Which is better for finding internships: Johns Hopkins or NYU?

For most students seeking a wide range of internships during the academic year, NYU offers the more convenient path because its New York City location puts students near employers in finance, media, tech, fashion, arts, nonprofits, and startups. NYU students can realistically commute to part-time internships during a semester rather than limiting most experience to summers.

This is especially useful for business, communications, entertainment, social sciences, and creative fields.

Johns Hopkins is exceptionally well positioned for research, health care, engineering, public health, and government-adjacent work. Its ties to Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Applied Physics Laboratory, and Baltimore and Washington-area research institutions can lead to substantive lab, clinical, policy, and technical internships. For a student aiming at biomedical research or health-related work, Hopkins may provide opportunities that are more closely integrated with faculty research and major research institutions.

Students at Hopkins often build experience through research positions, summer programs, and opportunities in Baltimore or Washington, D.C., whereas NYU makes a broader set of private-sector internships easier to pursue alongside classes.