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The present study is intended to examine the problems of adjustment among students studying in Degree colleges of Jammu city. Adjustment is the process of living itself or dynamic equilibrium of total personality. It is a long process in which an individual learns ways of behavior through which he enters a relationship of harmony with his environment. Adjustment affects the various aspects of a student's life. The present study was conducted to know the adjustment level among degree colleges students in relation to their five areas of adjustment i.e., home, health, social, emotional and educational. The investigator selected 200 students who are studying in various degree colleges of Jammu city. The tool used in the study was Adjustment Inventory for College students standardized by A.K.P Sinha and R.P. Singh (2012). The data thus obtained was analyzed by using appropriate statistical techniques such as mean, standard deviation and critical ratio. The result showed that there was significant difference in adjustment among boys and girls students studying in Degree colleges. Boys are more adjusted than girls in all five areas.