50 Best Internships

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Where can you find the top undergraduate internship programs in the country? BusinessWeek's first annual list of the 50 Best Internships ranks the leading programs according to data such as pay and the percentage of interns who get full-time jobs, as well as student feedback gathered by our partner, research firm Universum Communications.* To help find your ideal internship, you can sort our inaugural list below based on a number of categories including industry and location. Company names link to corporate profiles.

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2007 Rank

Name

Industry

Headquarters

City

State

Zip Code

Number of interns hired in 2006

Average hourly wage ($)

Average total pay ($) **

Interns who received full-time job offers (%)

Interns with offers who accepted (%)

* To compile this ranking, BusinessWeek used self-reported internship data from the employers themselves on pay and conversion rates (50%), our own Best Places to Launch a Career ranking (25%), and Universum Communications’ undergraduate survey of the most desirable internship employers (25%).
** Includes stipends, bonuses, overtime, housing/relocation allowances, etc.

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