This paper presents the higher education experiences of young people who left alternative care. Given that, a large number of experts do not give a lot of importance to this topic due to the very low concentration of the mentioned risk group among the school population. The overall context in which young people from care sometimes find themselves contributes to a better understanding of this topic. That is why this paper explains and focuses on the Life Path Theory and the variety of life paths that young people can take after leaving care. Getting out of care is, without a doubt, a big challenge for these young people, but some successfully overcome it and do attend higher education. Important factors in this outcome are motivation, young people's perception of the relevance of education, and help and support from experts in alternative care. There are also various obstacles that young people from alternative care face during their studies: inflexible education system, failure to recognize them as a risk group, lack of basic skills, experts who do not attach great importance to education and therefore do not encourage it, stigmatization due to origin and many others. Following all of the above, in order to make it easier for young people from alternative care to study, greater attention from experts is needed, research that will more precisely describe their situation, and finally greater support and help from experts.