The changing ethnic population of college students presents a need to assess college satisfaction, particularly in view of the increasing numbers of black students attending predominantly white colleges and universities. The relationship between assertiveness and college satisfaction was studied in a multicultural population of 23 black and 23 white college students who completed the College Self Satisfaction Questionnaire and the College Self Expression Scale. Statistical analyses did not support the hypothesis of a significant relationship between assertiveness and satisfaction. In addition, no statistically significant ethnic differences were found for assertiveness. Black students did, however, achieve higher scores than white students on the assertion measure. Black students were significantly less satisfied with their college experience, confirming previous research. The findings suggest that assertiveness and college satisfaction may be inversely related. (Author/JAC)