Membership organisation the Association of Colleges found 74 per cent of the colleges it surveyed had sent young people to A&E in 2015/16.
Eighty-five per cent said they had seen an increase in the number of students with disclosed mental health issues in the past three years. While 81 per cent of respondees reported having "significant numbers" of students with an undisclosed mental health problem.
Association of Colleges president Ian Ashman said colleges are being left with no choice but to refer students to A&E, because of a "lack of investment in joined-up specialist support for young people and adults in the community".
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