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The purpose of the study was to identify factors that influenced students to select vocational education subjects in Grades 11 and 12. The population for the study was all students who had selected a vocational subject in the 16 vocational high schools in Swaziland. This cohort constituted the first group of students in the vocationalized curriculum in the program areas of agriculture, commerce (business), home economics, and technical studies. The findings revealed that the most influential factors were: (1) a possibility of getting a job upon completing high school with vocational skills gained, (2) the media, (3) successful businesspersons in the community, (4) positive parental support, and (5) hope and desire of a successful home-based enterprise.