Does Working While Attending

School Affect Your

Performance in the Classroom?
By: Jay Terrazas and Giovana Donati
Statistics about Working During College

● Nearly 80% of students work during the school year.

● Working while attending school helps build character and time
management skills.
● But, if students work too many hours is creates high levels of stress and
anxiety making it less likely for that student to complete their degree.
● Many colleges recommend that students work only 10-15 per week.
62%
Nearly 62% of students who participated in our survey responded that they
work while attending school.
Questions
What is your grade level? What shifts do you usually work?

How many credits are you taking this On average, how many hours a week do you
semester? have available to work on assignments?

Do you work? On a scale from 1-10, how does your work

schedule affect your school performance?
If you work, do you work on-campus or
off-campus?

On average, how many hours a week do you

work?
Responses: Do You
Work?

62% of students who took the survey

reported they are working while attending
school.
Responses: Where
do you Work?

We found that most students, if

they do work, work off campus
compared to on campus. About 46
students work off campus and 34
student do not work at all. (Based
on a survey of 90 students.)
6 hours
The average amount of time a student has to work on assignments is nearly
6 hours a week.*

*students working and not working

Responses: On
average, how many
hours a week do
you have to work
on assignments?
32 students responded that they have
either 5 or 6 hours per week to work on
assignments. (Based on a survey of 90
students.)
Responses: On a
scale from 1-10, how
does your work
schedule affect your
school performance?
(Working Students)
Out of the 56 students that reported they
are working, 12 responded that their work
schedule does not interfere with their
school performance. The second highest
number reported was 7, with 10 students
reporting.
Responses: On a
scale from 1-10, how
does your work
schedule affect your
school performance?
(Not working)
Out of the 34 students that reported they
are not working, 33 responded that their
work schedule does not interfere with their
school performance. But one student
responded with a seven, even though they
are not working.
Analysis
● When looking at our data collected and
charts, we concluded that a student’s work
schedule does not interfere with their school
performance. Even though the responses
varied on the scale, the most common
number chosen was 1, meaning there was no
interference between work and school.
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