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Northeastern ranks high in this measure, if not in the overall ranking, because it requires student participation in a co-op program—a sort of souped-up internship—virtually guaranteeing that every business major graduates with extensive work experience. Elsewhere, students aren’t so lucky.


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Internship
Rank
Overall
2009 BW
Rank
School
Students
with
Internships
(%)
1 27 NORTHEASTERN
BOSTON  		98.8 
2 4 MICHIGAN (ROSS)
ANN ARBOR  		96.2 
3 3 PENNSYLVANIA (WHARTON)
PHILADELPHIA  		94.3 
4 15 NYU (STERN)
NEW YORK  		92.9 
5 1 VIRGINIA (MCINTIRE)
CHARLOTTESVILLE  		90.8 
6 49 SYRACUSE (WHITMAN)
SYRACUSE, N.Y.  		89.8 
7 11 VILLANOVA
VILLANOVA, PA.  		89.1 
8 8 CORNELL
ITHACA, N.Y.  		88.2 
9 19 CARNEGIE MELLON (TEPPER)
PITTSBURGH  		88.1 
10 26 LEHIGH
BETHLEHEM, PA.  		87.8 
11 24 GEORGETOWN (MCDONOUGH)
WASHINGTON, D.C.  		87.6 
12 23 BABSON
BABSON PARK, MASS.  		86.1 
13 33 BENTLEY
WALTHAM, MASS.  		85.9 
14 9 EMORY (GOIZUETA)
ATLANTA  		85.7 
14 10 TEXAS (MCCOMBS)
AUSTIN  		85.7 
16 12 RICHMOND (ROBINS)
RICHMOND, VA.  		85.4 
17 41 FORDHAM
NEW YORK  		85.3 
18 16 WASHINGTON U. (OLIN)
ST. LOUIS  		85.1 
19 22 ILLINOIS
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN  		83.6 
20 7 MIT (SLOAN)
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.  		83.3 
21 6 UC-BERKELEY (HAAS)
BERKELEY, CALIF.  		83.0 
22 43 BOSTON U.
BOSTON  		82.9 
23 17 BOSTON COLLEGE (CARROLL)
BOSTON  		81.8 
24 21 USC (MARSHALL)
LOS ANGELES  		80.1 
25 39 CASE WESTERN (WEATHERHEAD)
CLEVELAND, OHIO  		79.6 
26 2 NOTRE DAME (MENDOZA)
SOUTH BEND, IND.  		79.1 
27 14 WAKE FOREST (CALLOWAY)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.  		78.2 
27 34 TEXAS CHRISTIAN (NEELEY)
FORT WORTH  		78.2 
29 32 SANTA CLARA
SANTA CLARA, CALIF.  		78.0 
30 28 AMERICAN (KOGOD)
WASHINGTON, D.C.  		77.8 
31 13 NORTH CAROLINA (KENAN-FLAGLER)
CHAPEL HILL  		75.8 
32 38 PENN STATE (SMEAL)
UNIVERSITY PARK  		75.4 
33 35 MARYLAND (SMITH)
COLLEGE PARK  		75.1 
34 40 WISCONSIN
MADISON  		73.1 
35 31 SMU (COX)
DALLAS  		72.7 
36 18 MIAMI U. (FARMER)
OXFORD, OHIO  		71.7 
37 29 SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO, CALIF.  		71.0 
38 20 INDIANA (KELLEY)
BLOOMINGTON  		69.6 
39 42 OHIO STATE (FISHER)
COLUMBUS  		67.5 
40 47 OHIO
ATHENS  		67.3 
41 36 RENSSELAER POLYTECH (LALLY)
TROY, N.Y.  		66.7 
42 37 TEXAS A&M (MAYS)
COLLEGE STATION  		66.2 
43 48 BINGHAMTON
BINGHAMTON, N.Y.  		65.5 
44 30 WILLIAM & MARY (MASON)
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.  		65.2 
45 44 JAMES MADISON
HARRISONBURG, VA.  		64.8 
46 45 BAYLOR (HANKAMER)
WACO, TEX.  		63.9 
47 25 U. OF WASHINGTON (FOSTER)
SEATTLE  		63.8 
48 50 U. OF MIAMI
CORAL GABLES, FLA.  		63.5 
49 5 BRIGHAM YOUNG (MARRIOTT)
PROVO, UTAH  		62.8 
50 46 CHAPMAN (ARGYROS)
ORANGE, CALIF.  		55.6 

Top 50 Average: 78.5%

Note: This table reflects only the percentage of students with internships among those who responded to BusinessWeek's survey; response rates varied from school to school but averaged 27% of graduating seniors.