: Tourism, seen as a tool for development today, is also seen as a high potential tourism type to become a tool for the development of rural areas. In this study, it is aimed to determine the perspectives and perceptions of university students, who are studying tourism education at associate degree level, for rural tourism. The survey method was chosen as data collection tool in the study. For this purpose, a questionnaire form was developed for the students by reviewing the domestic and foreign literature on the subject. The main population of this study is the associate degree students who study in the Culinary Arts, Tourism Administration and Tourism Guidance programs within vocational schools of Süleyman Demirel University in 2014-2015 academic year. Sample size of the study is determined as 382 individuals with a margin of error of ± 5%, in the % 95 confidence interval. The necessary explanations were explained to the participants and they were asked to fill in the questionnaires. Analysis of the data obtained from the questionnaire forms was performed with the help of statistical package program. For this purpose, firstly the data was transferred to the computer, database was created and then analyzed for the purpose of study. Analysis of the obtained data was performed by frequency analysis, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskall Wallis tests.