Which is better for internships: Tulane or Fordham?

The biggest practical tradeoff is location-driven access during the school year versus a more distinct campus experience: Fordham puts you in New York with unusually dense internship access across finance, media, nonprofits, law, and business, while Tulane gives you strong hands-on opportunities tied to New Orleans, public service, health, hospitality, and culture. For sheer volume and variety of in-semester internships, Fordham usually has the edge because students can commute into Manhattan regularly and tap one of the country’s largest professional markets. Tulane is still very solid, but its internship ecosystem is more shaped by the industries and community partnerships that are strongest in New Orleans.

Fordham’s advantage is most noticeable if you want to intern repeatedly during the academic year. Its New York location makes part-time internships much more realistic, especially for students interested in corporate fields, communications, publishing, politics, or arts organizations. Fordham also has strong alumni presence in the city, which matters because internships often come through networking as much as formal postings.

Tulane does a good job connecting students to practical experience too, and it stands out for community-engaged work. New Orleans offers meaningful access in public health, education, environmental work, hospitality, and nonprofits, and Tulane’s service-oriented culture can make applied experience feel integrated into college life rather than separate from it. For some students, that leads to deeper local involvement even if the market is smaller than New York.

Summer is a little different. Both schools can help students land opportunities beyond their home city, so summer outcomes are not only about where campus is located. Still, Fordham’s network and school-year access can help students build experience earlier, which often makes it easier to compete for stronger summer roles later.

If internships are one of your top deciding factors across multiple industries, Fordham has the stronger overall setup. Tulane becomes especially compelling when your interests line up with the sectors where New Orleans and Tulane have distinctive strength, but for broad access and frequency of opportunities, Fordham is hard to beat.