Introduction: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the mental health of students. Students feel stressed and sad, anxious, frustrated, confused and do not know how to overcome their conditions. Depression occurs because of negative thinking about oneself and others, so special management is needed in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the depression levels of students in the pandemic.Methods: The method in this study was a quantitative research with cross sectional approach. Descriptive analysis is used to provide a description of the level of depression that occurs in students. Data collection used the Beck Deperession Inventory II (BDI II), sampling used a total sample of 148 respondents (students with an average age of 18-20 years old). The process of collecting data is done by using the google form survey method.Results: Students experienced mild mood disorders (25.7%), severe depression (12.2%), low depression (8.1%), moderate depression (0,7%) and extreme (0.7%).Conclusion: Depression in the pandemic of COVID-19 requires special attention in management to prevent mental disorders.

The phenomenon of depression is the many events that occur among students, among the factors that cause students to experience psychological problems due to unpleasant student experiences, such as academic problems, parental demands, bullying, breaking up relationships with spouses. The phenomenon of psychological problems and depression in these students requires further treatment, to prevent more severe impacts. This study uses a qualitative research design, focus of this research is lies in the depth and process, this study involved 4 participants as students. Data collected through participants writing answers to questions (written answer), answers written by participants were read repeatedly carefully, analyzed, made keywords, then categorized from each participant's answers. The results of this study indicate that the experience of students in dealing with depression problems is still diverse in terms of coping mechanisms for psychological problems, both positive and negative coping, among the 4 participants studied there three themes were then analyzed during the data review process including isolating self and activity; pray and worship God, looking for solutions, trust, and discussion in the family. The coping mechanism with a spiritual approach is a way to deal with depression experiences in students.