But according to a new study by New York magazine, almost 40 percent of college students are virgins. The magazine polled more than 700 college students and found that more than a third of them are virgins.

What percent of freshman are virgins?

Freshmen ranked in the top 5 percent of their graduating class or higher were more likely to be virgins than classmates who ranked in the 10th through 25th percentile of their graduating class. Those in the 2nd and 5th percentiles reported virginity rates of 64.1 percent and 50.7, respectively.

What percentage of 20 year olds are virgins?

The CDC also reports that virgins make up 12.3 percent of females and 14.3 percent of males ages 20 to 24. That number drops below 5 percent for both male and female virgins ages 25 to 29 and goes as low as 0.3 percent for virgins ages 40 to 44.

What percent of people go to college as virgins?

25% of College Seniors are Virgins Twelve percent of females and 13 percent of males over the age of 21 are virgins.

Is it OK to be a virgin at 26?

Alice Rileys public confession comes after new research revealed that one in eight people today are still virgins at the age of 26, a finding which one psychologist put down to a “culture of hypersexuality” and a subsequent “fear of intimacy”. However, neither of which seem to be Rileys reasons for celibacy.

Is being a virgin a bad thing?

Nope! And being a virgin — someone who hasnt had sex — isnt a bad thing, either! Something that actually can be a bad thing, though, is having sex before youre ready. Sex can have big physical and emotional consequences, so having sex, especially for the first time, is a big decision.