The objective of this research was to understand the types of coping strategies that used college students and its relationship with academic variables, such as year of courses and number of subjects approved, as well as with the genus. The study was conducted with a deliberate display of 140 students of psychology the Universidad Catolica Argentina, Mendoza headquarters in 2013. We used the coping responses inventory for youth (Moos, 1993, 1995); adaptation of Ongarato, de la Iglesia, Stover & Fernandez Liporace (2009). Tests revealed that the predominant type of coping strategy used by students is Cognitive Approach For Coping.