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This study was aimed at investigating the impact of leisure lifestyle on life satisfaction in comparison with the major among college students in Busan, Republic of Korea. To achieve the goal of the study, total of 370 surveys were distributed to the college students who were willing to participated in the study. About half of the survey(161 students, 43.5%) was collected from students who were majoring in tourism, leisure and hospitality, and about the rest of the half(209 students, 56.5%) was collected from different departments across the campus. Participated college students showed personality seeking, work-centered, indifferent to leisure, relationship-centered, family -centered and price-centered leisure lifestyle. The significant relationship was found between indifferent to leisure, relationship-centered, family-centered and personality seeking leisure lifestyle on life satisfaction. Their major and sex tended to have positive impact on the leisure lifestyle and life satisfaction. Implications were discussed based on the results of the study.