The university stage is a critical period for the formation of people's world outlook, outlook on life and values. College students are easily affected by various adverse factors, and the psychological emergency mechanism is easy to have a certain impact on the psychology, causing psychological problems, thereby affecting the normal life and study of individuals, causing family burdens, and affecting the overall progress of society. Both the work system of mental health education in colleges and the specific mental health education for physical education majors need to conduct in-depth and detailed investigations on the current mental health education of college students, and to deeply grasp the current situation of mental health of students majoring in physical education. Understanding the various factors that affect the mental health level of students majoring in physical education is an important prerequisite for colleges and universities to carry out mental health education in a targeted manner and improve the efficiency of mental health education.