2021 MBA Jobs: Smooth Sailing For MIT Sloan Grads

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Internships were hard to come by last year for MBA students at every school. At MIT Sloan, everyone from the careers office to school alumni had to pitch in. More than 100 startup opportunities were created on Orbit, the entrepreneurship opportunity platform of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship; and more than 60 MIT research opportunities were formed with MIT faculty, research centers, and initiatives, including Covid-19 Alliance, Healthcare and Innovative Financing, and MIT Sloan LATAM Office. Meanwhile, 34 MBAs received support for their internship through the Internship and Faculty Project Fund, created in response to the pandemic.

For the MBA Class of 2021, the top internship industries were finance (26.6%), technology (25.1%), and consulting (16.9%), with 31% accepting internships at MIT’s top hiring companies. This summer, the school’s careers office was surely still deeply involved, but no longer scrambling. For the MBA Class of 2022, the top internship industries were finance (26.2%), tech (25.6%), and consulting (21%), with pharma/healthcare/biotech (7.3%) “remaining a key industry for internship-seeking students, rounding out our top four industries,” Brennan says.

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