Do internship students get a salary?

However, the pay rate for internships is not much. The average paid internship averages around $40,000 a year but can range as low as $15,000 a year to as high as $93,000 a year.

Unpaid internships are easier to get for one obvious reason: they have less competition. Therefore you might want to take an unpaid internship to gain experience if you struggle to land your dream paid internship.

Internship Details:

• Hours: 15-30 hours per week not to interfere with classes.

• Length: Semesters run 16 weeks from start to finish, so the position is generally 12 - 14 weeks.

• Pay: The current competitive pay is $15 - $22/hr.

• Hiring Criteria: Along with your company's desired attributes, GPA, major, graduation date, and completed coursework.

Type of engineers and average internship pay rate:

• Software engineer internship averages $63,000 a year

• Chemical engineers internship averages $41,000 per year

• Aerospace engineers internship averages $93,000 per year

• Industrial engineers internship averages $87,000 per year

• Biomedical engineer's internship averages $62,000 per year.

• Civil engineers internship averages $42,000 per year

• Electrical engineers internship averages $77,000 per year