University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences ContentsSUMMER 2017 Survey Report Section Page Summary (breakdown of activities, method of search, timing of search, average salaries) 2 Summer Job and Internship Locations 3 Summer Activities for Rising Seniors 4 Summer Activities for Rising Juniors 5 Summer Activities for Rising Sophomores 6 Salary by Industry 7 Salary by Job Type 8-10 Internships by Major 11 Internship Information by Industry (All Schools) Methodology Career Services surveyed Penn undergraduates to gather information about their experiences over the summer. Student responses were collected using an online survey during the summer and fall of 2017. This report summarizes the responses from rising sophomores, juniors and seniors in the College of Arts and Sciences during the Summer of 2017. A total of 1,831 students – 753 rising seniors, 613 rising juniors, and 465 rising sophomores - completed the survey. Respondents included students pursuing dual degrees with Wharton (199), Engineering (45) and Nursing (6). The response rate among rising seniors is 48%, among rising juniors, the response rate is 38% and the response rate among rising sophomores is 29%. Prepared in March 2018 by: Claire Klieger, Senior Associate Director Nathaniel Leach, Associate Director – Graphics & Data Visualization SUMMER 2017 SURVEY REPORT – COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 1 2017 SUMMER PLANS SURVEY College of Arts & Sciences METHOD OF OBTAINING INTERNSHIP 8% 8% 8% Previous Handshake / 83% 11.1% Penn Sponsored Employer PennLink Program Part-time, Unpaid 67.8% 14.2% Full-time, Paid 24% Full-time, 8% Other Applied Unpaid Directly WORK 8% Online Database (Not Handshake / PennLink) 4% Career 29% Services Leads 6.9% Contacts Part-time, Paid 4% (Non-OCR) On-Campus Recruiting (OCR) TIMING OF OFFER TOP EMPLOYERS University of Pennsylvania (217) University of Pennsylvania Health System (105) Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (32) Boston Consulting Group (10) Morgan Stanley (10) Goldman Sachs (9) Deloitte (6) Google (6) Amazon (4) Ashoka (4) Bloomingdale’s (4) 10% Citi (4) Deutsche Bank (4) FactCheck.org (4) Institute for Contemporary Art (4) Macy’s (4) NBCUniversal (4) CLASS YMCA (4) 4% AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY (1,003 reporting) Full-Time: $2,699 Part-Time: $918 TRAVEL 2% OTHER 1% RESEARCH INDEPENDENT SUMMER JOB AND INTERNSHIP LOCATIONS POPULAR CITIES Philadelphia (469) Hong Kong (14) Shanghai (7) New York (309) Miami (8) Tel Aviv (7) 338 Washington, DC (64) Beijing (7) Arlington (6) Cities where Los Angeles (31) Cleveland (7) Jersey City (6) students interned San Francisco (31) Houston (7) McLean (6) around the world Boston (28) London (7) Palo Alto (6) Chicago (14) Paris (7) Seattle (6) Singapore (6) JOB AND INTERNSHIP LOCATIONS UNITED STATES STATE # STATE # Alaska 1 Minnesota 9 Arizona 1 Missouri 4 California 118 Nebraska 2 Colorado 6 Nevada 1 Connecticut 17 New Jersey 53 Delaware 1 New Mexico 2 Florida 13 New York 337 Georgia 7 North Carolina 5 Idaho 1 Ohio 13 Illinois 19 Oklahoma 3 Indiana 2 Oregon 1 Iowa 1 Pennsylvania 525 Kansas 1 Rhode Island 4 Kentucky 1 South Carolina 1 Louisiana 2 Tennessee 6 Maine 3 Texas 20 Maryland 19 Virginia 19 Massachusetts 37 Washington 8 Michigan 6 Wyoming 1 INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY / TERRITORY (#) # COUNTRY / TERRITORY # Albania 1 Lebanon 2 Argentina 1 Mexico 6 Australia 2 Morocco 1 Belgium 1 Nepal 2 Brazil 4 Netherlands 1 Cambodia 1 Nicaragua 2 Canada 5 Pakistan 3 China 17 Peru 1 Ecuador 1 Philippines 2 Ethiopia 2 Republic of Korea 7 France 7 Romania 1 Gambia 1 Rwanda 1 Germany 4 Singapore 6 Ghana 2 South Africa 1 Greece 5 Spain 2 Guatelmala 2 Sri Lanka 1 Hong Kong (S.A.R.) 13 Sudan 1 Hungary 1 Sweden 1 India 16 Switzerland 2 Ireland 2 Taiwan 2 Israel 16 Turkey 1 Italy 2 Uganda 1 11.5% Japan 4 United Arab Emirates 3 Worked Jordan 1 United Kingdom 7 Internationally Kenya 1 Zimbabwe 1 RISING SENIORS College of Arts & Sciences - Summer 2017 METHOD OF OBTAINING INTERNSHIP 8.6% 7.7% 12.9% 87% Part-time, Unpaid Handshake / Previous PennLink 11.7% 75.1% Employer Full-time, Full-time, Paid 6.7% Unpaid Penn Sponsored Program 23.5% WORK 8.6% Applied Part-time, Paid 6.4% Directly Other 8.6% Online Database (Not Handshake / PennLink) 3.9% Career Services Leads 22.4% (Non-OCR) Contacts 7.9% On-Campus Recruiting (OCR) TIMING OF OFFER AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY (469 Reporting) 6% Full-Time: $3,408 ($100 - $16,000) Part-Time: $990 ($300 - $3,500) CLASS 4% TRAVEL 2% RESEARCH INDEPENDENT 1% OTHER RISING JUNIORS College of Arts & Sciences - Summer 2017 METHOD OF OBTAINING INTERNSHIP 86% 7.4% 6.7% 4.2% Part-time, Unpaid 10% Previous Handshake / 64.1% Penn Sponsored Employer PennLink 18.3% Full-time, Paid Program Full-time, Unpaid 24.2% WORK 8.5% Applied Other Directly 8.5% Online Database (Not Handshake / PennLink) 4.8% Career 10.2% 32.7% Services Leads Part-time, Paid Contacts .4% (Non-OCR) On-Campus Recruiting (OCR) TIMING OF OFFER AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY (322 Reporting) 11% Full-Time: $2,225 ($180 - $15,000) Part-Time: $885 ($200 - $2,000) CLASS 2% TRAVEL 1% OTHER 1% RESEARCH INDEPENDENT RISING SOPHOMORES College of Arts & Sciences - Summer 2017 METHOD OF OBTAINING INTERNSHIP 74% 10.6% 9% 3% Part-time, Unpaid 8% Previous Handshake / 59.2% Penn Sponsored Employer PennLink 13.2% Full-time, Paid Program Full-time, Unpaid 25% WORK 10% Applied Other Directly 4.5% Online Database (Not Handshake / PennLink) 3% Career 17% 36.5% Services Leads Part-time, Paid Contacts 1% (Non-OCR) On-Campus Recruiting (OCR) TIMING OF OFFER 16% AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY (322 Reporting) Full-Time: $2,484 ($100 - $5,000) Part-Time: $869 ($200 - $3,400) CLASS 8% TRAVEL 2% OTHER 1% RESEARCH INDEPENDENT Full-Time Salary by Industry (All Class Years) *Salary statistics are not released for industries where fewer than 3 students reported full-time salaries. Average Monthly # Reporting Range of Monthly Industry Salary Salary Salary Communications: Advertising/Public Relations $1,739 17 $950 - $2,560 Communications: Media/Entertainment $1,682 56 $480 - $5,000 Communications: Publishing/Printing $1811 3 $1000 - $3,200 Consulting $3,756 78 $180 - $8,000 Design $1,616 4 $864 - $2,400 Education: Elementary/Secondary Education $1,513 10 $550 - $3,000 Education: For Profit Education $1,635 12 $320 - $3,00 Education: Higher Education $1515 144 $230 - $5,800 Education: Research Labs/Centers - Higher Education $1,370 72 $100 - $2,700 Energy/Natural Resources/Utilities $1,804 8 $500 - $4,352 Financial Services: Diversified Financial Services $4,231 30 $400 - $13,500 Financial Services: Hedge Fund $3,421 8 $1,000 - $6,250 Financial Services: Investment Banking/Brokerage $5,896 61 $1,00 - $15,000 Financial Services: Investment Management $3,361 35 $200 - $10,000 Financial Services: Private Equity $3,889 15 $1,00 - $7,500 Financial Services: Venture Capital $2,902 10 $6,00 - $6,666 Government: Local Government $1,754 4 $545 - $2,520 Government: State --- 2 --- Government: Federal Government $2,553 13 $850 - $5,000 Government: Non-U.S. Government Service $667 4 $545 - $2,520 Government: Intergovernmental Organization --- 2 --- Government: U.S. National Laboratories $2,560 5 $2,400 - $3,000 Healthcare: Health Maintenance Organization $1,681 6 $1,085 - $3,300 Healthcare: Hospital $1,328 58 $200 - $2,750 Healthcare: Private Health Care Provider (for profit) $2,156 15 $480 - $4,000 Hospitality / Leisure / Sports $1,387 45 $150 - $4,000 Insurance $2,892 13 $600 - $4,000 Legal Services $1,476 13 $285- $3,200 Manufacturing: Aerospace or Automotive --- 2 --- Manufacturing: Biomedical Products/Pharmaceuticals $3,166 20 $1,680 - $5,000 Manufacturing: Consumer Products $2,645 13 $1,000 - $5,000 Nonprofit: Cultural Institutions/Arts $1,185 14 $320 - $2,330 Nonprofit: Public Interest/Advocacy $1,608 36 $300 - $6,336 Nonprofit: Social Services $1,253 8 $560 - $2,000 Other $1,442 6 $500 - $2,400 Real Estate/Construction $2,145 19 $1,000 - $4,000 Retail/Wholesale $1,833 27 $400 - $4,600 Technology $2,888 97 $100 - $8,000 Telecommunications $2,789 7 $100 - $1,680 Transportation $2,313 4 $150 - $4,000 SUMMER 2017 SURVEY REPORT – COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 7 Full-Time Summer Salary by Job Type (Work Activities) *Salary statistics are not released for job functions where fewer than 3 students reported full-time salaries. Average Monthly # Reporting Range of Monthly Job Type Salary Salary Salary Accounting: Internal Accounting $1,893 9 $500 - $4,000 Architecture $2,075 4 $1,200 - $2,700 Arts and Culture: Administration $1,550 3 $1,000 - $2,000 Arts and Culture: Graphics / Design $1,369 7 $400 - $1,920 Arts and Culture: Museum / Art Gallery / Curatorial $925 3 $530 - $1,320 Arts and Culture: Performing Arts --- 1 --- Communications: Advertising/Account Mgmt./Media Planning $1,603 21 $320 - $4,000 Communications: Editing $1,297 7 $639 - $2,500 Communications: Journalism/Other Writing $2,166 13 $376 - $3,800 Communications: Public Relations $2,240 17 $400 - $5,000 Communications: Production $1,691 14 $100 - $3,200 Consulting: Management/Strategy $4,450 48 $600 - $8,000 Consulting: Research $2,577 21 $600 - $5,000 Consulting: Technical/Information Systems $3,427 6 $1,530 - $5,633 Data Science: Data Analysis $2,452 30 $500 - $6,200 Data Science: Statistics --- 2 --- Economics: Economic Development --- 2 --- Economics: Economic Research/Econometrics $2,538 16 $1,500 - $10,000 Education: Administration $1,279 11 $500 - $2,000 Education: Counseling $1,789 3 $1,500 - $2,000 Education: Research $1,275 20 $300 - $2,500 Education: Teaching $1,536 25 $320 - $3,500 Energy/Environment: Exploration & Production