UNO Students’ Work Habits
First Year Survey, Fall 2009:
 84% of entering freshmen (n=467) planned to be employed during first semester o 47% of all entering freshmen planned to work less than 20 hours per week o 36% of all entering freshmen planned to work 20 hours or more per week 87% of transfer students (n=160) planned to be employed during first semester o 23% of all new transfers planned to work less than 20 hours per week o 64% of all new transfers planned to work 20 hours or more per week

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National Survey of Student Engagement, Spring 2010
Freshmen   11% of freshmen are paid campus employees o 12% at urban universities, 19% in same Carnegie class 68% of freshmen work off campus for pay o 50% at urban universities, 37% in same Carnegie class o 31% of all freshmen work off campus more than 21 hours per week  24% at urban universities, 14% in same Carnegie class

Seniors  15% of seniors are paid campus employees o 20% at urban universities, 22% in same Carnegie class o 0% work on campus more than 21 hours per week  4% at urban universities, 3% in same Carnegie class 83% of seniors work off campus for pay o 68% at urban universities, 63% in same Carnegie class o 55% of all seniors work off campus more than 21 hours per week  41% at urban universities, 37% in same Carnegie class

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Conclusion: While UNO students work significantly more than students at other institutions in the same Carnegie class, their work habits are comparable with those of students at other urban universities.

For more information on the impact of work on college students, consult the summary of Laura W. Perna’s 2010 book Understanding the Working College Student on the following pages.

Perna, Laura W. , ed. Understanding the Working College Student. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2010. I. Work as a Form of Financial Aid Chapter 1: Sandy Baum, “Student Work and the