This research study was undertaken at College of Agriculture, Pune and Post Graduate Institute, of MPKV, Rahuri of Maharashtra State during the year 2011-12. Expost-facto research design was used for the study. The observations keenly revealed that the characteristics namely academic performance of post graduate students in H.S.C. and fathers’ annual income have positive and significant relationship with aspirations of post graduate students at 5.00 per cent level of probability whereas the relationship between size of landholding and aspirations of post graduate students is positive and significant at 1.00 percent level of probability. However the relationship between other characteristics namely academic performance of post graduate students in Under graduation, family education status, fathers’ occupation is non significant, whereas there is negative and non significant relationship between post graduate students mothers’ occupation and annual income