Internship Function Choices

FUNCTION25th% Monthly Salary (US $)Monthly Median (US $)75th% Monthly Salary (US $)3-Year Monthly Median (US $)# with Sign-On BonusMedian Signing Bonus
Analytics/Data Science$6,400 $8,234 $10,573 $8,667 2 (33.3%)$7,500
Business Development$4,333 $7,106 $9,013 $8,000 0 (0%)
Consulting/Strategy$8,461 $14,582 $15,833 $14,383 43 (19.6%)$7,000
Corporate Finance (Analysis/Treasury)$8,667 $10,000 $10,115 $9,500 1 (10%)
Entrepreneurial Management$3,000 $3,667 $5,000 $6,066 0 (0%)
General/Project Mgmt/Mgmt Development$6,666 $9,517 $10,115 $9,450 6 (8.3%)$6,550
Investment Banking$14,583 $14,583 $15,000 $14,583 38 (42.2%)$3,000
Investment Management/Portfolio Mgmt$8,333 $12,500 $15,000 $12,500 6 (12%)$3,750
Legal Services$17,918 $18,542 $18,750 $17,914 1 (10%)
Operations/Production Management/Supply Chain$4,340 $7,500 $9,013 $8,000 0 (0%)
Private Equity/Venture Capital - Investor$5,720 $9,600 $12,500 $10,000 6 (4.5%)$3,750
Product Management$7,960 $9,706 $11,978 $9,517 6 (8.2%)$9,000
Product/Brand Marketing$7,840 $8,333 $10,133 $8,667 8 (36.4%)$10,000
Real Estate$6,934 $8,668 $11,266 $8,666 1 (6.3%)
Research$3,467 $14,583 $15,000 $6,240 0 (0%)
Sustainability/Environment$4,930 $8,493 $10,000 $7,500 0 (0%)
FUNCTIONNumber 2024% of Accepted 2024% of Accepted 2023% of Accepted 2022% of Accepted 2021% of Accepted 2020% of Accepted 2019
Analytics/Data Science60.8%1.0%0.2%1.7%1.6%1.5%
Business Development435.4%6.0%4.1%6.2%6.1%6.8%
Consulting/Strategy21827.6%29.2%29.3%28.3%27.9%27.2%
Corporate Finance (Analysis/Treasury)101.3%1.8%1.4%1.6%2.6%1.8%
Entrepreneurial Management70.9%1.4%1.3%1.3%2.7%1.9%
General/Project Mgmt/Mgmt Development719.0%3.1%3.8%4.5%4.6%3.2%
Human Capital20.3%0.5%0.4%0.9%1.0%0.2%
Innovation and Design20.3%0.5%0.6%0.4%0.2%n/a
Investment Banking9011.4%13.4%11.4%10.9%10.0%9.0%
Investment Mgmt/Portfolio Mgmt465.8%5.3%5.4%7.5%7.1%8.6%
Legal Services101.3%1.4%1.4%0.9%0.7%1.5%
Management Information Systems/IT--0.1%0.1%0.5%0.1%0.1%
Merchandising/Buying/Planning10.1%0.3%0.2%n/a0.1%0.5%
Operations/Production Mgmt/Supply Chain141.8%2.6%3.0%3.9%2.9%3.5%
Private Equity/Venture Capital - Investor13316.8%15.6%17.2%12.9%9.6%12.8%
Product/Brand Marketing739.2%10.1%4.8%4.5%6.6%5.0%
Product Management222.8%3.2%11.4%8.0%7.2%6.6%
Real Estate162.0%2.1%1.6%3.2%1.8%3.0%
Research60.8%0.5%0.7%1.0%1.2%1.4%
Restructuring10.1%0.1%0.4%n/a0.2%0.4%
Sales10.1%0.4%0.6%0.2%0.2%0.6%
Sales and Trading----0.4%n/an/a
SustainabilityEnvironment60.8%1.4%0.6%0.8%0.2%0.4%
Other Function Not Listed--0.1%-0.2%5.2%4.1%

Function numbers may total up to a number higher than the number of students reporting job acceptances because some students had more than one summer internship.

When listed, guaranteed compensation is per month, and does not include discretionary bonuses or other forms of compensation. In accordance with MBA CSEA Standards, compensation is not listed for categories reported by less than 1% of students seeking employment.