Financial Aid

Workstudy Handbook / College Workstudy Requirements

  • Students must be enrolled for at least six credits per semester to be eligible for Federal and State College Work Study and the Student Worker Program.
  • A student must have received an award letter notification from the Financial Aid Office showing their work study eligibility before they start working in the summer. They must also be pre-registered for Fall Semester.
  • Student workers MUST maintain satisfactory academic progress (2.0 GPA and 67% completion rate).
  • Graduating students CANNOT work beyond their graduation date.
  • Returning students may finish out the month of their last semester for the school year if funds are available, they have remaining need, and they are pre-registered for Fall Semester.
  • Off-campus job sites are established at non-profit organizations only.
  • Students that work during an extended period of non-enrollment (winter break and summer) will have larger withholdings (FICA and State/Federal taxes) taken from their checks.