Internship Opportunities for Economics Students
Internships are a critical part of the educational experience at Truman. They provide insight that can help you discover career preferences and connect what you are learning in class to real-world situations. A successful internship experience provides an opportunity to make connections that can lead to letters of recommendation or job offers.
Recent internships held by students include:
- United States Treasury, Washington, D.C.
- H & R Block Headquarters, Kansas City, Mo.
- FDIC, St. Louis, Mo.
- The Independent Institute, Sacramento, Calif.
- Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, Mo.
- National Credit Union Association, Washington, D.C.
- Center for International Education Abroad at Truman State University
- American Enterprise Institute
- American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) — Student Summer Fellowship Program
- Americans for Tax Reform
- Brookings Institution
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Cato Institute
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Center for American Progress
- Center for Immigration Studies
- Center for Strategic & International Studies
- Children’s Defense Fund
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Congressional Budget Office
- Congressional Research Service
- DCINTERNSHIPS.ORG — The Fund for American Studies
- Economics Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, sponsored by the Department of Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Empower America
- The European Institute
- Federal Reserve Board
- Foundation for Economic Education Internships
- Summer Seminars at the Foundation for Economic Education
- Georgia State School Summer Policy Internship
- Heritage Foundation
- Hudson Institute
- Institute for Humane Studies — George Mason University
- Institute for Women’s Policy Research
- Koch Internship Program
- The Manhattan Institute
- Mountbatten Institute London Internship
- Mountbatten Institute Bangkok Internship
- National Taxpayers Union Foundation
- Oxfam America
- Progressive Policy Institute
- The Smithsonian
- The Urban Institute
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Department of State
- Washington Internship on Social Insurance
- William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students at the Aspen Institute
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Learn more about “Finding Internships”