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This study investigated on "Achievement Motivation among undergraduate students". The study was Survey in nature. Achievement motivation tool was used to collect the data and this tool was developed by Prof.Pratibha Deo and Dr.Asha Mohan. For the present study researcher has adopted stratified random sampling technique. Objectives and hypothesis were to study the level of Achievement Motivation. To study the difference in Achievement Motivation among undergraduate students with respect to streams (Arts, Commerce, and Science). To study the difference in Achievement Motivation among Undergraduate Students with respect to Gender. To study the difference in Achievement Motivation among Undergraduate students with respect to type of college. Researcher selected 180 students of undergraduate studying in two colleges. In the present study t-test ANOVA and Correlation was used to analyze the data by using SPSS. The study examined achievement motivation showed significant variation across the three streams (F = 27.742, p < 0.05). This highlights that students from different academic disciplines have different levels of motivation, possibly due to varying academic demands and career prospects. Male students exhibited significantly higher achievement motivation (t=3.988, p < 0.05) compared to female students, indicating that males may be more driven toward academic success than females in this sample. There was no significant difference in achievement motivation between students from government and private colleges (t = 0.734), indicating that institutional type does not have a considerable impact on students' motivation to achieve.