The main objective of the study was to know the level of adjustments and to asses and compare the adjustments made by college students with respect to five dimensions- home, health, social, emotional and educational. Survey method was adopted for the study. The researcher surveyed the colleges in Bangalore city and finally Narayana College offering pre-university course for both boys and girls was selected. The sample consisted of 140 college students studying in the first year preuniversity course between the age group of 16- 18 years of which 70 were boys and 70 girls were selected by purposive random sampling technique. The standardized scale on adjustment inventory for college students developed by K P Sinha and R.P.Singh (1971) was used for the study. The data obtained by the respondents was tabulated and statistically analyzed by applying percentage, mean, standard deviation, Chi- Square, ‘t’ test and ‘F’ test. The findings revealed that, higher percentage of the respondents belong to 16 years of age group and were from nuclear family. Majority of both male and female respondents had average level of adjustments. There is a significant difference in the overall mean score of respondents towards adjustments further majority of female respondents had higher mean score percentage as compared to male respondents. There exists a significant difference in adjustments among male and female respondents on the five dimensions classified for the study. Further, the study revealed that there is a positive and significant difference found between male and female respondents with regard to home, social, emotional, educational aspects whereas, in the dimension of health the test found to be non significant.
