The purpose of this article is to highlight the main trends in the sociological study of social values of students of Russian universities, based on the review of materials research of Russian sociologists for the period 2014-2017, the research Method is secondary analysis of data according to the magazine "Sociological studies". Analyzed results revealed that the content and ranking of the social values of University students has changed over the period. Structured matrix the changes of social

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... values for the selected years. The results of the research are compared with the contents and classification of the concept "social values" in relation to students, taking into account the specifics of higher education as one of the important channels of vertical social mobility in Russian modern society.