College of Communication students earned credit through the College's Internship Program across 92 unique organizations during the 2022-23 academic year. A sampling of the internship providers includes:
- Allied Global Marketing
- Block Club Chicago
- Carol Fox & Associates
- Chicago Music Guide
- Chicago Red Stars
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Chicago Tribune
- Do312
- ESPN Chicago
- Executive's Club of Chicago
- Field Museum
- Foxtrot
- Jill Schmidt PR
- Make-A-Wish Foundation
- Modern Luxury
- NewsNation
- Players Sports & Social
- Professional Diversity Network
- Relevnt
- The Social Talks
- Spool Marketing
- Studio H Chicago
- Third Coast PR
- The Underground Chicago
- WBEZ
- Youth Job Center
- Zapwater Communications
Approximately 58% of students had paid internship positions, with an average hourly wage of $17.43.
Undergraduate Internships
The majority of undergraduate students who completed internships for academic credit were Public Relations & Advertising majors at 34%, followed by:
- Communication & Media majors (30%)
- Journalism majors (17%)
- Sports Communication majors (11%)
- Communication Studies majors (4%)
- Communication & Technology majors (2%)
- Media & Cinema Studies majors (1%)
These figures are from a total of 94 undergraduate students.
Graduate Internships
12 graduate students secured opportunities to work in professional internships while receiving academic credit in their fields of study. The majority of these students were earning their Masters in Public Relations & Advertising or Journalism, along with 2 students each from the Masters in Communication & Media and Masters in Digital Communication & Media Arts programs.
Updated on September 6, 2023