Motivation has long been a construct applied in determining why people make the decision to further their education to a higher level. However, a limited amount of research has been done to identify what motivates people with different demographical backgrounds to learn English at the graduate diploma level. This study investigated 70 people who decided to join a graduate program offered by a government university in Bangkok, Thailand. Questionnaires were administered to the participants as the instrument used to obtain the data. The statistical tools were