The problem of external migration Croatia is facing is serious, especially in the region of Slavonija. There are various reasons for migration, and psychological processes and determinants of migrations are increasingly being studied. Attitudes towards migration are one of the factors influencing the decision to migrate, and they themselves differ among the populations that participated in the various surveys. Older students, medical school students, but also students from special regions show more positive attitudes towards external migration. In addition to attitudes, the achievement motivation has also proven to be one of the factors that can influence the decision to migrate outside the domicile state. People who have this aspiration more often leave their country and move to countries with better economic conditions. Although no research has been found that has investigated the relationship between materialism and migration, it is possible that materialism is one of the factors that indirectly influences the decision to migrate, through its impact on life satisfaction. Therefore, the aim of this research is to examine the association between achievement motivation and materialism with attitudes towards going abroad among high school students. Data were collected through an online survey containing three scales, a scale of attitudes towards migration, a scale of materialism and a scale of achievement motivation. Participants were also asked about educational orientation, gender and age. The research found that the achievement motivation and materialism are more expressed in men than in women, but that there are no differences between the sexes in attitudes towards migration. It was also found that students with vocational orientations achieved higher results on the scales of achievement motivation and attitudes towards migration compared to high school students, but that these two groups did not differ according to materialist tendencies. Furthermore, a positive correlation between a