This document summarizes a survey of technology ownership among college students. It found that laptops, printers, and DVD players were the most commonly owned technologies, with over 75% ownership among students. Students also commonly owned USB drives, Wi-Fi access, and iPods, with ownership between 62-70%. Newer mobile technologies like smartphones and tablets were owned by smaller percentages, between 8-55%, with iPads being the least commonly owned. Traditional college students and those from wealthier households owned more devices on average.
Students are still attached to “standard issue” technology. A majority of students own a printer (81%), a DVD player (75%), a stationary gaming device (66%), an HDTV (56%), and a desktop computer (53%). Graphic depicts 15 of the 34 devices that students were asked about owning.