As the global population continued to have broader Internet access, primarily through the rising use of smartphones, further study was needed regarding the symptoms and repercussions of Internet Addiction. A new term was coined for the levels of anxiety generated when a person was separated from their smartphone--nomophobia. The purpose of this study was to better establish baseline data for whether nomophobia levels affected students' self-reported grade point averages (self-reported GPAs), whether there were any significant differences in their NMPQ scores based on gender, student classification, or smartphone duration, and whether a correlation existed between their NMPQ scores and their self-reported GPAs. While there were no statistically significant findings in the data analysis, examination of the raw data and demographic responses highlighted what had been noticed in the literature--namely that nomophobia levels were present in a majority of the college students surveyed, the frequency of interaction with their smartphones was high (and perhaps even compulsive), and these two descriptive responses meant students' finite economies of attention were divided during important academic activities. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]