The objective of this research was to study the students motivation in applying for the Bachelor of Engineering Technology of College of Industrial Technology at King Mongkut s Institute of Technology North Bangkok, and to study the students background and their chances to become graduated. The samples were 262 students who were the first year students of all disciplines in the Bachelor of Engineering Technology in the first semester on academic year 2005. Research method was questionnaire and the data were analyzed using statistic methods including frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Pearson Chi-Square, t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The hypotheses were tested at the significant level of 0.05 by using the SPSS program. The findings of the research were 1. The general motivation of all students was found to be at a high level. The motivation regarding educational goal was found to be at the highest level. The curriculum or discipline, the role of College of Industrial Technology and the students personal reason were at a high level. 2. The chance of students to graduate was found to correlate with their background, the family income and the studying field. However it was not relate to the students gender and their former school. 3. The comparison of student s motivations hypothesis testing of this research was found to be statistically significant at 0.05. Gender and family income students were found to be different while the students motivations were the same.