The positive changes of patriotism among young college students in the new era are mainly reflected in: in terms of display space, young college students in the new era pay more attention to seeking legitimate national rights and interests in the globalization of cooperation and openness, and network patriotic action is more proactive ; in the form of expression, the proportion of rational patriotism of young college students in the new era is gradually increasing and patriotic behavior is more in line with patriotic cognition ; in terms of psychological state, young college students in the new era are changing from explicit self-esteem to real pride and reverse expression is mostly to express positive emotions. These changes enlighten us that the patriotism education of young college students in the new era should take complex globalization and accelerated networking as the main field in the future, should take the rationalization of words and deeds and the direction of practice as the main direction, and should take the modernization of the country and the sense of gain of the people as the main basis.