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The study aims to explore northern students' choices after Bachelor's degree, focusing on which individual and contextual factors affect the likelihood to continue studying at MAs. The study is population-based, and the used dataset is extracted from the Italian Ministry of University’s administrative databases. Students' characteristics are used to study the probability of enrolling in a Master's degree by generalized linear mixed models. Model estimation results can be used to predict the probability of continuing the studies for students at first enrolment and update them during their studies. From the university's point of view, this can represent an essential tool for monitoring the students' careers.