UPS Part-Time Warehouse Job for Students — Tuition Paid

Position in Wichita, KS

Role Essentials

  • Employer: UPS (Hiring in Wichita)
  • Flexible Role in Wichita: Part-time Warehouse For Students — Tuition Paid
  • Location: Wichita, KS
  • This Wichita-based role is an excellent opportunity for professionals skilled in relevant skills.
  • Our UPS team in Wichita, KS is growing.
  • Benefit from working in Wichita, a key hub for the Package Logistics industry.

What You Get

  • Compensation: $22-$25/Hour (approx. $28.7k/Year)
  • Benefits: Benefits may be available based on employment type.
  • Flexible contract/gig opportunity in Wichita.

Responsibilities

  • Apply your your professional skills skills at our Wichita location.


About UPS & Our Culture

College is expensive. UPS makes it dramatically less so. Our Part-Time Warehouse positions for students are built around one of the most generous employer education programs in America — the UPS Earn & Learn program, which pays up to $25,000 directly toward your tuition while you work short sort shifts that end before your first class of the day begins. When students search for part-time jobs for students that offer genuine financial benefits beyond the paycheck, UPS sits in a category of its own. A Teamsters union wage, real medical benefits, and tuition funding on a 4-to-5 hour shift — there is no part-time student job in the logistics industry that matches this combination.

What Our Team Says (Employee Reviews)

"I found this job specifically because I needed help paying tuition and I did not want to work 30 hours a week to do it. UPS pays my tuition directly through Earn & Learn, my shift ends by 9 AM, and the union medical plan replaced the expensive student health insurance I was carrying. My grades have actually improved because I am less financially stressed. This is genuinely the best part-time job for students I have ever heard of — and I have told every person in my program about it." - Current Student Warehouse Associate, Boston, MA.

Role Overview & Responsibilities

This UPS Part-Time Warehouse position is specifically structured around a student schedule — early morning or evening sort shifts of 3.5 to 5 hours that fit before class, after class, or between your academic obligations inside our package center, without requiring you to sacrifice study time or sleep.

  • Student-Scheduled Sort Shifts: Choose between preload shifts (4:00 AM–9:00 AM) that end before morning classes begin, or twilight shifts (5:00 PM–10:00 PM) that start after afternoon classes end — UPS's multiple shift windows are deliberately built to work around academic calendars.
  • Earn & Learn Tuition Enrollment: Enroll in the UPS Earn & Learn tuition program after meeting eligibility requirements and receive direct tuition payments toward your accredited degree program — money paid directly to your institution, not reimbursed after the fact.
  • Sorting & Loading Fundamentals: Master UPS's sort and load methods under the guidance of a dedicated on-job trainer, building the physical endurance, time-management skills, and professional discipline that translate directly into any post-graduation career.

Benefits & Perks

Student associates at UPS receive the UPS Earn & Learn tuition program covering up to $25,000 in education costs, Teamsters union medical, dental, and vision benefits, a pension contribution, paid personal time, and weekly paychecks — all on a part-time schedule designed around your academic life. This is the most financially impactful part-time job for students in the logistics industry, period.

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