Renewable energy sources are important for Turkey and countries with high geopolitical potential likewise. It is expected that our energy dependence could be eliminated by accurate planning of our energy resources and powerful energy policies. Turkey has potential of renewable energy sources with the high number of sunny days, its development in agriculture and livestock and being surrounded by the sea on three sides. Building a balanced global energy economy over the years will largely depend on renewable energy sources. Energy is one of the measures of the economic development and welfare level of countries. In this point, it is of major importance to know the renewable energy sources in our country and to have awareness about these sources. In this contended, the goal of this study is to define identifying factors in the awareness levels of associate degree students studying in social sciences departments about renewable energy sources. A survey has been applied to 414 associate degree students studying at Trabzon University, Beşikdüzü and Vakfıkebir Vocational School, Department of Office Services and Secretarial Services, Foreign Trade, Accounting and Tax, Marketing and Advertising, Management and Organization, Finance-Banking and Insurance in order to identifying factors in the awareness levels regarding renewable energy sources. Two independent groups of t-tests and ANOVA tests have been performed in the analysis of the data.  As consequence, it is clarified that there is a meaningful difference between the level of awareness of the students about renewable energy sources, gender, and education level of the parents. However, it has also been identified that there is no difference in the grade of awareness of renewable energy sources between the department where they study and whether they study or take courses on renewable energy sources. Consequently, the results of the study indicate that gender and parental education are determinants in the differences of students regarding renewable energy sources.