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Higher Education is an instrument for social change. Higher Education has provided social mobility to the Indian society. Social change occurs at different rates and through different Medias at different levels. The attitude of different groups of people towards social change is also related with Education. The present study was undertaken to assess the impact of higher education on attitude of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe women towards social change of Morigaon District, Assam. The Researcher had selected 60 highly educated Women as sample out of which 30 women belong to SC and 30 women belong to ST category. The sample was selected by using purposive sampling technique. Descriptive survey method was used to collect data. The Modernization Scale developed by Dr. R.S. Singh, A.N. Tripathi and Ramji Lal was used as tool for collecting data about attitude towards social change. This scale consisted of four aspects of social change i.e. socio-religious, marriage, position of women and education. The collected data was analyzed and interpreted with the help of statistical techniques such as Mean, standard Deviation and t-test. The study revealed that there exists no significant difference between the attitude of highly educated SC and ST women towards social change of Morigaon District, Assam.