217
students received academic credit for their internships during the 2018-19 academic year
181
unique for-profit and non-profit organizations provided internships to College of Communication students in 2018-19
A total of 217 College of Communication students participated in the College of Communication during the 2018-19 academic year, 16 of whom were graduate students. 78% of students found internships with for-profit businesses, and 22% of students interned for non-profit organizations. A sampling of the 181 internship providers includes:
- ABC7 Chicago
- American Red Cross
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Chicago Tribune
- Edelman PR
- Kethchum
- Live Nation
- Modern Luxury Magazine
- NBC Universal
- PAWS Chicago
- Weigel Broadcasting
- WTTW
About 46% of students had paid internship positions, which marks a 12% increase from the 2017-18 academic year.
Undergraduate Internships
Our undergraduate internship opportunities were most prevalent for Public Relations and Advertising majors at 49%, followed by:
- Communication Studies majors (17%)
- Journalism majors (13%)
- Communication and Media majors (13%)
- Organizational Communication majors (2%)
- Sports Communication majors (1%)
These figures are from a pool of 200 undergraduate students.
Graduate Internships
Graduate students also found opportunities to work in professional internships in their fields of study. Public Relations and Advertising internships led at 35%, followed by:
- Journalism (29%)
- Communication and Media (12%)
- Health Communication (12%)
- Communication Studies (6%)
- Digital Communication and Media Arts (6%)
These figures are from a pool of 16 graduate students.
Updated on October 20, 2019