<p>What business schools have the best co-op programs/internships?</p>
<p>Northeastern U</p>
<p>Schools that are targeted by top tier firms… period. NEU has a good co-op program, but I feel that it exists to make up for a lack of prestige even in the local Boston market. After all, why spend a year of tuition working an internship (NEU’s co-op is a five year program) when you can spend one less year of tuition at a targeted school and land a paid summer internship?</p>
<p>I disagree. The co ops at NEU are 6 months paid and business co ops are some of the highest paid in the school. Most students get job offers from their co ops. Five year program ( and you can do it in four if you choose to ) are still the same as regular four year degrees since you do not pay for the semesters you co op. Common misconception with NEU</p>
<p>You shouldn’t choose a college based on “co-op” programs. The vast majority of top companies and banks don’t do co-op internships during the year. If you want to get full-time offers at these firms, you have to do summer internships like everyone else. Furthermore, it’ll be much harder to do a 2nd major or additional minor if you’re also trying to do a co-op program.</p>
<p>If you’re think of doing a co=op to earn money in college, don’t; there are plenty of better ways to make money, such as doing research, being a peer tutor, or TA’ing (some TA’s get paid). </p>
<p>tl;dr - Co-ops at undergrad b-schools aren’t really that useful so don’t apply for colleges based on the strength of co-op programs.</p>
<p>I do NOT agree with FateGoneAway’s post. Many companies will do coops during the year. I would recommend that you really check out University of Cincinnati, who was the forerunner of coop education in the US. My daughter had a coop every other quarter and had no problem getting a coop.</p>
<p>^ I said “top companies and banks” not “companies.” While there are plenty of companies that offer co-ops, the best ones (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Google, Apple, Bain Consulting, etc.) do not. In addition, top companies usually save their FT offers for people who work there during the summer (usually through the company’s structured internship programs). </p>
<p>I got this info from a Wharton graduate who STRONGLY advised against doing a co-op since I’m planning to go into finance. If the OP wants to go into research/government work, a co-op is a good idea. Otherwise, I think he/she should avoid it.</p>
<p>EDIT: I didn’t mean to include Apple in that list. My bad. Also, Morgan Stanley only has co-ops for IT positions, not their finance roles (which should tell you something about co-ops).</p>
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You don’t pay an extra year of tuition for your coop at Northeastern…</p>