college student jobs

turtletime
Mon, 02 Apr 2018 07:02:49 +0000

Campuses usually have two different types of job offerings. Jobs open to anyone and “work study” jobs available to only those that qualify. Work study gets federal funds (I believe) and once you’ve used up your work study amount, it will be up to your employers if they can keep you on paying you from a different fund or you will have to find a different job. The nice thing is you can have several different jobs both work study and not.

My eldest works for the campus art museum, her department as well as a paid writer for the alumni magazine. The hours and various pay all comes to her in a regular paycheck which she tries to live on (non-dining Hall food, entertainment, toiletries, haircuts, transportation, etc.) She dips into her summer savings for things like books. It’s super helpful to us that she takes care of these things.

Your income won’t affect your family but it will be on your fafsa and your savings will be part of the computed EFC. My own daughter’s income/savings never made much of a difference in that way.

My word of advice, start looking for campus jobs before school starts. They often have listings in the summer and you can start applying before you get on campus. You can find some nicer or higher paying positions and on some campuses, getting a job is difficult even if you qualify for work study. Keep in mind that different states have different minimum wages so don’t be shocked like my daughter was when she went from her summer job in our start earning 13 and hour to different state campus where most of the jobs were around 8.