A Study on Career Choice and Career Aspirations of UG and PG Students of UAS Raichur

The study was conducted on UG and PG students of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur which is located at Raichur district of Karnataka state. The UG and PG students of UAS, Raichur constitute the population for the study, 45 UG and 45 PG students were selected by employing simple random procedure to form the sample size of 90. The Ex-post facto research design was employed, which is considered more suitable as the phenomenon has already occurred. Personal interview were prepared by considering the variables and objectives of the study. The data were collected analyzed and tabulated by using suitable statistical tools. The findings of the study revealed that, with respect to the gender distribution female students (52.22%) are of high percentage than male students (47.78%) in both UG and PG studies. Very high percent (78.89%) students were belongs to nuclear family. With respect to the overall career aspiration majority (37.78 %) of the students belonged to the high career aspiration category followed by low (35.56%) and medium (26.67%) career aspiration category. Regarding statements on career choice information of UG and PG students, very high majority (95.56%) of students indicated “my career allowed me to make a positive influence on world” followed by “knowledge and skills important to my career success” (92.22%) and “selected job/career choice which is related to my discipline (88.89%). Majority of the students expressed that safer atmosphere (94.44%), good health (90.00%). potential employment (88.89%) and better living condition (85.56%) are the pull factors for selection of job/careers while pull factors like unsuitable institution (65.56%), unemployment and safety (57.78%). Lack of independent (56.67%), friends already selected (55.56%), lack of service (53.33%) and (poverty 52.22%).