Factors Influencing Career Aspirations of Christian Religious Studies Students in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria.

The study sought to investigate the factors influencing career aspirations of Christian Religious Studies Students in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study, and four null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The research design adopted for the study is the descriptive survey research design. A sample of two hundred (200) students was drawn from the population of 2,632 using the simple random sampling technique. Questionnaire was used in data collection. The Pearson‟s Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was adopted for data analysis to test hypotheses of the study. Findings of the study showed that, gender, family background, and peer pressure respectively, has significant relationship with the career aspirations of Christian Religious Studies Students. Based on these findings, the study recommended amongst others that, parents and guardians should be enlightened on the issue of career choices so that, they don‟t force their children or wards into any career against their talent and interest as this could lead to frustration and job dissatisfaction in the future.

Keywords: Factors influencing career aspiration, Christian religious studies, career prospects, and individual career choice and aspirations