The purpose of this research was to determine if there is a difference in the perceived level of social support between students who participate in a First Year Experience (FYE) program and those who do not (Non-FYE). FYE programming is designed to facilitate transition from high school to college. The program places students into blocks of courses according to their major, allowing students to become more familiar with university staff and other students. FYE focuses on academic and the social well being of incoming freshman. Social well being is an important aspect of health and Healthy People 2010 addresses this importance by stating “The social environment has a profound effect on individual health…” After approval by the university’s Human Subject’s Board, a convenience sample of 153 college students from a lower level health class completed a demographic survey and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. This scale has a Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha of .88 and a test re-test reliability of .85. It contains 12 questions with three subgroups focused on social support from significant others, family, and friends. Likert scale responses result in scores of 1 (lowest support) to 7 (highest support). Data were analyzed with SPSS statistical software utilizing descriptive statistics and Chi Square analysis with an alpha of .05 to determine statistical significance. Results showed that there were more Non-FYE participants (110) and more participants were female (55%). The mean age between the two groups was similar (21 FYE and 22 Non-FYE). There was little difference between the means of the three subgroups and total social support level when contrasting FYE and Non-FYE participants. The greatest difference was for friend support. FYE participants had a lower mean level of friend support (5.4) than Non-FYE participants (5.7). Chi Square analyses showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the frequency of reported high and low levels of support among the subgroups or the total social support level between FYE and Non-FYE participants. Yet, 82% of FYE students stated that they would recommend the program. Meeting friends and making lasting friendships was the most common reason cited. While this study did not find statistically significant differences between social support of FYE participants and Non-FYE participants, most FYE participants would recommend this program. These results cannot be generalized due to small sample size and the lack of random sampling.