Shutterstock October 20, 2021 COVID has increased anxiety and depression rates among university students. And they were already higher than average David Tuck, Monash University; Emily Berger, Monash University; Joshua F. Wiley, Monash University, and Lefteris Patlamazoglou, Monash University Our study shows almost one in four university and vocational education students report extremely high levels of distress during the pandemic.