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Qualifications

Qualifications for student employment

​Work Permit Needed?

​GSA Eligible?

​Work-Study Eligible?

​Maximum Hours Allowed to Work (all jobs combined)

​Minimum Credit Hours Required (Zero for Summer)

​Minimum Credits to be FICA Exempt


Each Pay Period
Undergraduates

No

​Yes
​Yes
​Academic: 40
Summer: 80
​6
​Academic: 6/semester
Summer: 
6/pay period
​Graduate Students
​No
​Yes
​Yes
​​Academic: 40
Summer: 80
​5
​Academic: 5/semester
Summer: 
2/pay period
​Graduate Assistants
​No
​Yes
​Yes
​​Academic: 50
Summer: 80
​5
​Academic: 5/semester
Summer: 
2/pay period

Each Week
High School Students,
age 16-17
​Yes
​Yes
​No
​Academic: 24
Summer: 40
​0
​Never exempt
​International Undergraduates
​No
​Yes
​No
​​Academic: 20
Summer: 40
​12
​Always exempt
​International Graduate Students
​No
​Yes
​No
​​Academic: 20
Summer: 40
​9
​Always exempt
International Graduate Assistants
​No 
​Yes
​No
​​Academic: 20
Summer: 40
​6
​Always exempt