Though the recent trend says that many young people are not that keen into getting hitched before 30-35 years of age a new study by a group of researchers has a different story to tell.

A nationwide study by Brigham Young University researchers found that college students think 25 years old is the 'right age' to get married, while a majority of parents feel 25 is still a little too soon.

"The assumption has been that the younger generation wants to delay marriage and parents are hassling them about when they would get married," said Brian Willoughby, a professor at Brigham Young University and lead author of the study.

"We actually found the opposite, that the parental generation is showing the 'slow down' mindset more than the young adults."

Willoughby and his co-authors in BYU's School of Family Life gathered info from 536 college students and their parents from five college campuses around the country.

The study, which has been published in The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, did not find any gender difference in the parents who opined the delay of their children's marriage.

According to the study, one of the driving forces behind parents' restraint is the feeling that their children should get an education first. While parents generally feel marriage is important, they think the 'right age' is one year older than what their children say.

"I think parents have a lot of fear for their kids that makes them want to delay the transitions to adulthood," Willoughby said.

According to Census data, the median age for first marriages is 27. Willoughby says that what people say is the "right age" generally comes a few years before the actual marriage age.

"What happens is that someone thinks that 25 is when they want to get married," Willoughby explained.

"So at age 25, they start changing their patterns around dating, and it takes two or so years to make the transition."

Though BYU students weren't in Willoughby's sample, the university's own records show about 25 percent of its students are married.

He also mentioned that Mormon young adults typically marry about two years younger than their peers nationally and have risen in sync with national trends.

SOURCE: Brigham Young University