In this video, you will learn about the 8 best online jobs for college students in 2020.
These full time and side jobs pay well and have very flexible hours, so you can still focus on your education.
Enjoy the video and let me know what you think in the comments below!
Here are some of the best job ideas for college students:
1. Online Tutor
Considering you're already having to learn a lot of information while in school, you might as well make money on the side helping people who don't understand certain subjects.
Helpful resources:
- Tutor.com is one the top websites for online tutoring where you can get paid.
- Wyzant is a direct competitor to Tutor.com. They also help you get paid to tutor people on different subjects.
2. Search Engine Evaluator
Search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing have so much going on in the background to stay functional that they need people to help them correct problems or errors that come up.
Helpful resources:
- You can use Leapforce to find jobs related to helping search engines.
- Lionbridge is another site that can help you become a search engine evaluator.
3. Freelance Writer or Editor
If you are good at writing or locating grammar problems in articles, you may do one of those in the form of freelancing. Companies won't be able to replace good writers with robots anytime soon, unlike just about every other job.
Helpful resources:
- Problogger has a job board dedicated to blogging and copywriting positions only.
- This list shows you countless brands that will pay you $50 or more per article you write for them.
- You might also try writing for favorite sports team or blog by looking Vox Media job listings.
4. Social Media Manager
I'm willing to bet you have at least one or two social media accounts and are at least familiar with how the others work. It might be fun to be a social media manager for a few clients.
Helpful resources:
- Use the Alexa top sites list to go through and pick out which top social media platforms you should learn first.
- Here are 17 social media tools that will help you save time and manage social media profiles for your clients more efficiently.
5. PowerPoint Presentation Designer
Believe it or not, PowerPoint is still around and being used in a lot of areas. You could do designs for people using PowerPoint presentations for YouTube videos, business meetings, speeches, etc.
Helpful resources:
- Visme is a great website that helps you design infographics, PowerPoints, and other presentations using templates with a drag-and-drop interface.
- Google Slides is like a free version of Microsoft PowerPoint that you can get access to by having a Gmail account.
6. Product, Software, and App Testing
Thousands of new products seem to come out everyday. What you may not realize is that the products typically get tested extensively before being made available to the public. That's where you come in.
Helpful resources:
- UserTesting is one of the top platforms I recommend for getting paid to test products, apps, and more.
- UserZoom is another platform that pays you to test different products.
7. Data Entry Worker
Data entry is still very much in demand because every business needs to be organized and keep track of what is going on. This is also one of the easier jobs on this list.
Helpful resources:
- If you want to do data entry work online with flexible hours, Clickworker should be the site you try first.
- DioData Solutions is another site that helps you make money from data entry.
8. Amazon Mechanical Turk
Amazon Mechanical Turk allows you to do lots of odd jobs to help Amazon run smoothly. You're basically a freelance worker for Amazon that completes tasks for them online and gets paid.
Helpful resources:
- You can learn more and get started with Amazon Mechanical Turk here.
9. Captioner
As a captioner, you get paid to watch videos and make times captions that sync perfectly with the audio of the video.
Helpful resources:
- Rev is one great website for finding caption work. They pay $0.40 – $0.75 per audio minute via PayPal.
- Another site that pays you to do captions is Vitac.
10. Transcriptionist
If you have a pretty good Word Per Minute (WPM) typing speed and good grammar, you might try doing transcriptions. All you have to do is turn audio files into text.
Helpful resources:
- TranscribeMe is one of the top transcription sites out there. They pay you via PayPal starting at $20 per audio hour.
- Another solid option for doing transcription work online is Scribie.
11. Online English Teacher
If you want to make some pretty easy money on the side and English is your first language, you might try teaching English through video chat.
Helpful resources:
- VIPKID is one of the better options for making money ($14 – $22/hour) teaching English online.
- Tutor ABC (iTutorGroup) is another option if you want to try something besides VIPKID.
12. Apple Customer Support
What's nice about Apple is they have a type of online job program that is specifically for college students called the “Apple Support College Program.”
It's basically a customer service job that you can apply for if you are at one of the participating universities and have around a 2.7 GPA.
Helpful resources:
13. General Freelancer
No matter skills you have from past jobs, hobbies or something else, you can probably find a market for them on freelancing sites.
This is a great first step towards having your own business and making some extra money on the side without strict hours or a boss.
Helpful resources:
- UpWork is one of the largest freelance sites on the web.
- Fiverr is a another freelance site with a little bit of a different system than its competitors. Here, your prices are already set and clients approach you.
14. Graphic Designer
If you're pretty artistic, you might do some graphic design work on the side to make some money.
You can make a profile on just about any general freelancing site, apply for specific jobs, or do some projects on graphic design specialty sites like 99designs and DesignCrowd.
Helpful resources:
15. Coding
Coding is one of the most in-demand skills now and for the future. If you are really good at a particular coding language like Python or Java, you can find all kinds of work-at-home opportunities.
Helpful resources:
- One place you might check is Automattic where you would get to work on projects related to WordPress blogs and plugins.
16. Working Student at Inpsyde
Inpsyde is Germany's biggest WordPress agency.
Here they have flexible hours, a 100% remote work force, and some pretty great benefits.
One unique thing they offer is a position for working students who are studying things like IT.
Make sure to check out their jobs page every once in a while to see when they have online job openings for students. It'll be called “Working Student”.
Helpful resources:
Additional resources:
- Use Glassdoor to find employer information, average salaries for positions, and much more.
- Indeed is a great site for finding potential jobs.
- Monster.com is another top site for finding available jobs.
- For offering freelance services or going the entrepreneurship route, you can learn how to start a site in 3 steps here.
*This post was most recently updated on 2/12/2020.
81 replies to "16 Best Online Jobs for College Students"
Hi Justin. I have lost count on the no of your videos I have downloaded on my laptop. I lost my job early this year and am looking out seriously for an online opportunity to cushion the effect on me pending the time I get another job. I am Adewunmi from Nigeria west Africa. But Justin I would like to ask you something which I have asked before but you didn’t reply or approve it. I will like to ask if you are aware of the numerous barrier of payment processing bedeviling we in Africa that engages in legitimate online business. Few years ago PayPal started operation in some African countries including Nigeria but it wasn’t helping for the fact that we can only send payments and not receive payments. So I will like to ask if you could help out on how we in this part of the world take the advantages opened for other citizens of the world. Thank you. You could also reach me via email. I sent Twitter at you sometimes ago also no response. Please try and always be of help because I believe that’s the reason you are doing all this. To touch and affect lives. God bless you real good. Cheers and I will be expecting a quick response.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by the site. I’m sorry about the difficulties you’ve faced with the Nigerian laws. Unfortunately there isn’t much that can be done if laws like that are in place. Why those laws are there, I don’t know. Many Nigerians seem to have the same problems. Instead of looking at general ways to start businesses or make money, you might use the internet to find strategies that are specific to Nigeria. Hopefully, in the future we can find a way to help more people start businesses in that country.
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very nice video and article sir, I wanna do online business of data entry but my problem is that I live in Pakistan and in here PayPal is not allowed so can you tell me any idea about what to do if I don’t have PayPal account and I am a student so I cant get credit card also so please tell me what should I do?
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Thanks
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How much you will give me money
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Hello Justin, I am a Tbilisi State Univerisy Student, I need a job to make myself improve and have an experience as well. online working is the best way in that situation for me. Please let me know if you can fix something with me. Thank you in advance.
I WANT TO EARN MONEY LO LIVE . HELP ME TO EARNING MONEY .
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Hello Justin am Josephine and i live in Kampala ,Uganda and would like you to ask you whether its possible for me to do work online that is in line with what am doing right now and that is art and industrial design but am more interested in designing so am wondering whether i can do my thing here
and also about teaching,yah i read that and i dont know how and where to start if i was willing to start doing the English thing of teaching
hi Justin
im aisyah and im interested in this field : PowerPoint Presentation Designer
how do i start this as a student?
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i mehak shaheen i wanted to get online job , because i face financial problem in my study , so i do online job to compensate this can u help me
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Comment *hello am Mary from Kenya I would like to do an online job.i am a college student .I would humbly request you to advise me on which online job should I try
Many thanks Justin !
Your article has brought up many useful ideas that i wasn’t aware off before.
This is a wonderful post sir, you have succeeded in expanding my knowledge base on this issue.
I shall try to apply for some of the jobs above.
Thank you
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Hi Justin! I hope you will give time on this message. I am planning to quit my job soon because of maternal reasons. I am quite good in data entry (excel, word). I also good in powerpoint. Good at writing. Graphic designing. Can you recommend me legit sites? I am from Philippines and been working as secretary/clerk for a decade.Thanks and God bless you!
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Hello sir,i wanna just ask u one question .. Is it safe for college students to do online job like data transfer, online tutor or any other??
I have interest to do best in my life
hey. i am a student studying project management and i was looking for digital project management opportunities. please talk about it in your next article
I need to apply for this job
Hi Justin,
I am looking for job. I would like to spend 2-3 hours for that job in a day. Please advice me which will be best for me.
my name is madhuri .i need a job so i shall try to apply for the above one .plase provide one chance in any one of the above. I will try my level best
I would like to be an English teacher
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I’m interested to do this….
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I have completed my bpharmacy, now i want to earn money, by doing online jobs in home itself, will u plz help me??
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Many of these jobs are not for college students. Wasted my time here
I can do
Data entry and
Power point presentation
Assalm Alikum! I’m a student and in these days I’m facing the problem of low money crises so I need a job and I think online job is the best way to stable my position so I want to do online job….. but I’m new in this field and I don’t have any idea what to do so is there someone who can guide and help me…..
I’ll be very thankful….. oh sorry my name is Mr.Khan
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We are dealing these sectors from last 8 years and always searching for new partners .
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Regards
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Ahmednagar
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Skype : *shinde.kiran3*
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Hi ,
We are in import export businessof finished pharma and surgical products from from India .
We are dealing these sectors from last 8 years and always searching for new partners .
For USA residents.. we have eBay listing and marketing project with nice returns
Can we discuss about concept ???
Regards
Kiran Shinde
Globe Logix
Global Pharmacy
Ahmednagar
India
+91-9823913262
Skype : *shinde.kiran3*
Sir i want a job sir
do you have any help
RESPECTED SIR,
I AM R.PREMNATH , AM STUDYING IN KSR POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE AT TIRUCHENGODE . I AM UNABLE TO PAY THE FEE FOR MY COLLEGE ,BECAUSE MY FAMILY IS VERY POOR . SO , I AM KINDLY REQUEST YOU TO PLEASE SIGN ME A JOB . AND I WILL
DO MY BEST IN JOB .
THANKING YOU
i really need a financial support fr my own studies………
Sir I need a part time job in online I had better experience can you plz help Mee….
Thanks for this helpful post. I was looking for some online jobs as a college students as I am also a student and thankfully this post make my day.
I want a and I am a degree student
I want a job and I am a degree student
Sir I’m interested in this field i want to learn some days and I’m interested in do the presentation pls I want to job I’m from India Bangalore
I should get some home job
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I need a data entry job working from home i am doing my pg degree
I want something easy job
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Aant to know your skills
Hi I am a student of fsc medical I need online jobs can u help me
Hi ,
We are in import export businessof finished pharma and surgical products from from India .
We are dealing these sectors from last 8 years and always searching for new partners .
For USA residents.. we have eBay listing and marketing project with nice returns
Can we discuss about concept ???
Regards
Kiran Shinde
Globe Logix
Global Pharmacy
Ahmednagar
India
+91-9823913262
Skype : *shinde.kiran3*
Hi ,
We are in import export businessof finished pharma and surgical products from from India .
We are dealing these sectors from last 8 years and always searching for new partners .
For USA residents.. we have eBay listing and marketing project with nice returns
Can we discuss about concept ???
Regards
Kiran Shinde
Globe Logix
Global Pharmacy
Ahmednagar
India
+91-9823913262
Skype : *shinde.kiran3*
Pls I need a job that will pay me money
All sixteen articles are good to understand how to start online working.