Objective To know the related factors of the coping styles of nursing students in different educational systems. Methods 290 nursing students with different educational systems were selected, then interviewed for the coping styles and general states by questionnaires. And the datum were analyzed with the SPSS 13.0. Results The score of active coping was (42.00±20.57), and the score of negative coping was (34.00±13.24) in 290 nurses. Among the different demographic characteristics, sex, educational system, origin, whether or not only child and culture degree of parents had inlfuece to active coping, and there were significant differences for the coping styles (P<0.05). Conclusions In order to cultivate the favorable coping style, the psychic-training and the consulation should be done uninterrupted, the lecture of mental health education and the the coping style training should be given regularly for the different students.