Keyword: «internal factors»
The article reveals the main individual and psychological features of professional self-determination of high school students in urban and rural schools, describes internal and external factors that influence the choice of profession. Professional self-determination is influenced by a number of objective factors, one of which is the region of residence. Having a number of features of the socio-economic plan, the place of residence creates different social conditions, puts forward different requirements for subjects of self-determination. Based on this, we found that the region where young men and women live can act as one of the factors of professional self-determination of their personality, expanding, or Vice versa, limiting the process of professional self-determination.