Educational sociologists have long been interested in the class origins of students intending to be teachers. There is a belief in the educational community that female pre-service teachers tend to be largely drawn from middle class families while the males tend to be largely drawn from working or lower class families (Hansen, 1967). Six null hypotheses were formulated to answer the general research question: Is there a real or statistically significant difference in the social class origins of female and male pre-service teachers at Mankato State University? The two-factor Index of Social Position (ISP) developed by Hollingshead and Meyers was used to determine the social class origins of the subjects of study. The findings clearly indicate that the differences between the two groups in terms of social class origins is not significant. In addition, some of the corollary beliefs about the cognitive and verbal skills and values and attitudinal differences between female and male pre-service teachers require further research. (BZ)