The students of the Baccalaureate Program of Music and Art at the Music Faculty shows a significantpopulation decline during the first semester, so it was necessary to obtain information to understand the behavior, becausethere is no formal study to determine the causes of student dropouts%253B thus the aim of this study is to identify what are thereasons for students dropping out of the program, to provide a diagnosis to extent possible and analyze the situation togenerate strategies to rectify these variables to achieve completion of the program. This study is an exploratory diagnosticresearch with a quantitative perspective%253B a questionnaire was used as instrument, made for academic research done onabandonment and desertion. In conclusion the study shows that the main causes of dropout are a set of interrelatedvariables that show a complex cultural and socioeconomic phenomenon that reflects the general feeling in our society
