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Colleges and universities may also have their own student employment opportunities that will allow you to earn wages at a job on campus to help pay your educational expenses.
These positions may not require that you receive a work-study award as part of your financial aid package. Nevertheless, if a student qualifies for a need-based work-study award, there can be important advantages that come with being funded through a need-based work-study program coordinated through a financial aid office. When you apply for financial aid, talk to the financial aid advisor at the college you choose if you have questions about the differences between a need-based work-study job and any other job.
Student assistantships can also be included in this category of aid. Assistantships-sometimes called "graduate assistantships" — are normally offered to graduate students doing more advanced study after completing a bachelor's degree. Graduate assistants can be involved in many types of work. For example, a teaching assistant might work under a professor as the professor teaches an undergraduate course. The teaching assistant might help to grade class assignments, and might even teach some of the classes. A research assistant might work with a professor on that professor's research projects. In addition to helping the student pay for their education, these jobs can give a student valuable experience working under professors in their field of study.
If you are interested in student employment at a college or university, contact that school's financial aid office to find out more details about the employment options available to their students.