Harris graduates bring a range of in-demand skills to employers around the world.

 
375
students
 
98%
found summer employment*
 
23
countries represented
0
domestic underrepresented minority students
0
hold advanced degrees

Average Years of Work Experience

Including internships prior to attending Harris

34%
23%
20%
23%
0-1 Years
1-3 Years
3-5 Years
5+ Years
“The Harris students we have hired as interns on our team have proven consistently to be of the highest professional caliber – so much so that more often than not we end up hiring them for more permanent positions on our team.”
Abigail Goodnow Dalton
Operations Officer
World Bank
“The State Treasurer's Office has hosted UChicago Harris interns for multiple years and found them to be smart, hard-working, and wonderfully helpful on a wide range of projects covering research, data analysis, projections, policy proposals, and more.”
John Mitchell, MPP'12
Director of College Savings
Illinois State Treasurer's Office

Harris Students Find Internships with Organizations Around the World

Ballot Ready Manatt The World Bank pfm UNDP Deloitte

Internship Location

 
200
United States
 
79
International

Sector Breakdown

17%
52%
31%
Public/Government Agency
Non-Profit/NGO/IGO
Private

97% of Harris Internships were Funded†

0
funded by Harris & Harris donors
0
funded by employers
0
funded by other sources

Top Specified Policy Areas

 

Environmental

 

Urban & Housing

 

Education

 

Health Care

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Internship Employment

*Out of 375 total students in the Class of 2022, 317 (85 percent) responded to the summer employment information survey. Out of 317 students, 286 reported seeking summer employment (90 percent) and 31 students (10 percent) reported not seeking summer employment. Out of 286 students seeking summer employment, 280 (98 percent) found summer employment.

Internship Funding

†Due to rounding, numbers do not add up to 100%.