Class of 2018: Internship Hiring
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Trends by Industry
internship Trends by Industry
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Consulting
 15% 15% 16% 15% 16%
Consumer Products
 6% 8% 7% 7% 7%
Entertainment / Media
 5% 4% 4% 3% 4%
Financial Services
 30% 28% 26% 32% 32%
Investment Banking / Sales & Trading
 6% 5% 5% 5% 3%
Investment Management / Hedge Fund
 9% 8% 7% 7% 8%
Venture Capital / Private Equity / LBO
 11% 13% 11% 18% 20%
Other Financial Services
 3% 1% 2% 2% 2%
Health Care
 9% 8% 8% 7% 7%
Biomed / Pharmaceutical
 4% 3% 4% 3% 4%
Health-Related Services
 5% 4% 4% 4% 3%
Manufacturing
 6% 5% 6% 7% 7%
Aero / Auto / Transport Equipment
 <1% 1% 2% 2% 2%
Cleantech
 <1% <1% <1% 1% <1%
Energy / Extractive Minerals
 2% 1% 1% <1% 1%
Highly Diversified
 1% 2% 2% 1% 2%
Other Manufacturing
 1% <1% <1% 2% 1%
Nonprofit / Government
 2% 4% 3% 4% 2%
Government
 1% 1% 1% 1% <1%
Nonprofit
 2% 3% 2% 2% 2%
Retail / Trading
 4% 4% 4% 3% 3%
Services
 5% 5% 5% 5% 3%
Hospitality
 0% 0% 0% <1% 1%
Real Estate
 2% 3% 2% 2% 2%
Other Services
 2% 3% 3% 2% <1%
Technology
 19% 20% 20% 18% 20%
Consumer Electronics
 3% 2% 2% 1% 1%
E-Commerce
 4% 5% 5% 3% 3%
Equipment / Hardware / Networking
 1% 1% 2% <1% 1%
Internet Services
 5% 6% 5% 4% 4%
Software
 5% 4% 3% 5% 7%
Other Technology
 1% 2% 2% 4% 3%
Trends by Function
internship Trends by Function
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Business Development
 16% 13% 13% 14% 12%
Consulting
 16% 17% 18% 16% 16%
Finance
 30% 30% 28% 31% 32%
Investment Banking / Sales & Trading
 6% 5% 6% 4% 3%
Investment Management / Hedge Fund
 7% 5% 5% 4% 4%
Venture Capital / Private Equity / LBO
 10% 13% 11% 17% 19%
Other Finance
 7% 7% 6% 6% 6%
General Management
 8% 9% 10% 10% 9%
Operations / Manufacturing
 2% 2% 2% 3% 2%
Project Management
 1% 1% 2% 2% 1%
Rotational / Leadership Development
 1% 2% 1% 2% <1%
Other General Management
 3% 3% 5% 4% 5%
Marketing
 15% 15% 17% 13% 14%
Brand Management
 3% 3% 3% 2% 1%
General Marketing
 3% 4% 3% 4% 3%
Product Management
 6% 6% 8% 6% 9%
Sales
 1% 1% 1% 1% <1%
Other Marketing
 1% 1% 2% 1% 1%
Strategic Planning
 10% 11% 10% 9% 11%
Other
 4% 6% 5% 7% 5%
Fundraising / Development
 <1% <1% 0% 0% 0%
Human Resources
 <1% <1% 0% 0% 0%
Product Development
 2% 1% 1% 2% 1%
Real Estate
 1% 2% 1% 1% 2%
All Other
 1% 2% 2% 4% 2%
Trends by Location
internship Trends Statistics
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Mid-Atlantic
 4% 4% 5% 4% 3%
Washington - DC
 2% 2% 3% 2% 1%
Other Mid-Atlantic
 1% 2% 2% 1% 2%
Midwest
 6% 6% 6% 5% 5%
Chicago - IL
 3% 3% 3% 3% 3%
Other Midwest
 3% 3% 3% 2% 2%
Northeast
 40% 40% 39% 40% 40%
Boston - MA
 12% 10% 11% 13% 13%
New England (Except Boston)
 5% 4% 5% 4% 5%
New York - NY
 22% 23% 21% 21% 20%
Other Northeast
 2% 3% 2% 2% 1%
South
 4% 4% 3% 4% 3%
Atlanta - GA
 1% 2% 1% 1% 1%
Other South
 3% 2% 3% 3% 2%
Southwest
 4% 4% 5% 4% 4%
Texas
 3% 2% 3% 3% 3%
Other Southwest
 1% 1% 1% <1% 1%
West
 24% 28% 28% 27% 27%
California - Bay Area
 16% 17% 15% 19% 15%
California - Los Angeles Area
 4% 6% 7% 4% 7%
California - Other
 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Pacific Northwest
 3% 5% 6% 4% 4%
Other West
 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Other United States
 0% 0% <1% 0% 0%
Asia
 6% 5% 4% 5% 5%
China
 2% 1% <1% 1% 1%
Hong Kong, SAR
 1% <1% 1% <1% <1%
India
 1% <1% <1% <1% 1%
Other Asia
 2% 3% 3% 3% 2%
Australia & Oceania
 <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
Canada
 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Europe
 6% 5% 6% 6% 8%
United Kingdom
 3% 3% 3% 4% 5%
Other Europe
 2% 2% 3% 2% 3%
Latin America
 2% 2% 2% 2% 2%
Brazil
 1% <1% <1% <1% 1%
Other Latin America
 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Middle East & North Africa
 <1% <1% <1% <1% 1%
Sub-Saharan Africa
 2% 1% 1% 1% 1%
United States
 82% 85% 85% 84% 82%
International
 18% 15% 15% 16% 18%
All Locations
 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%