Image Description: Optimal Time Spent (hours per week) pie chart

Overview

This pie chart, using data provided by BYU and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, shows the optimal amount of time a student should spend in various activities. The activities that use the most time during the week are sleeping (29%), studying (18%), eating (11%), attending class (9%) and working (9%). Other activities represented in the pie chart are social media (7%), socializing (5%), video/computer games (4%), exercising (3%) and other activities (5%).

Data presented in the pie chart

Optimal Time Spent (hours per week)
Activity Percentage of time spent during week Hours spent per week Notes
Sleeping 29 49 Average seven hours of sleep per night
Attending class 9 15 15-hour class load
Studying 18 30 two hours of outside study per hour in class
Working 9 15 the most successful students work about 15 hours per week
Eating 11 17.5 breakfast: 30 minutes, lunch and dinner: one hour each
Socializing with friends 5 9  
Social media 7 12  
Video/computer games 4 7  
Exercising 3 5 slightly more than one hour, three to four times per week
Other activities 5 8.5  
Total 100 168