Internship Function Choices

FUNCTION25th% Monthly Salary (US $)Monthly Median (US $)75th% Monthly Salary (US $)# with Sign-On BonusMedian Signing Bonus
Business Development$6,000 $8,666$12,000 4 (10.3%)$4,500
Consulting/Strategy$7,799 $12,750$15,829 19 (9.5%)$5,000
Corporate Finance (Analysis/Treasury)$8,000 $8,666$10,115 0 (0%)-
Entrepreneurial Management$3,466 $5,700$6,933 0 (0%)-
General/Project Mgmt/Mgmt Development$6,066 $9,208$10,399 4 (6.9%)$6,500
Investment Banking$14,583 $14,583$14,583 35 (35.7%)$5,000
Investment Management/Portfolio Mgmt$10,000 $14,398$16,899 4 (11.1%)$9,000
Legal Services$17,333 $18,750$18,750 0 (0%)-
Management Information Systems/IT$10,115 $10,399$11,266 1 (5.6%)$8,000
Operations/Production Management/Supply Chain$8,000 $9,375$10,115 3 (9.1%)$6,100
Private Equity/Venture Capital - Investor$6,933 $9,167$10,833 0 (0%)-
Product Management$7,000 $10,000$12,600 6 (3.8%)$10,000
Product/Brand Marketing$10,000 $10,833$12,000 10 (16.1%)$15,000
Real Estate$7,799 $9,146$10,000 7 (25%)$5,000
Research$8,000 $8,667$12,000 0 (0%)-
FUNCTION% of Accepted 2025% of Accepted 2024% of Accepted 2023% of Accepted 2022% of Accepted 2021% of Accepted 2020
Analytics/Data Science0.5%0.8%1.0%0.2%1.7%1.6%
Business Development4.9%5.4%6.0%4.1%6.2%6.1%
Consulting/Strategy24.8%27.6%29.2%29.3%28.3%27.9%
Corporate Finance (Analysis/Treasury)2.3%1.3%1.8%1.4%1.6%2.6%
Entrepreneurial Management0.9%0.9%1.4%1.3%1.3%2.7%
General/Project Mgmt/Mgmt Development7.2%9.0%3.1%3.8%4.5%4.6%
Human Capital0.3%0.3%0.5%0.4%0.9%1.0%
Innovation and Design0.1%0.3%0.5%0.6%0.4%0.2%
Investment Banking12.3%11.4%13.4%11.4%10.9%10.0%
Investment Mgmt/Portfolio Mgmt4.5%5.8%5.3%5.4%7.5%7.1%
Legal Services0.9%1.3%1.4%1.4%0.9%0.7%
Management Information Systems/IT2.3%-0.1%0.1%0.5%0.1%
Merchandising/Buying/Planning0.3%0.1%0.3%0.2%-0.1%
Operations/Production Mgmt/Supply Chain4.1%1.8%2.6%3.0%3.9%2.9%
Portfolio Company Operations/Value Creation1.3%n/an/an/an/an/a
Private Equity/Venture Capital - Investor19.5%16.8%15.6%17.2%12.9%9.6%
Product/Brand Marketing3.5%9.2%10.1%4.8%4.5%6.6%
Product Management7.8%2.8%3.2%11.4%8.0%7.2%
Real Estate1.1%2.0%2.1%1.6%3.2%1.8%
Research0.3%0.8%0.5%0.7%1.0%1.2%
Restructuring0.1%0.1%0.1%0.4%-0.2%
Sales0.3%0.1%0.4%0.6%0.2%0.2%
SustainabilityEnvironment0.5%0.8%0.6%0.8%0.2%0.4%

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.