173
students received academic credit for their internships during the 2020-21 academic year
150
unique for-profit and nonprofit organizations provided internships to College of Communication students in 2020-21
A total of 173 College of Communication students earned credit through the College's Internship Program during the 2020-21 academic year, 10 of whom were graduate students. A sampling of the 150 internship providers includes:
- 1817
- Amazon Studios
- American Eagle Outfitters
- The Apartment Source
- Berkshire Hathaway
- Chicago Cubs
- Chicago Red Stars
- Do312
- Interdependence PR
- Interstate Hotels & Resorts
- KemperLesnik
- Milwaukee Magazine
- Modern Luxury
- NYCxDESIGN
- O'Connor Casting
- PAWS Chicago
- Pfizer
- Recycled Modern
- The Robey Hotel
- Shore Fire Media
- Six Flags Great America
- Sumerian Records
- Target
- Underwriters Laboratories
- WAOW
- WarnerMedia
- Zapwater Communications
About 32% of students had paid internship positions. The majority of students found and secured their internships through personal or prior contact with the employer at 27%.
Undergraduate Internships
Our undergraduate internship opportunities were most prevalent for Public Relations & Advertising majors at 39%, followed by:
- Communication & Media majors (16%)
- Journalism majors (12%)
- Communication Studies majors (10%)
- Organizational Communication majors (7%)
- Media & Cinema Studies majors (6%)
- Double majors (6%)
- Sports Communication majors (4%)
- Communications & Technology majors (1%)
These figures are from a pool of 163 undergraduate students.
Graduate Internships
Graduate students also found opportunities to work in professional internships in their fields of study. Public Relations & Advertising students led at 40%, followed by:
- Communication & Media (30%)
- Digital Communication & Media Arts (10%)
- Health Communication (10%)
- Journalism (10%)
These figures are from a pool of 10 graduate students.
Updated on July 28, 2021