This article presents the causes psychosocial student dropping out of the program of Psychology at a University in Barranquilla between 2009 and 2011. A total of 65 people, the sample was of 16 persons who met the selection criteria. Reviewed the existing in the institution information on MMPI and RAVEN tests, the tests Saber 11, financial, family and academic aspects. The results show the correlation between these variables and the desertion.