We surveyed college students values regarding their living environment. A 30 item questionnaire on the evaluation of the living environment was conducted three times for 606 newly entering college freshmen. We used covariance structure models to examine for effects of their value systems, physical environment and hometown. A factor analysis of the 30 item environmental evaluation showed 2 upper factors; i.e. 'natural' and 'artificial' and 8 lower factors. We also obtained covariance structures of evaluation of the living environment by using 3 factors; i.e. 'natural environmental conservation', 'urban infrastructure improvement', and 'urban convenience'. It was found that for both hometown and residence, physical environment of hometowns affected evaluation of the 3 factors and value systems affected the synthetic evaluation for living environment. It was also shown that environmental cognition of residence integrated with environmental transition because the numbers of 'unknown' in residence evaluation gradually decreased.
