Sell Stock photography online
If you have a digital camera, take photos and sell them to online stock photography sites. Keep in mind if you have photos of people, you have to get them to sign a release to use their images. Selling photos is easy and if you are good at it, you can make extra cash.
Write online and sell your work
If you are good at writing, you can sell your work to online sites that need it. Web articles, short stories, creative writing, magazine articles, etc. All of those are in need for online sites. English and literature classes weren’t just for a GenEd credit.
Be a tutor
You rock at physics. Do you know how many students in pre-med are struggling with physics? Do you know how many students in the architecture program are struggling with their physics and math classes? Offer your services, get paid to get them higher grades. Maximize your earnings by charging a small fee to several students and hold a study group session.
Take odd jobs
Have a friend who’s moving from the dorm to an apartment? Does he need helpers for moving? Do you like children? A lot of students are single parents who might need an inexpensive baby sitter while they attend classes at night. Check out your university’s daycare center to see if they have any students who need a baby sitter.
Fixer-Upper
Repair computers “Yes! I will fix your computer…for a small fee.” Can you make the dripping stop in the dorm room bathroom? Maintenance still hasn’t fixed it and it’s driving the students crazy. Those drafty windows in the dorms aren’t conducive to productive study habits in the winter…can you fix them?
Clean sorority houses/frat houses
All those parties, all that mess. Offer your cleaning services to keep these houses tidy.
Model for the art department
Those art students, how strange they seem at times. Nude models are always needed for art classes. You can get a flat fee for a few hours of posing. You took those clothes off the other night at that party, remember? Well, do it again, this time sober, and get paid for it.
Sell your class notes
Good at taking notes and creating study guides? Well, others aren’t. You can sell these things multiple times if the price is right and the quality is great.
Be creative. Think of what students need and how you can give it to them…for a small fee. You’d be surprised how quickly all these little fees can add up for you.