Objective: This study was planned as a descriptive study to determine the anxiety levels of university students residing at state dormitory. Materials and Methods: The research was carried out among female and male students residing in dormitories linked to Trabzon province Credit and Residence Institution. A total of 243 students (115 girls-128 boys) formed the sample of the research. Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAE) and a data collection tool developed by researchers were used. Due to the abnormal distribution of anxiety scores by gender and other grouping variables (p = 0,001) and the non-homogeneous distribution (p = 0,002), analyze was performed by non-parametric methods and Mann Whitney-U test was applied. Findings: Of the 243 students who completed the whole questionnaire, 47.2% were females (n = 115) and 57.2% were males. 80.0% of female students (n = 92) and 72.7% of male students (n = 93) were found to have severe anxiety. 78.8% (n = 115) of students with severe anxiety were between 21-23 age group. There was a significant relationship between students' anxiety levels by gender (p = 0.007). The mean rank of anxiety scores of females (134,88; n = 115) was found to be higher than that of male anxiety scores (110,43; n = 128) (Z = - 2,710; p = 0.007). No significant relationship was found between students' regular drug use and anxiety levels (p = 0.072). Results: It has been determined that a large part of the students residing at dormitory have severe anxiety. The relatively small number of the sample restrains the generalization of the results. It is suggested that similar studies should be carried out with larger samples to achieve more generalized results.