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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 Degree-seeking
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