Monday, March 28, 2011

The best and worst cities for unpaid internships : Bundle

The best and worst cities for unpaid internships : Bundle: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"


It's spring, which means college students from around the country are on the hunt for summer internships, many of which will be unpaid. Students shouldn't be putting themselves into debt to get work experience, which is why we set out to identify the best cities in the U.S. to get an unpaid internship based on low cost of living, and potential opportunities with Fortune 500 companies (rankings included).

We dove into our data and examined how much 18 to 24-year-olds earning less than $20,000 annually were spending on dining out, groceries, gas and entertainment each month in cities with internship opportunities. We also looked what students would pay in rent in those cities using data from real estate site hotpads.com. Here's what we found.

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