Abstract. The welfare is heavily influenced by the level of education attained by people. Accessibility may be observed at the country level and also it can be seen at the individual level. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate some characteristics of educational institutions in the Republic of Moldova, mainly from the perspective of the beneficiary. As research methods were used the analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction. Used data sources are the statistical data of the National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova and the results of a survey elaborated by the authors. The study's findings reveal an overall drop in the number of institutions, teaching staff and students. However, respondents to the survey rated relatively highly, but not very highly, the teaching staff, the quality of hygienic-sanitary conditions, the quality of teaching, the technical-material basis, and the professional-pedagogical qualities of the staff, but they were less satisfied with the quality of the institution's food products and the living conditions in the dormitory. During the years of study, a significant proportion of respondents stated that they paid additional payments in addition to the contractual ones. This paper was developed and financed within the Scientific Project for the period 2020-2023, registered in the State Register of Science and Innovation Projects of the Republic of Moldova with the code 20.80009.0807.29 State Program Project "Improving the mechanisms for applying innovative tools oriented towards the sustainable growth of the welfare of the population of the Republic of Moldova".