The main purpose of this research was to investigate the current exercise motivation of college students, and to examine the relationships between recreation exercise behavior and exercise motivation. Among the colleges in Taiwan, including 1027 students, have been chosen to participate in this study. All the research data is derived from the questionnaire of exercise motivation. The collected were analyzed by frequency, t-test, one-way ANOVA, item analysis, factor analysis. The main findings of this study were as follows: 1. Students of male, collegiate athletes, exercise's club members, like physical education, delight experience of exercise showed significantly higher mean scores on the exercise motivation. Students of the college of engineer showed significantly higher mean scores on the exercise motivation than college of management students. Students of the freshman showed significantly higher mean scores on the exercise motivation than junior students. 2. Higher recreation exercise subjects showed significantly higher mean scores on the exercise behavior.