Abstract. Features of the social status of students are the subjects of scientific interest of many researchers. Various aspects of student life, such as social activity, value system, social reading practices, professional choice, secondary employment and others, are the subjects of scientific interest of many researchers, but in spite of this - the social status of students is investigated to a lesser extent. Its objective indicators are known, and in a historical retrospect they, of course, have changed, but not drastically. The social status of students in the subjective dimension is a very mobile subject of study. The self-assessment of the social status of students reflects public opinion, shapes attitudes towards higher education in society. This actualizes the study of the subjective component of the social status of Kazakh students.