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The purpose of this study was to identify and explore factors (science participation and experience, academic preparation and science achievement, persons, and socio-personal) which influence African American college students' choice of science as a career. Three hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Variance, regression analysis, and Pearson r: Hoj: There are no significant relationships between science career choice influences, (science participation and experience, academic preparation and science achievement, significant others, and socio-personal experiences) and selected demographic variables (classification, gender or GPA) of African American college students. Ho2: There are no significant differences between factors which influence African American students at HBCU