Objective To learn the self-esteem state of the higher vocational college students

and to provide the references for improving their mental health.Method 289 higher vocational college students were tested by SES.Results 63.3% of the higher vocational college students have high self-esteem

and 36.7% of the higher vocational college students have low self-esteem.In self-esteem

the differences in sex

origin of the students

type of the family

specialty and grade are not statistically significant（P>0.05）.The differences in bgeing the only child or not and being in love or not are statistically significant（P<0.05）.Only child in the family scored obviously higher than non-only child.Students in love scored significantly higher than those not in love.Conclusion Low self-esteem of students in higher vocational colleges is higher;self-esteem of the higher vocational college students is influenced by if being only child if being in love.