The goal of this research was to study difference in professional identity, academic success and educational satisfaction between students who attend wanted majors and those who attend majors which weren’t their best choice, and research relation between professional identity, academic success and satisfaction with studies. Total of 228 students for various universities in Croatia participated in research. Participants completed an online questionnaire which contained of several demographic questions, followed by questions found in “Professional Identity Questionnaire” (Tan, Molen and Schmidt, 2017), “Study Satisfaction Questionnaire“ and question about grade point average. Results have shown that knowledge factor, experience and perception of professional role model are more expressed with students enrolled in their wanted major, compared to students not enrolled in their first choice major. Results also show that students enrolled in their preferred majors show greater degree of studies satisfaction compared to those not enrolled in their best choice major. Results have shown that academic success is higher for students enrolled in their wanted major, compared to students not enrolled in their first choice major. When it comes to connection of professional identity and studies satisfaction, considerable positive correlation has been observed, with all three factors of professional identity - knowledge factor (r=.53), experience factor (r=.39) and perception of professional role model (r=.63). Also, a significant positive correlation has been determined between all three professional identity factors - knowledge factor (r = .26), experience factor (r = .16) and professional role model (r = .24) of professional identity and grade point average, as well as study satisfaction and grade point average (r =.27). More satisfied students also have stronger factors of experience, knowledge, perception of professional role model and better academic achievements.