<p>Federal work study jobs are largely, but not entirely, funded by the federal government. I think the percentage is around 66% paid by the govt and the rest by the institution, but I am not sure where I remember that % from (probably CC sometime in the past) so it may not be quite accurate. This of course makes WS jobs very popular from the employer point of view as they only have to come up with a % of the wage which is very good for their budget purposes. </p>
<p>Federal WS jobs can be on campus but can also be off campus for certain types of non profit organizations. For instance at my daughter’s school there are on campus jobs and also off campus jobs at US government facilities (she had a job at a USDA lab), tutoring at local schools, domestic violence shelter etc etc. </p>
<p>At my daughter’s school it is very difficult to find any sort of on campus job if you do not have a WS award. As I said above - having the govt pay a large % of the wage makes WS employees very affordable to the employer and many departments might not be able to afford them as non WS. She earned her full award last year but does not have a WS award this year (has the SMART grant as I think I have mentioned before) and has found no jobs available at her school that are not WS. There was a job she was really interested in but she was not eligible because of not having WS eligibility.</p>
<p>The only experience we have is with federal work study which is all need based. I have seen mentioned on these boards once or twice that some schools offer non need based WS awards but those would not be federal as federal WS is need based. I don’t know anything about schools that include anything other than federal WS.</p>