Objective: To understand the psychological assessment situation of freshmen majoring in arts in Tianjin University of Media Arts, and provide targeted suggestions based on the psychological assessment situation of freshmen majoring in arts. Methods: We adopted the Chinese College Student Mental Health Screening Scale to conduct an assessment and interviews on the mental health status of the freshmen majoring in arts of the 2023 grade in Tianjin University of Media Arts. We carried out descriptive statistics on the data of the questionnaires and also conducted independent sample t-tests and variance analyses. Results: The mental status of the freshmen majoring in arts of the 2023 grade is as follows: Students with severe psychological crises account for 13.9% of the total; the number of students with general psychological problems accounts for 24.99% of the total; students with potential psychological distress account for 14.25% of the total number. There are significant differences in the total scores between freshmen majoring in arts of different genders. The mental state of male students is significantly better than that of female students (t = -5.018, p< 0.001). There are significant differences in the total scores regarding the family composition of freshmen majoring in arts. The mental health level of only children is significantly better than that of non-only children (t= -3.717, p< 0.001). There are significant differences in the mental health level of freshmen majoring in arts in terms of their places of origin. The mental status of freshmen majoring in arts from big cities is significantly better than that of students from other places of origin (F= 15.717, p< 0.001). Conclusion: The situation of freshmen majoring in arts is different from that of freshmen in ordinary colleges and universities. The detection rate of psychological problems is higher than that of ordinary colleges and universities. Moreover, it is found through interviews that the severity of psychological problems of freshmen majoring in arts is relatively high. We need to attach great importance to the mental health status of freshmen majoring in arts and can take targeted measures according to the actual situation and psychological characteristics of freshmen majoring in arts to improve their mental health level.