This study aims to determine nursing and midwifery students' care behaviors and their empathic tendencies. 252 students (188 nursing, 64 midwifery) were participated to this study. Most of the students participating in this study are women (201 women, 51 men). In this study,‘Socio-Demographic Survey Form’,‘Caring Assessment Questionnaire (Care-Q)’and ‘Empathic Tendency Scale’were conducted as data collection tools. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Kruskal Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test. Results indicated that there was no significant difference between male and female students in terms of their empathy tendencies. In addition, although empathy tendencies of nursing students were higher than midwifery ones, there was no significant difference between nursing and midwifery students in terms of their empathy tendencies. A significant mean difference was found between the empathy tendencies of the students who chose the profession willingly and unintentionally. Not surprisingly, the empathy tendency of the students who chose their professions willingly was higher than those who do not. Whether the students' empathy tendencies change according to their grade levels was also investigated. No significant difference was found between the empathic tendencies of 2nd-3rd grade, 3rd-4th grade and 2nd-4th grade students. It is noteworthy that the 2nd grade students' empathy tendency was found to be higher than the other class of students. No significant mean difference was found between female and male students in terms of their perception of care behavior for each subgroup