If you crank up the tunes when doing your homework, you aren't alone. A recent informal poll on the University of Phoenix Facebook page shows that aficionados of listening to music while studying outweigh those seeking silence by a 10-to-1 ratio.

1. Source: Facebook poll, January 2014
Because of multiple voting by individuals for different genres, the total vote
count does not equal combined total votes for music genres.
What are
students listening to?
yes: 294
no: 27
sometimes: 13
Do you listen to
music while studying?
Folk
MovieScores
Reggae
Christian/Gospel
Iloveitall
Rock/Pop
ElectronicDance
Classical
Jazz
R&B
Oldies
HipHop/Rap
Country
Metal/HardRock
Spanish/Int’l
16
7
11
35
18
63
25
87
21
36
9
25 23
7
15
What type
of music?
Artists
mentioned:
Designer: Brandon Powell
Writer: Jenny Jedeikin
February 2014