5 best blog ideas for college students for niche website

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Blog topics related to college with blog titles

1.) Fraternities and sororities

2.) Nontraditional students

3.) How to be successful in college

4.) Job potential

5.) How to afford college

Are you interested in starting a blog related to college, or do you already have a blog and need some ideas for a post? Well, I have some great ideas for you. Maybe you are already a college blogger and have your own blog but have writer’s block. Or you are creating your first blog and having a tough time coming up with ideas. You’ve come to the right place.

The awesome thing about these topics is that you could create an entire website dedicated to one of these, or you could nail down some ideas for blog posts on your existing site to cover these topics.

Either way, you’ll have an easy time creating the content with the help of this list and the useful information I provide. These are all good ideas for a blog post or niche website.

Some of these ideas have great potential because there is little competition and this means you can rank faster, and grab the affiliate marketing for these categories first.

I did the work for you so you did not have to. I used Google Trends to help you better understand the search interest for some keywords. And came up with some topics of discussion. You’ll want to optimize the use of search engines to find the best blog topics.

What you'll need to start blogging

Passion

You need to have some interest and drive to write about your topic. If you enjoy the topic, you’ll be more likely to want to write about the topic and continue when times get tough.

Experience

While you don’t have to be an expert, you’ll serve your audience better if you actually know what you’re talking about. Take a look around my website. It should be obvious that I actually have experience teaching college students.

Web hosting

Before you start blogging, make sure you have web hosting. You need a solid hosting plan to get your website off the ground.

A plan

Before you dive in. Write down the topics you want to talk about. And do some keyword research. Find questions that aren’t answered well by other competitors, and make a better answer for the web.

Here are some content ideas for your niche website or next blog post.

1.)Blog about anything and everything relating to fraternities or sororities

You can see the Google Trends results from the terms fraternity and sorority and see the interest over time. What is especially interesting is the peaks of interest during the most popular times for these organizations, early fall when people are rushing. But you could easily create content during off-peak times too that focuses on alumni content.

Here are some types of posts for college blogs.

Job prospects for members

Alpha Tau Omega is a leadership development fraternity where they believe that members should be leaders and make an impact on their community. You could discuss how their organization has the ability to build the pledge’s character, and even enhance their job related skills.

It’s a good idea to discuss how members of fraternities and sororities have the opportunity to network with their alumni. As a blog writer, you could discuss ways for the members to use their networking abilities to land jobs, or get guidance from other members.

Think about how large some of these organizations are and how many people continue to participate in the organization after their graduation. You could research some fraternities and sororities social media accounts, conventions, LinkedIn groups, etc. If alumni use these resources, they’re bound to have an easier time finding a job from one of their brothers or sisters.

Discounts

You could discuss the various types of discounts that fraternity and sorority members receive.

Look what happened when I just typed in discounts for fraternity and sorority members in Google.

There are several specific discounts you could mention. And even better, you could specifically talk about some of the most popular fraternities and sororities and highlight their discounts. A lot of these organizations have websites and list their benefits.

How to join

In your blog, you could discuss the entire process of getting into a fraternity or sorority. You could specifically talk about the different phases, pledging, being a member and being an alumni.

And help the readers understand the national structure of the organization too. You could even highlight the costs of joining the organizations.

It’s a great idea to interview a student who is rushing and pledging a fraternity or sorority. You could talk about their experience. Then interview a current member in college and talk about their life as a member so far, and then go a step further and interview an alumni who was a recent graduate. This gives future members a way to understand the process from start to finish.

2.) Blog for nontraditional college students

The Google Trend for older college students has some staggering interest and this niche seems to be growing according to my research. More and more college students are being defined as nontraditional. And the definition of a nontraditional student can be broad so it fits many categories of students.

These students might be nervous about making new friends, and you can discuss the best ways to socialize as a nontraditional student.

Now’s a good time to start this niche website to give this group of students the ultimate guide on college life.

The National Center for Educational Statistics says that age is usually the most defining characteristics of a nontraditional student. Most colleges will define a nontraditional student as someone who is older than 24.

According to bestcolleges.com, almost 3/4 of college students could be defined as nontraditional. That’s a lot of potential students searching for things related to their college experience.

Here are a few topics you could cover.

Ways to socialize

You might discuss the different aspects of socializing for a nontraditional student since they are likely living off-campus and may be less likely to spend a significant amount of time on campus.

It would be important to discuss things like student organizations or intramural sports.

You could interview a few college employees to discuss ways they help nontraditional students fit in on campus and promote their programs tailored to these college students. Even considering interviewing nontraditional students to discuss their experiences.

How to balance work and personal life

Since nontraditional students are usually those older than 24, they are likely working full-time, have children, or may be married. This can increase their other responsibilities and make it difficult to balance college and personal life.

Give them tips and tricks to find balance between their personal life and college career. Some of these students may not have a lot of time to study, so giving them the best strategies to get the most benefit is key.

You might focus on how many college credit hours they could manage with a full-time job, or kids.

You could even go further and help parents find out what the best degrees are for them based on their career path. For example, would an education degree be best so that they could become a teacher and have the same schedule as their children. Or do they need to make a lot of money to support their family and need to focus on high paying jobs. Discuss what degrees they should get to earn the most income.

3.) Blog about how college students can be successful

The Google Trends show that there is definitely some interest in people searching for how to study in college. Take the opportunity to find out more about these people who search this topic. Are they incoming students, those taking dual credit classes, or students who are struggling?

How to study

Things you might consider are study tips and tricks. There are plenty of evidence-based strategies to studying and you could dissect each one and discuss. Even provide examples so that they can understand how to apply them.

For example, the Feynman technique or the SQ3R method. Each of these have plenty of research and you could highlight the ways they can study using these strategies. Make sure to provide examples with pictures for a visual.

Discuss the significance of good grades

Focus on how important it is for college students to earn good grades. Some employers require college transcripts with their applications. They can be more competitive if they have better grades on their transcript.

You could find certain job descriptions online, and find the ones that require transcripts to show your readers that some employers are looking at your transcripts so scraping by with a 2.0 G.P.A. might not be the best thing.

Ways to network

Not only will college students want to be successful in their courses, they will also be interested in learning how they can succeed in college by networking and finding a mentor.

Write a blog post about how college students can earn the respect of their college professors. Their professors have a profound impact on their recommendations and references for later opportunities. The more they know about the student, the better they can recommend them for a future job. Or maybe they even know someone who would be interested in hiring them.

Don’t just stop there. You will also want to discuss how they should get involved on campus within student organizations. These organizations have the ability to expand their peer groups and network.

4.) Blog about future prospects for jobs by degree

Career opportunities

Most students go to college to get a future job or a better paying job and reap the benefits of higher education. And sometimes they aren’t aware that getting a job in a certain field might make it harder for them to find employment later.

Or maybe their major has little opportunity or job growth.

You could isolate each degree program, discuss the job opportunities available, and future job growth. I would even go beyond that and find salaries related to that degree.

Just go to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics website and you can search for a job category and learn quite a bit about the future potential and earnings for each job. Help dissect that information for readers and interpret it.

Is a degree worth it?

There are bound to be people searching for answers related to the question “is a degree worth their time” because people want to know if years of college will make them more money.

Yes, it will. Research has shown that college graduates earn more than those who didn’t graduate college. I have another article where I discussed this answer.

Another discussion could focus on their return on investment and how important it is to finish college on time or even earlier than expected. Because taking too long in college might diminish their return on their investment.

People don’t want to waste their hard-earned cash on a degree that isn’t worth it. Make sure to discuss how much a degree will likely cost vs. their lifetime earnings.

There is so much opportunity with this niche because there are so many degree programs to discuss here. You could do this for each degree, but even further narrow it by jobs within each degree program.. That gives you over a hundred articles, at least.

5.) Blog about how to afford college

How to pay for college

Since college is getting less affordable for most, and attending college while working full-time can be challenging, people will want to know how they can afford college. In almost all circumstances, college tuition is increasing so it’s bound to be on people’s minds.

You can first discuss how much college costs for the average person. And discuss ways to save money so that they can afford college.

For example, saving money by living at home with your parents. Or being a resident assistant and getting a stipend.

Go further and give them ways to pay for college by working part-time jobs. Discuss the possibilities with certain jobs like being a waiter or waitress, or tutoring other college students if they excel in a subject.

Most importantly, discuss the various options to pay for college, like student loans, cash, credit cards, grants and scholarships. Make sure to discuss the pros and cons of each. And how each one will effect them long-term.

Give the readers some tips for money management to understand that college might be more affordable than they think. What if they just saved that extra money from their daily coffee purchase and cancelled cable television and instead went to college? Let them know it’s possible.

There really are some creative topics here. Try and use graphs when possible.

Scholarships : Where to apply and how to write essays

For this topic, you’'ll want to give your readers plenty of ways to find scholarships and tips to write the best scholarship essays.

Don’t just limit yourself to scholarships, but even think of grants, like federal pell grants. You should discuss the eligibility of those grants and any restrictions.

After you’ve discussed those options, make sure you review the different websites to find scholarships. You could make it easier for your reader to find scholarships, and focus on the best websites to actually land one.

This would be a great way to optimize your affiliate potential and work with some of these scholarship websites and services to earn even more.

Community Colleges vs. 4-year universities

It is no surprise that a community college can save a student a lot of money, so share that with your readers. Use graphs to show them the differences in tuition costs.

Also, show them how much money they could save by taking dual credit classes in high school as some future students might still have that opportunity.

Explain how attending their first two years at a community college could save them big time.

Things you will want to consider are the transfer requirements, or maximum number of transfer credits a college will accept.

Key Takeaways

There are plenty of options for blogs related to college, and some serious potential. With so many people going to college, and so many considering it, the opportunities are endless.

So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and start researching these topics today so that you can start making an impact on others. There are current students and prospective students searching these topics now so it’s important to answer their most pressing questions.

I know this list of best blog post ideas will earn you traffic and I can’t wait to read them.

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