Expectant life style, which is a preliminary understanding of people’s values, is one of the embodiments of life outlook on value. But with the changing times, the life value idea of university students has undergone profound changes. In order to know the orientation of life value of contemporary university students, the authors investigated the expectant life style of college students by using two different lifestyles and the corresponding different expectant survival time, which were standing on the mountain high and walking in the deep sea. A questionnaire was conducted among students by sampling and the data were statistically analyzed.