Among those who do meet in school, the terminal degree tends to be common. However, relatively few couples meet through school. An especially small portion of the general population meets through grad school since few pursue grad school, although Ivy League type students are overrperesnted since they have a decent rate of pursuing grad degrees.
For example, the study at https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Rosenfeld_et_al_Disintermediating_Friends.pdf found the following most common ways heterosexual couples met in 2017. The results are based on a survey of 3,500 adults in the United States. The portion who met in college peaked in 1940, which was the first surveyed decade and has been slowly dropping since then. Other surveys that phrase questions differently also find that only a small portion meet during college.
- Online -- 39%
- In Bar/Restaurant -- 27%
- Through Friends -- 20%
- Through Coworkers -- 11%
- Through Family -- 7%
- In High School -- 5%
- In Church -- 4% **8. In College -- 4%**
- Through Neighbors -- 3%