Role of Family Background on Students Choice of Studying Program in Higher Learning Institutions in Morogoro Municipal, Tanzania

Choosing a career or program is a multiplanar action that involves students' capacity to choose a suitable career by involving acquaintances from different sources of information. This study examined the role of family background on students' choice of studying programs in higher learning institutions in Morogoro municipal Tanzania. The study adopted a convergent research design under the mixed research approach corresponding to pragmatic philosophy. From the targeted population,100 participants were selected from students through a simple random sampling procedure. Also, a purposive sampling technique was used to select 8 parents and 1 HoD and make a total of 109 participants for the whole study Interviews and questionnaires were used in data collection as instruments. the study makes sure conformability, transferability, and reliability are considered in the data collection instrument. The study revealed that parents’ encouragement to students to make good program decisions, parents informing students about specific programs, and parents’ encouragement to students on considering different education and career options were a significant influence on parents’ choice of career among higher learners. The study concluded that parental support is essential for helping students make wise program choices. The study recommends that Parents should not force students to follow careers or programs similar to their own in contradiction to their will.