Research has found that adaptive coping (AC), religious coping (RC), and forgiveness all contribute to SWB (e.g., Fredericka, Purringtona, & Dunbarb, 2016). However, literature has not yet examined how forgiveness may mediate the effects of adaptive coping and religious coping on SWB. This study examined the direct effects of adaptive coping and religious coping as well as their indirect effects via forgiveness on SWB using a cross-sectional sample of college students. Participants recruited included 164 undergraduate students from a public southwestern university. The results indicated that participants who identified as religious reported more use of religious coping compared to non-religious individuals. Forgiveness was found to have an indirect effect on AC and SWB. However, results did not find a significant correlational difference for RC, SWB, or forgiveness between religious affiliation. RC was found to have an effect on SWB, and forgiveness did have an indirect effect on the relationship for religious individuals.