The CPC has always attached great importance to the development of border ethnic areas. Border ethnic minority college students are an important force in the construction and development of border ethnic areas. Ideological and political education for them is conducive to national unity and national stability. This article first analyzes the important significance of strengthening the ideological and political education of ethnic minority college students in the border areas, then points out the problems in the ideological and political education of ethnic minority college students in the border areas, and finally proposes the path of ideological and political education for ethnic minority college students in the border areas: strengthening self-confidence; Strengthen the construction of the ideological and political education work team; Targeted ideological and political education; Enrich the methods and methods of ideological and political education.