There are numerous doubts nowadays regarding advantages, disadvantages and the quality of public and private education in the Republic of Croatia. Opinions are quite divided, however, prejudices and stereotypes about private higher education institutions are still a common occurrence in Croatian society. The purpose of this paper has been to examine attitudes of students on private and state faculties. The aim of the research was to find similarities and differences in attitudes of students towards private and state faculties depending on the type of faculty they attend. For the purpose of the work, a questionnaire was conducted on a total of 56 students from state and private faculties in Croatia. The analysis of the answers showed more similarities than differences in satisfaction and attitudes among the students from private and state faculties. However, it would be needed a much more detailed research on a larger sample in order to determine the attitudes of the student population. In doing so, the author thinks that her research has contributed to that goal.