The prevalence of and health risks associated with disordered eating among college students emphasize needing to investigate what is primarily leading to these eating behaviors. The present study investigates how a college student’s working hours and number of credit hours predict their stress levels and in turn, disordered eating behaviors. Gender differences are also examined between stress and disordered eating. Undergraduate students (N = 202) were recruited from a Northeastern college with a working-class population. Students were required to be 18 to 24 years old, never diagnosed with an eating disorder, and identify as either a man or woman. Participants self-reported their current working hours, academic workload, stress, and disordered eating behaviors. College students’ working hours and number of credit hours had no relationship with their stress levels. However, greater subjective academic stress and lower subjective SES resulted in elevated stress levels. These stress levels did not have a relationship with their disordered eating, but increased perfectionism did elevate these eating behaviors. In terms of gender differences, the severity of disorder eating and how much stress predicted these behaviors did not differ between women and men. Interestingly, there were gender differences on what led to disordered eating, for women increased perfectionism inflated these behaviors, while for men, although not statistically significant, higher stress levels increased these behaviors. The results of this study emphasize the importance of addressing college students’ psychological well-being rather than their number of working hours or credit hours, while also accounting for gender differences.