Data science and analytics has the most live internships of any field on UTern, with 3,820 listings on November 11, 2026, ahead of software engineering at 3,513. Finance (2,812) and business and operations (2,799) come next. If you've taken statistics, SQL, Excel or Python, data roles are open to more majors than computer science.
Every Wednesday we pick one number from the internship market and explain what it means for your search. This week's number is 3,820.
The number
3,820 internships in data science and analytics are live on UTern today. That's more than software engineering, at 3,513, and more than any other field we count.
If you study statistics, economics, business analytics or information systems and figured tech internships were for CS majors, the biggest field on the board is closer to your coursework than you think.
Every field, side by side
Live internship listings by field on November 11, 2026:
| Field | Live listings |
|---|---|
| Data science and analytics | 3,820 |
| Software engineering | 3,513 |
| Engineering | 2,817 |
| Finance | 2,812 |
| Business and operations | 2,799 |
| AI and machine learning | 2,232 |
| Marketing | 1,775 |
| Research and science | 1,583 |
| Sales | 957 |
| Design | 844 |
| Consulting | 841 |
| Human resources | 814 |
Don't add these up. A listing whose title fits two fields is counted under both, so a "data engineering intern" can sit under data and software at once. The rows compare fields with each other. They don't split the 38,550 live listings into pieces.
Where it leads
This comparison doesn't include internship pay. But for a sense of the ladder, look at what employers that sponsor work visas file with the US Department of Labor for full-time staff (FY2026). The typical employer pays Data Scientists $124,530 and Software Developers $120,500. Those are full-time salaries, not intern offers. They show where each path tends to go, and data sits right alongside software.
What to do with it
- Search by skill, not by major. If a class taught you statistics, SQL, Excel or Python, search "analyst" and "analytics" as well as your major's name. Start with data science internships.
- Business, finance and marketing majors: check two lists. Data roles, plus your own field: finance, business and operations or marketing.
- Show one real example. Put a project on your résumé that proves you can work with data: a class dataset, a dashboard, a club budget you tracked. One finished example says more than a list of tools.
- Don't wait for a deadline to tell you. Only 1,007 of the 38,550 live listings state an application deadline, so most never say when they close.
How we counted
Field counts come from UTern's live listing feed, read from employer career pages and applicant tracking systems on November 11, 2026. A listing joins a field by its title, and a title that fits two fields counts in both. Each field's count also collapses near-duplicates (the same role posted under several requisition IDs), which the site-wide total doesn't. That's why the fields compare with each other but don't add up to 38,550. Listings past their stated deadline are left out.
Wage figures come from the US Department of Labor's FY2026 public disclosure files for certified H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 filings. We take each employer's median for an occupation (only where it made five or more filings), then the median across employers. They describe full-time pay at employers that sponsor visas, not internship pay.
All of it updates on our internship statistics page, read for this post on November 11, 2026. Quote it with a link back.
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