As a college student, you need money to pay a lot of bills. Even though your parents and guidance sponsor your college education, you need extra money to meet your financial obligations and also to cover your needs.
This implies you will need to work part-time, and I guess that’s why you are reading this guide to learn about lucrative part-time jobs for college students.
I was once a college student, and I worked part-time to make money to pay my bills.
So in this article, I shared with you the 10 best and lucrative part-time jobs for college students that don’t interfere with your education on campus.
You can do them after classes at your hostel, off campus, and at your convenience.
1. Taking Paid Surveys
This is one of the best part-time jobs I recommend to college students in the United States.
It’s easy, lucrative, doesn’t require experience, and doesn’t take up your time.
Even till today, I still take paid surveys as a part-time job on Surveyjunkie, the best paying Survey sites.
Don’t take my word for it. Below is a screenshot of me earning $103 PayPal cash from Surveyjunkie.
All by taking surveys on my phone and responding to questions on events happening in society, which researchers need for their study.
The process is simple:
Sign up for Free on Surveyjunkie
Enter your details accurately
Check your email inbox and confirm your email
Start taking surveys immediately to earn points
Redeem your points as PayPal cash and have your money sent to your PayPal address.
That’s it.
The interesting thing about surveys is that you can take them anywhere. Even in school, when you are less busy.
Within 5 minutes, you can complete a survey and earn your points.
2. Do Remote Job
There are a lot of Remote Jobs on Side Hustle, a popular platform known for matching students in the United States and Canada with lucrative remote jobs.
These jobs include data entry, virtual assistance, customer support, language transcription, proofreading ,and other easy remote jobs a college student can do to make money.
Here is how it works:
Sign up for Free on Side Hustle.
Enter your details accurately, including the remote job you can do perfectly.
The platform will match you with businesses looking for remote workers with your skill.
Once you are matched, you will get an email notification so you can finalize the process and begin the remote job.
All you need to get started is a phone, computer, internet connection, and, in some cases, a short online training your employer gives you to get you ready for the job.
3. Freelance Writer and Editor
If you are a student who enjoys writing, it’s time to make it a part-time job that will earn you money. A lot of businesses and publications in the United States and around the world are looking for freelance writers to write articles and blog posts for them. From my findings, some of them pay up to $500 for 1000-word articles.
Check out news publications around your state where you study, go to career pages on their website, and see if they are looking for writers.
You can also set up accounts on Fiverr and Upwork to offer freelance writing services to businesses on a part-time basis.
A lot of students in the United States and around the world are making money as freelancers on these platforms.
4. Become A Tutor
Tutoring online and in-person is another part-time job that is suitable for college students.
If you love imparting knowledge to others, just know you can make money off it. Let’s assume you understand and speak multiple languages; you can teach it to other people and make money from it.
TutorMe, Chegg, and SuperProf are popular online tutoring platforms.
Register with them and start offering your tutoring services. You earn up to $30 per hour on these platforms.
A lot of high school students in America struggle with science subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology. If you are knowledgeable in these subjects, you can teach them in person during weekends as a college student who lives outside the university campus.
5. Research Assistant
This is a common part-time job that college students do on campus after school activities to make money. It works well for students who want to build careers in their field of study or those aiming to be university lecturers.
As a research assistant, you work under a professor helping them with research projects, data collection, literature review, surveys and other research related tasks.
You can earn up to $20 per hour doing this, in addition to the experience you will gain that will help you in your academic activities.
Some researchers even pay per project, which will see you earn in bulk when the research has been completed.
Ask professors in your department if they need a research assistant, check your departmental job board, and also check the university’s career services for this type of part-time job.
6. Campus Ambassador
Brands in your city are looking for campus ambassadors who can promote their products to students. If you are influential on your campus and also social, this is a part-time job you can do to make money.
It involves meeting your fellow students at campus events, clubs, and sporting activities, preaching to them the benefits of a product to convince them to take action.
Go to the official website or social media accounts of popular brands in your city that sell products students buy regularly.
Contact them and tell them about your influence in your university, especially among students, and how you can help make their products popular among students.
This is a lucrative part-time job that can make you a fortune and give you the opportunity to network with CEOs and business leaders in your city.
7. Delivery Driver
A lot of students, especially those living off campus, order items and have them delivered to their doorsteps.
You can work as a delivery driver with brands like DoorDash and Uber to deliver items to students in your city. You can do this type of job on a part-time basis after school and earn up to $50 per hour.
8. Fitness Trainer
Students on campus want to look fit and don’t mind having a fitness trainer.
If you look physically fit and think you can help others achieve such, you can have a venue inside the campus where you train your fellow students to look fit.
Use social media to reach students in your university and tell them about the service you offer.
Trust me, a lot of them will show up, especially those who want to be athletes.
You can charge them $5 per training session. If you have 20 students ,you work it and have two training sessions per week, that’s $200 weekly and $800 monthly.
9. Baby Sitter
This is a part-time job you can do as a female college student. A lot of working women in the United States are in need of babysitters who can stay with their babies while they are at work.
This is a part-time job that pays up to $35 per hour in some cities in the United States.
No stress is involved, working hours are flexible, and some families can keep you for a long term if you are reliable.
Ask families around where you live as a student if they need a nanny. You can even ask your fellow students to refer you to anyone looking for a babysitter.
10. Dog Walker/ Sitter
If you love animals like me, walking dogs is a no-stress part-time job you can do as a college student and earn money.
Busy dog owners are always looking for people to walk their dogs and take care of them. The interesting thing is that as you walk dogs for them to exercise, you also exercise in a fun way.
As a college student, you can do this job during weekends or days you don’t have lectures.
Sign up on platforms like Rover, Wag, and Care.com to apply for dog walker or pet sitter jobs in the city where your campus is located.
You can earn up to $25 per 30-minute walk with a dog.
That’s it with the best part-time job for college students.
Any of these jobs can make you money to pay your bills as you study.
Some of them can even create networking opportunities and help you develop new skills that will be useful to you after you graduate from the university.
