While there may be some internship opportunities for international students, there are fewer opportunities than for domestic students. In addition, there are fewer opportunities for visa sponsorship into full-time jobs for international students.
We have seen sponsorship occur more frequently in the following situations:
- The student is pursuing an analytics track.
- The student is pursuing the Product Management Track and earned an undergraduate degree in engineering or the sciences.
- In both cases, a high degree of written and oral proficiency is required, and usually, the student’s TOEFL score needs to be above a 95. Marketing is about writing and speaking with proficiency.
Approximately 60% of our MS in Marketing students are international students. Many of these students have one to several years of experience in different areas of marketing, such as advertising, marketing analytics or consumer insights. Because MS MKT is now a STEM program, eligible F-1 nonimmigrant students with STEM degrees may apply for a 24-month STEM OPT extension to their original 12-month OPT for a potential total of 36 months of OPT. For more information, please go to the International Students and Scholars Office website.
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