Stress is a considerable matter of concern for students in today’s competitive world. The main objective of this paper is to identify the impact of stress management education on some students of selected, reputed, post-graduate professional degree colleges in Rajasthan. Stress can be beneficial if it is up to a certain level and that stress is known as Eustress, beyond that level, stress can harm a student’s physical as well as mental health, and also the success of a student can be affected negatively. Fifty healthy students both male and female were selected for the study from the four most reputed colleges of Rajasthan.  All students were studying professional degree courses like MBA, MCA, and MTECH. Participants were divided randomly into two groups, one was Group A- Experimental group (n=25) and another was Group B- The control group (n=25). Stress management education was given only to the participants of the experimental group. The participants of the control group were not given any stress management education. T-test measures significance between pre and post data of the study. The findings of the study showed that a high level of stress can affect the performance of students negatively and stress management education helps them to handle their academic stress effectively as well as to develop their stress management skills. With the help of this study, it can also be concluded that stress management education helps students in developing their creativity and problem-solving skills.

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Keywords: Stress, Stress Management Education, Performance of the Students, Professional Courses, Stress-Coping Strategies.