SummaryFactors related to the illness behavior of two graduating classes of nursing students (N = 109) were studied. The relationship of psychiatric referral, college gradepoint average, size of the home community, occupational class of the father, number of siblings, and religious preference were studied by multiple regression techniques as they relate to the frequency of visits for health services, and academic performance in nursing subjects. The only significant predictive variable for visitation rates was a history of psychiatric consultation. The only significant predictor of nursing gradepoint average was the undergraduate gradepoint average. The equation for academic performance in nursing subjects suggests relative underachievement of superior students. The nursing student group had the highest utilization rate of health services and psychiatric consultations of any student group on the medical center campus. There was no evidence that the frequency of visits or referrals to psychiatry were correlated with any particular course work, examination schedule, or stage in the educational program. The implications of these findings are discussed.