In a survey of nearly 10,000 students administered from November 2020 to March 2021, just 22% of respondents reported having an internship in the past 12 months. The internships were about evenly split between online and in-person jobs. That's a "striking departure" from previous national estimates, according to the report. More data is needed to understand the scope of the issue. "One of the things that is clear is the number of students looking for positions is outstripping the number of opportunities out there," said Matthew Hora, a higher ed professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
