University of California 2009 Accountability Report

Indicator 2.9
Number of Hours Undergraduates Worked Per Week by Family Income - UC and Comparison Institutions, 2004

Data visualization. please download the source data for accessible information.

The University monitors students' self-reported work hours as one indicator of the University's affordability.

At each income level, the percentage of UC students who work and the number of hours that they work compare favorably with the work patterns reported by students at other research universities, both public and private.

Overall, 44 percent of UC students reported that they did not work for pay during the 2005-06 academic year.

Sources: University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES) for UC students. Other figures are from the 2004 National Center for Education Statistics National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey (NPSAS). Additional information on NPSAS can be found at http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/npsas/. The NPSAS survey is conducted every four years; 2008 NPSAS results will be available by late 2009.

All incomes have been adjusted to 2006-07 dollars for comparability.

You may view or download a table of the raw data used to generate these charts in CSV files, which can be opened in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.