Value-target orientations regulate the development of a life position and life programs, the creation of an image of the future, and the prospects for personal development. Biological, psychological and social processes of personality development determine the choice of areas of study, specialties and the success of education in higher educational institutions. The article examines the formation of value-target orientations of students studying under agreements on targeted training. The effectiveness of targeted training is not only the solution of personnel issues, but also the provision of “social lifts” for young people and the prevention of the outflow of young people to work abroad. The task of universities is to get a 100 % result of a professionally and personally formed student who is ready to engage in professional activities at state enterprises. Diagnostics of the value-target orientations of the individual in relation to the professional self-determination of students under the agreement on targeted training was carried out through the questionnaire “Professional self-determination of students”. Questions to students in the questionnaire were divided into several areas in order to analyze learning outcomes, social and psychological support for students, satisfaction with training and information support. Adolescence, conditions and quality of formation of a specialist are factors influencing his professional and civic orientation.