Indicator 30: Employment of College Students

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Table 30. Percentage of 16- to 24-year-old college students who were employed, by attendance status and hours worked per week: October 1970 to October 2003
	Full-time college students				Part-time college students
Year	Number of full-time students employed (in thousands)	Percent of full-time students employed	Percent working 20 or more hours per week	Percent working 35 or more hours per week	Number of part-time students employed (in thousands)	Percent of part-time students employed	Percent working 20 or more hours per week	Percent working 35 or more hours per week
1970	1,772	33.8	14.1	3.7	672	82.4	76.3	60.4
1971	1,905	34.1	14.8	3.7	756	83.3	75.0	51.7
1972	1,976	35.1	15.0	3.4	759	83.2	76.2	53.2
1973	1,978	36.4	16.8	4.4	774	85.3	76.9	52.5
1974	2,021	36.6	17.1	4.8	923	84.4	77.2	61.0
1975	2,134	35.2	16.6	4.6	940	80.8	72.0	52.6
1976	2,346	37.5	16.9	4.0	1,018	84.6	76.1	53.0
1977	2,381	38.8	18.2	4.2	1,062	83.4	75.4	53.3
1978	2,413	39.9	19.0	4.6	1,054	86.1	76.5	53.9
1979	2,315	38.1	18.0	4.0	1,054	86.9	78.8	56.6
1980	2,497	40.0	17.9	3.8	1,050	85.2	75.6	52.9
1981	2,557	39.3	18.7	4.2	1,112	85.7	76.0	51.4
1982	2,613	39.9	18.5	3.1	1,117	81.1	69.7	48.2
1983	2,607	40.4	18.8	3.8	1,042	81.8	74.8	48.1
1984	2,768	42.1	20.9	4.2	1,067	84.9	77.7	55.2
1985	2,894	44.2	21.5	4.3	1,056	85.8	79.0	52.2
1986	2,733	43.0	21.9	4.3	1,092	87.2	78.1	54.4
1987	2,861	44.2	22.3	4.3	1,247	85.4	77.3	49.5
1988	3,078	46.5	24.5	4.7	1,200	88.3	81.7	54.3
1989	3,127	46.5	25.2	5.4	1,097	87.3	80.8	55.4
1990	3,112	45.7	24.1	4.8	1,110	83.7	78.7	52.7
1991	3,323	47.2	25.4	5.6	1,082	85.9	76.3	51.0
1992	3,391	47.2	25.8	5.5	1,131	83.4	75.0	47.8
1993	3,197	46.3	24.6	5.1	1,187	84.6	75.1	43.7
1994	3,541	48.6	27.6	5.8	1,374	86.3	74.9	43.8
1995	3,406	47.2	26.8	6.5	1,233	82.9	72.7	42.3
1996	3,726	49.2	29.4	7.0	1,197	84.8	75.5	48.0
1997	3,776	47.8	28.8	7.4	1,238	84.4	73.9	47.7
1998	3,982	50.2	28.7	8.0	1,268	84.1	76.2	49.3
1999	4,022	50.4	30.2	7.8	1,172	82.3	74.7	45.9
2000	4,169	52.0	30.6	8.9	1,344	84.9	75.3	47.5
2001	3,913	47.1	28.6	7.9	1,413	84.4	74.6	48.9
2002	4,141	47.8	29.4	8.5	1,226	78.9	68.7	43.4
2003	4,198	47.7	29.5	8.8	1,339	79.0	70.1	42.8
NOTE: College includes both 2- and 4-year institutions. Percentage of students employed includes those with a job but not at work during the survey week.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Surveys (CPS), October, various years, unpublished data.

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