The study was conducted to investigate midwifery students’ opinions of their profession and assess their preferences for posts and institutions in which they will work after graduation. The population of this cross-sectional study consisted of 229 first- and fourth-year students in the midwifery department of Ege University Izmir Atatürk Health School in the fall semester of 2013-2014 academic year. No sampling method was implemented; volunteer students were included in the study. The participation rate in the study was 73% (n:167). Of the participants, 45% were the first-year students and 55% were the fourth-year students. 59%’s mother and 43%’s father were graduated in primary school. 54% placed midwifery education in the first five level of preference list in the university entrance examination. 51% preferred midwifery due to employment opportunity, and 81% were pleased with their profession. However, 89% of them defined the social status of the midwifery as moderate or bad. Of them, 49% wanted to work in the obstetrics and gynecology hospital, 28% as a midwife in the family health center, and 14% as academicians in the university. 84% wanted to work in the daytime, 11% wanted to work shifts, and 98% wanted to work in a district or city, and 2% in a village. Half of the participants preferred the profession of their own free will due to employment opportunity. Half of them wanted to work in the secondary healthcare, one-fourth of them in the primary healthcare, and about one-tenth of them as an academician in the university. The majority of them had worries about the status of their profession. To provide more comprehensive data on midwifery students, profile studies should be performed. In addition, studies to analyze the prospective midwives’ attitudes towards the profession, and factors affecting the social status of the profession should be conducted.