Quem são os alunos da Licenciatura em Educação do Campo/Ciências da Natureza da Universidade Federal do Piauí?

This study is inserted in the context of teacher training for the Bachelor’s degree in Countryside Education/Natural Sciences at the Federal University of Piauí, Picos/PI campus, aimed at training educators for rural schools. It seeks to understand the profile of students on the course, consisting of an analysis of groups of students who are at the beginning, middle, and in the completion phase of the course, identifying the data personal, geographic aspects, socioeconomic profile, training aspects, and professional aspects. The empirical context of the research took place in the course at the Federal University of Piauí. The research subjects were 161 students, enrolled in six active classes of the course, all responded to the questionnaire applied to construct and analyze the data. The results show the reach of the course in the profile of rural and low-income students, observing a change in profile. The study concludes that rural students seek higher education in the face of economic difficulties to remain on the course.