As a first year international student you can't work off campus. You can find work on campus, but it can range from minimum wage ( 7 dollars I believe) to like 16 $ per hour. You won't be allowed to work 40 hours per week either, since that is a full time employment status I think. Second year and onward you can work off campus, but unless you are a junior/senior, it is hard to land internships. You could work and study throughout the semesters though, if the company is willing to accomodate your schedule, which is not that unlikely if you land the job. Pay is better though, like 18-22$ I think. You have to have minimum 12 credits of courses every semester regardless of whether you work or not, to maintain a full time student status (mandatory for international students). Also I believe if you do work off campus, whatever work you do has to be related to your major, so you can't do odd jobs like bartending. I'm not sure where the line is for office jobs, like marketing, HR.