High Paying College Internships - Who Knew?

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large

Internships have long been a great way for college students to get their feet in the door at companies in the industries toward which their degree programs have been marching them. The trade-off has typically been that while the student has an opportunity to actually work, at a very young age, in the realm in which he or she would like to find himself employed full-time upon graduation, that sort of ���fast pass��� opportunity comes with the heavy-duty burden of being one that pays either nothing, or so little that it might as well be nothing.

Well, the times they are a-changing, at least when it comes to the field of high-tech. Students and recent grads armed with tech backgrounds and degrees are in such high demand that internships at companies like Apple, Twitter, and Microsoft will pay them well over $5,000 per month.

A few of the deals are pretty extraordinary; in the case of Apple, not only do some Apple interns earn up to $6,700 per month, but they also receive a $1,000-per-month housing stipend (or can live for free with other interns in Apple housing, which I���m sure is very nice). What���s more, if an intern needs to relocate to take the job, Apple will pay up to $3,300 in relocation expenses. Wow!

LinkedIn, Facebook, eBay, Google, Amazon���they���re all doing stuff like this. If you or someone you know has a strong tech background, or is going to school now to study in a tech-related program, I would, by all means, keep an eye on what���s going on with these companies (and the many others like them) in the way of available internships.