College students face food insecurity at rates of up to 4 times the national average. The purpose of our research is to identify and evaluate causes that contribute to food insecurity among college students. This paper will be a comprehensive review of peer reviewed studies. Due to factors such as replacing meals with fast food, low income status, and availability of community programs. This can lead to many secondary complications with physical health including higher rates of obesity, higher blood pressure and diabetes. The mental tolls of students who face food insecurity include higher rates of depression and mental health issues. These students tend to also have lower gpas and high rates of dropping out. The US Government Accountability Office showed that about 7.3 million US college students qualified financially for SNAP benefits, but only 2.26 million of them actively were enrolled, which equates to 31% proving that interventions do exist but are not fully being implemented effectively. For how prevalent an issue of food insecurity among college students is, there is often very little done by the colleges to address this issue. College students are a population that exhibit food insecurity at high rates and this contributes to negative health outcomes and shows a need for public health interventions.