Management Internship Numbers

Every round people want to know how many people are accepted for each internship. It is really hard to say since it varies so much by position and by recruiting season (there can be everywhere from 1 person for a posting to 29 for the Conservation Education Presenters). 
Someone on the Facebook page asked a question about estimating the number of Management Interns and someone replied with some estimates she got last year by an MI recruiter (this person has done a few internships and you can see her blog here)

Here are her estimates: 
20 for F&B
15-18 for Merch
13-15 for Park Ops
13-15 Lodging (including 5 for recreation)
3 for ASE
1 for ESPN

I decided that I was interested in knowing this A quick search using some of my excellent creeping skills, it looks like there are 120 current management interns. That number isn't by line of business, but here is how it looks like when I try to break it down:


10 F&B Quick Service
3 F&B ODV 
17 F&B Full Service 
26 Merch
4 Recreation
8 Attraction
5 Custodial-Parks
6 Entertainment
11 Housekeeping
12 Front Desk

5 Custodial-Resorts
6 Catering
2 Animals, Science, and Environment
1 Culinary
1 Transportation (river boat)

If you are counting that is only 116. I didn't go one by one through all 120, so I don't know where the missing 4 went, but I know there is a missing ESPN intern and potentially additional culinary interns. I was clicking there a few to try and find the missing ones and there just seemed to be a TON of F&B, Custodial, and Merch, so maybe a few missing ones go in there. 

Now some of the ones I've listed above fall under the same posting (eg. attractions, transportation and custodial fall under park ops=19 interns. housekeeping, front desk, and recreation fall under lodging=26 interns) Well actually, custodial can fall under park ops or lodging so those numbers might differ a little, too. However, I hope this gives people a better idea of how many management interns there are. Obviously it can, and will, differ semester by semester by area needs, funding, etc but this is hopefully a start.

I cannot help with how many apply for each position, but they are definitely competitive so take your time in preparing your application and for each interview you may receive. Good luck and hopefully you'll be making your way to management at Disney soon!