Objective To have knowledge about the visual acuity status among freshmen who enrolled in the year 2006-2007 in Beihua University so as to provide a realistic basis for improving the visual acuity of college students.Method 8 737 freshmen enrolled in Beihua University in the year 2006-2007 were chosen to have their visual acuity status checked and the results were statistically analyzed.Results A total of 5 058 myopes were detected

accounting for 48.40% of the total freshmen

in which there were 2 162 myopes in 2006 and 2 896 myopes in 2007 with a respective myopia rate of 52.37% and 62.83%

and the differences were statistically significant（p<0.01）;Among the myopic freshmen

the ones suffered form severe myopia in 2006 and 2007 accounted for 83.16% and 83.94% of the total myopes respectively;in the two years

the male myopes were 1 849 and the female ones were 3 209 with a respective myopia rate of 54.83% and 59.81%

and the differences were statistically significant（p<0.01）.Conclusion There is a relatively high myopia rate among college students

and severe myopia predominated.Myopia rate of the females is higher than that of the males

which does great harm to students’ lives and study.It is imperative to take active prevention and protection measures so as to control myopia progression among adolescents and lower the incidence of severe myopia.