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Top Colleges by University Part-Time Job Earnings per Student Worker
Study Objectives
There were two main incentives, or objectives, of this study. One of the first objectives was the ranking of colleges in each individual state by the average earnings per student worker over the school year. These rankings highlight which colleges are committed to providing opportunities to their student body, and they show which colleges provide the best opportunities for on-campus part-time work.
The second objective involved an analysis of part-time job earnings in several different ways. Differences in earnings between private and public institutions were analyzed. An overall comparison of the states, territories, and district for average earnings per student workers from all state colleges was undertaken in order to shed insight on regional earnings.
Key Findings
· 11.6% of schools reported providing part-time job opportunities to their student bodies.
· Of those colleges, 63.9% were private institutions while the remainder were public.
· On average, public school part-time student workers earn 8.4% more than private school student workers.
· Average earnings per student worker did not differ considerably by state.
· The average rate of pay is not correlated with the number of jobs in any given state, district, or territory.
Methodology
Any and all data (aside from the student enrollment by state data) was taken and licensed from Peterson’s Class of 2015 Financial Aid data. All Peterson’s data is self-reported by colleges and updated to the academic year of 2014-2015. The student enrollment by state data is updated to the academic year of 2013-2014.
To be a part of this publication, colleges were required to fit a certain set of criteria. The first requirement eliminated colleges who did not report providing part-time job opportunities to their respective student bodies. The next requirement phased out any colleges that did not report data from the academic years of 2012-2013, 2013-2104, or 2014-2015.
Of all the schools from the original Peterson’s data set (4,236 colleges), 490 institutions fit the criteria. Forty-seven states were represented; all states except Alaska, Delaware, and Wyoming were included in the data set. In addition to these states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico were included for a grand total of forty-nine regions represented.
The main ranking and comparison metric, average dollar earnings per student worker, was provided by Peterson’s Financial Aid data set. Since this data did not require calculation, only several spreadsheet actions were used to formulate the results.
Since private and public status was denoted in the data set, a private vs. public school breakdown was accomplished by sorting the college listing according to institution type. Since state of residence was listed in the data set, a state by state breakdown was formulated by sorting the colleges by state in alphabetical order.
College rankings by state were created by sorting the average earnings per worker from highest to lowest within each state listing. The comparison between private and public institutions was done by taking the average of all the average earnings per worker from both private and public listings, respectively. This led to a bar chart that displays the difference between average private and public student earnings. The state rankings were determined through the same method as the private/public comparison methodology; instead of a bar graph comparison, each state was ranked by average earnings per worker which led to a table displaying the top ten states by student earnings.
This study was conducted and published by Drew Cloud, the owner and administrator of The Student Loan Report.
Results
Public vs. Private Average University Part-Time Job Earnings
Chart 1. This bar chart portrays a minor disparity in average university part-time job earnings per worker between public and private institutions.
Number of Jobs vs. Average Part-Time Earnings per Worker vs. Student Enrollment Population by State
Graph 1. This scatter plot shows the relationship between the number of jobs and average part-time earnings per worker as well as student enrollment population (all by state). There is no clear relationship between average earnings per worker and number of jobs while there is a linear relationship between student enrollment population and number of jobs. Data points that are vertically aligned pertain to the same state.
Top 10 States by Average Earnings per Worker
Rank
State
Average Earnings
Standard Deviation
Number of Jobs
1
Washington, D.C.
$4,872
N/A
273
2
Nebraska
$3,650
N/A
14
3
California
$3,566
± $2,403
10230
4
Utah
$3,491
N/A
56
5
Arizona
$3,167
± $728
8790
6
Washington
$3,089
± $952
3505
7
Louisiana
$2,994
± $2,334
7363
8
Maryland
$2,988
± $2,509
1213
9
New Mexico
$2,910
± $2,874
886
10
Oklahoma
$2,859
± $2,222
6396
Table 1. This table displays the top ten states in terms of average earning per part-time worker at state universities. The rows with an inapplicable standard deviation only had data from one school.
Top Ten vs. Not-Top Ten Average Part-Time Earnings per Worker
Chart 2. This chart depicts the disparity in average part-time earnings per worker between the top ten states and the not-top ten states.
Top Colleges by University Part-Time Job Earnings per Student Worker
Alabama
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Tuskegee University
416
$4,755
2
University of North Alabama
509
$1,603
3
Samford University
646
$1,509
4
Alabama State University
506
$649
Arizona
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus
682
$3,794
2
Arizona State University at the West campus
503
$3,454
3
Arizona State University at the Downtown Phoenix campus
1149
$3,414
4
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus
5823
$3,263
5
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
633
$1,912
Arkansas
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Arkansas State University
380
$3,900
2
Ouachita Baptist University
129
$2,060
3
Southern Arkansas University-Magnolia
341
$2,044
4
Williams Baptist College
18
$1,588
5
Harding University
1357
$1,377
6
Hendrix College
260
$1,369
7
Lyon College
3
$700
California
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Dominican University of California
15
$10,704
2
University of La Verne
1178
$8,781
3
Harvey Mudd College
26
$6,569
4
California College of the Arts
68
$4,736
5
Sierra College
14
$4,644
6
Thomas Aquinas College
250
$4,450
7
University of San Francisco
1320
$4,246
8
Merced College
131
$3,456
9
Mills College
315
$3,376
10
California Institute of Technology
37
$2,740
Colorado
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
University of Colorado Denver
293
$3,855
2
Pueblo Community College
254
$3,500
3
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
265
$3,406
4
University of Northern Colorado
614
$3,114
5
Colorado State University-Pueblo
1109
$3,000
6
University of Denver
237
$2,985
7
Naropa University
11
$2,455
8
Aims Community College
107
$2,406
9
Colorado Heights University
35
$2,400
10
Colorado School of Mines
1607
$2,332
Connecticut
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
University of Connecticut
4295
$2,392
2
Wesleyan University
114
$2,267
3
Gateway Community College
69
$1,772
4
Sacred Heart University
775
$1,030
Florida
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Lynn University
31
$7,684
2
Florida Institute of Technology
7
$4,512
3
Saint Leo University
4
$4,361
4
Stetson University
64
$3,518
5
Rollins College
2
$3,500
6
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona
1752
$2,527
7
Daytona State College
1
$2,500
8
Trinity College of Florida
1
$2,415
9
Florida State University
37
$2,400
10
University of Florida
4488
$2,038
Georgia
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Berry College
159
$4,592
2
Morehouse College
137
$3,039
3
Piedmont College
272
$1,777
4
Emmanuel College
192
$858
Idaho
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Boise State University
230
$3,665
2
University of Idaho
184
$1,824
3
The College of Idaho
21
$1,104
Illinois
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
AverageEarnings
1
North Central College
48
$10,821
2
Northeastern Illinois University
100
$7,360
3
Aurora University
48
$6,272
4
Lewis and Clark Community College
84
$5,700
5
Lewis University
252
$4,583
6
Saint Anthony College of Nursing
42
$4,457
7
DePaul University
2393
$2,641
8
University of Illinois at Chicago
2672
$2,500
9
Illinois State University
51
$2,462
10
Eureka College
136
$2,231
Indiana
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
University of Indianapolis
163
$7,468
2
University of Notre Dame
3345
$3,161
3
Wabash College
442
$2,802
4
Valparaiso University
842
$2,104
5
Calumet College of Saint Joseph
1
$1,928
6
Goshen College
48
$1,725
7
University of Evansville
30
$1,398
8
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
479
$1,253
9
Earlham College
41
$600
Iowa
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Grinnell College
707
$2,143
2
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
764
$2,028
3
Loras College
190
$2,000
4
University of Dubuque
160
$2,000
5
Luther College
1045
$1,984
6
Morningside College
331
$1,529
7
St. Luke's College
3
$1,500
8
Wartburg College
563
$1,497
9
Coe College
212
$1,453
10
Simpson College
434
$1,380
Kansas
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
The University of Kansas
69
$5,373
2
Friends University
234
$1,792
3
Emporia State University
21
$1,762
4
Bethel College
193
$1,352
5
Southwestern College
73
$1,220
6
Newman University
89
$2,000
Kentucky
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Transylvania University
46
$5,741
2
Western Kentucky University
1750
$2,802
3
Lindsey Wilson College
17
$2,480
4
Morehead State University
789
$2,458
5
Eastern Kentucky University
1200
$2,400
6
Alice Lloyd College
137
$2,320
7
Murray State University
2126
$2,095
8
University of the Cumberlands
11
$2,095
9
Union College
9
$1,500
10
Campbellsville University
30
$1,200
Louisiana
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Tulane University
74
$7,700
2
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
4685
$2,400
3
Southeastern Louisiana University
1093
$2,372
4
Louisiana Tech University
1088
$2,265
5
Centenary College of Louisiana
41
$1,717
6
University of New Orleans
382
$1,512
Maine
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
College of the Atlantic
64
$2,747
2
Bowdoin College
294
$1,807
3
Colby College
156
$1,755
4
Bates College
337
$1,744
5
Unity College
18
$1,222
Maryland
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
119
$7,873
2
Hagerstown Community College
176
$2,969
3
St. John's College
123
$2,728
4
Hood College
102
$2,000
5
Mount St. Mary's University
680
$1,300
6
Garrett College
13
$1,059
Massachusetts
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Emerson College
77
$12,864
2
Suffolk University
577
$3,071
3
Brandeis University
17
$2,918
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1004
$2,765
5
Bay Path University
53
$2,550
6
Williams College
413
$2,280
7
Mount Holyoke College
357
$2,124
8
Tufts University
136
$1,983
9
Amherst College
211
$1,829
10
Wheaton College
266
$1,805
Michigan
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Kuyper College
100
$3,226
2
University of Michigan-Dearborn
623
$3,044
3
Central Michigan University
3895
$2,544
4
Ferris State University
231
$1,780
5
Adrian College
75
$1,500
6
Albion College
98
$1,437
7
Calvin College
1068
$1,416
8
Alpena Community College
20
$1,000
9
Hope College
562
$848
Minnesota
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
274
$4,592
2
Dunwoody College of Technology
24
$4,477
3
Saint John's University
898
$3,330
4
St. Cloud Technical & Community College
63
$3,150
5
Riverland Community College
88
$3,000
6
University of St. Thomas
1203
$2,911
7
Augsburg College
825
$2,892
8
College of Saint Benedict
1058
$2,753
9
Lake Superior College
145
$2,720
10
Hamline University
934
$2,635
Mississippi
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Delta State University
126
$4,348
2
Belhaven University
30
$2,000
3
Mississippi University for Women
247
$1,739
4
Blue Mountain College
54
$755
Missouri
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Missouri Southern State University
223
$3,848
2
Park University
10
$3,397
3
Lincoln University
82
$2,668
4
Westminster College
169
$2,168
5
University of Central Missouri
1474
$2,165
6
Columbia College
179
$2,108
7
Lindenwood University
3223
$2,020
8
Jefferson College
98
$1,861
9
Missouri Valley College
450
$1,860
10
Southeast Missouri State University
1830
$1,838
Montana
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
University of Montana
31
$2,776
2
Dawson Community College
33
$1,583
3
Rocky Mountain College
152
$899
Nebraska
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
College of Saint Mary
14
$3,650
Nevada
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
University of Nevada, Reno
362
$1,470
New Hampshire
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Dartmouth College
577
$2,483
2
Saint Anselm College
11
$1,909
3
University of New Hampshire
3889
$1,657
4
Keene State College
713
$1,398
5
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
45
$1,324
6
New England College
18
$1,252
New Jersey
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Caldwell University
200
$2,500
2
Rutgers University-Camden
561
$2,444
3
Ramapo College of New Jersey
798
$1,928
4
Rutgers University-Newark
903
$1,909
5
Stockton University
851
$1,842
6
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
7704
$1,787
New Mexico
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Central New Mexico Community College
300
$8,000
2
New Mexico State University
401
$5,696
3
St. John's College
106
$2,880
4
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
51
$1,539
5
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
16
$813
6
University of the Southwest
7
$750
7
New Mexico Military Institute
5
$689
New York
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Clarkson University
58
$10,280
2
Stony Brook University, State University of New York
1456
$5,773
3
The Sage Colleges
26
$5,730
4
Niagara University
51
$5,067
5
University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
969
$3,905
6
Hofstra University
1454
$3,088
7
St. Joseph's College, Long Island Campus
80
$3,055
8
Sullivan County Community College
28
$2,439
9
Ithaca College
1793
$2,402
10
Vassar College
370
$2,269
North Carolina
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Saint Augustine's University
4
$2,500
2
East Carolina University
1873
$1,910
3
Duke University
1028
$1,899
4
Queens University of Charlotte
2
$1,700
5
Davidson College
182
$1,679
6
Methodist University
122
$1,558
7
North Carolina State University
1384
$1,536
8
Chowan University
174
$1,365
9
Catawba College
179
$1,343
10
Gardner-Webb University
51
$1,260
North Dakota
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
University of Jamestown
75
$630
Ohio
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Columbus College of Art & Design
288
$3,550
2
The College of Wooster
135
$2,959
3
The University of Akron
3308
$2,788
4
Denison University
1439
$2,702
5
Oberlin College
600
$2,400
6
Bluffton University
212
$2,396
7
The Ohio State University
40
$2,257
8
Cleveland Institute of Music
33
$2,018
9
Allegheny Wesleyan College
27
$1,950
10
Cedarville University
1422
$1,862
Oklahoma
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
University of Oklahoma
106
$8,138
2
Cameron University
334
$2,999
3
Oklahoma State University
4405
$2,861
4
Northeastern State University
1005
$2,225
5
Rogers State University
210
$2,049
6
St. Gregory's University
31
$2,000
7
Oklahoma Wesleyan University
37
$1,385
8
Oklahoma City University
268
$1,217
Oregon
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Northwest Christian University
3
$2,750
2
University of Oregon
58
$2,559
3
Linfield College
445
$2,332
4
Lewis & Clark College
112
$2,254
5
University of Portland
1515
$1,409
6
George Fox University
754
$1,348
Pennsylvania
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Susquehanna University
99
$5,945
2
Allegheny College
105
$5,628
3
Dickinson College
188
$3,738
4
Villanova University
28
$2,946
5
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1522
$2,774
6
University of Pennsylvania
1394
$2,655
7
Gannon University
198
$2,300
8
Thiel College
300
$2,063
9
DeSales University
277
$2,043
10
The University of Scranton
543
$2,018
Rhode Island
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Brown University
421
$2,527
South Carolina
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Coastal Carolina University
1248
$2,217
2
Columbia International University
294
$1,868
3
University of South Carolina Aiken
424
$1,397
4
Converse College
73
$1,080
5
Southern Wesleyan University
61
$853
6
Limestone College
90
$673
South Dakota
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Dakota State University
20
$5,988
2
Mount Marty College
55
$1,785
3
Northern State University
316
$1,287
4
Augustana University
107
$1,000
Tennessee
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Nashville State Community College
64
$3,600
2
Sewanee: The University of the South
193
$2,136
3
Maryville College
37
$1,981
4
O'More College of Design
12
$1,810
5
Milligan College
176
$1,613
6
Jackson State Community College
14
$1,595
7
Austin Peay State University
466
$1,494
8
King University
136
$1,488
9
Lee University
628
$1,405
10
Carson-Newman University
7
$1,314
Texas
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Criswell College
16
$7,200
2
San Antonio College
15
$4,450
3
Tarrant County College District
87
$4,160
4
Texas Southern University
25
$4,000
5
Texas Wesleyan University
8
$4,000
6
Austin Community College District
46
$3,983
7
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
162
$3,762
8
Paris Junior College
8
$3,600
9
Baptist University of the Americas
103
$3,476
10
University of St. Thomas
3
$3,436
Utah
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Dixie State University
56
$3,491
Vermont
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Bennington College
81
$2,300
2
Saint Michael's College
288
$1,750
Virginia
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Virginia State University
150
$3,000
2
Radford University
458
$2,351
3
Shenandoah University
475
$2,300
4
Christendom College
150
$2,100
5
Christopher Newport University
1429
$2,067
6
Washington and Lee University
334
$2,000
7
Mary Baldwin College
157
$1,430
8
Longwood University
493
$1,312
9
Bridgewater College
192
$1,064
10
University of Mary Washington
646
$976
Washington
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Seattle University
558
$5,177
2
Saint Martin's University
173
$4,078
3
Pacific Lutheran University
477
$3,808
4
Western Washington University
508
$3,518
5
Bellingham Technical College
22
$3,171
6
University of Washington
167
$3,160
7
Whitworth University
100
$3,047
8
Eastern Washington University
183
$2,468
9
University of Puget Sound
890
$2,362
10
Seattle Pacific University
137
$2,234
West Virginia
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Wheeling Jesuit University
133
$2,400
2
Shepherd University
423
$2,194
3
Alderson Broaddus University
107
$2,175
4
Fairmont State University
674
$2,074
5
Glenville State College
238
$1,728
Wisconsin
Rank
School
Number of Jobs
Average Earnings
1
Carroll University
1382
$2,506
2
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
2300
$2,100