
98 |
67,972
|
| Spring 2019 (Canadian Sample) |
Web |
58 |
55,284 |
| Cumulative Participation in ACHA-NCHA II |
|
1,532 |
1,440,197 |
| |
|
|
|
| ACHA-NCHA III |
| ACHA-NCHA Survey Periods |
Survey Mode |
Institutional Data Sets |
Sample (n) |
| Fall 2019 |
Web |
57
|
38,679 |
| Spring 2020 |
Web |
75 |
50,307 |
| Fall 2020 |
Web |
22 |
13,373 |
| Spring 2021 |
Web |
137 |
96,489 |
| Fall 2021 |
Web |
41 |
33,204 |
| Spring 2022 |
Web |
129 |
69,131 |
| Cumulative Participation in ACHA-NCHA III |
|
461 |
301,183 |
| |
|
|
|
| Unique Institutions participating since Spring 2000 |
|
1,000 |
|
| Institutions participating 4 or more times |
|
413 |
|
| Institutions participating 3 or more times |
|
547 |
|
| Institutions participating 2 or more times |
|
704 |
|