Abstract: The current study examined effective communication, education and age as determinants of marital status satisfaction among newly wedded couples in a Nigerian University. A total of 150 (80 males and 70 females) selected from married students and staff of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma participated in the study. Questionnaire comprising the demographic variables, dyadic adjustment scale and communication scale was used to test the hypotheses. There was a main effect of communication on marital satisfaction. Though there was an interaction effect of age and communication on marital satisfaction. There was also no statistical significant differences across the three religion studied. This study provides some trends which could inform further planning and implementation of provision for intervention by identifying areas that needed to be understood before embarking on any intervention program.