Research in Brief in the process of exploring their purpose in life and gaining clarity about their longterm goals. Most of the other measures of purpose, such as the Purpose in Life (PIL) test developed by Crumbaugh and Maholick (1964), focus only on the absolute presence or absence of a sense of purpose. This makes it difficult to assess changes in people’s sense of purpose over time or as a result of an intervention (Dik, Steger, Gibson, & Peisner, 2011). For that reason, we decided to use the scale that could measure both awareness of purpose and awakening to purpose as distinct constructs. Altruistic purpose subscale assesses “people’s desire to make a positive difference in the world”(Sharma et al., 2017, p. 8). Though every one’s life’s purpose is not altruistic in nature, research has demonstrated a positive relationship between prosocial purpose and students’ college satisfaction and wellbeing (Hill, Burrow, O’Dell, & Thornton, 2010). In the context of college persistence, Leppel (2005) found that students whose purpose encompassed aspirations to make a positive difference in society were more likely to continue their college education compared to those who chose college solely to fulfill financial goals. Our aim was to examine the relationship between all three subscales of purpose and degree commitment.