January 27, 2025 | By Kevin Gray
When students responding to NACE’s 2024 Student Survey were asked to identify the obstacles preventing them from participating in internships, their responses revealed they attributed their decision to a lack of time, concerns over pay, and scant opportunities.
More than 43% indicated that their course load was too high to put the necessary time into searching for internships, while 38.9% said they had to stay at their current job.
Other pay-related reasons students cited for not participating in internships included that they weren’t selected for a paid internship (26.4%), the opportunity was unpaid (24.3%), or that the internship had insufficient pay (14.6%)
