Individuals’ attributional style has a very important effect on their self-esteem. This studyexplores the relationship between attributional style and self-esteem in college students. In this study, 452college students were randomly collected by questionnaire star, with attribution style as the independentvariable and self-esteem as the dependent variable. Data were collected by multidimensional attributionscale and self-esteem scale compiled by the classic Rosenberg (1965), and the results were finally analyzed.The results are reported as follows: (1) on the whole, individuals consistently tend to choose internalattribution. (2) in terms of differences in family structure, children from different families have significantdifferences in attributions of ability and internal control for failure. (3) there were no significantdifferences at all levels of attribution in all variables such as gender, place of origin, only child, familyeconomy and family relationship. (4) in terms of age difference, there are differences between juniorsand other grades in attributions of luck and internal control, while there are no significant differences inother variables. (5) in terms of major differences, college students of different majors only have differencesin internal control attribution of failure, but no differences in other variables. (6) the biggest factorinfluencing the self-esteem of college students is the internal dimension of their attributional.