2027 Bachelor s Master s graduates Economics Consulting Analyst Associate Intern Summer 2026
Charles River AssociatesCollege Station, Texas
Internship
Posted March 9, 2026
$30 - $38/hr
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Job Description
This internship offers hands-on experience in economic and financial consulting, where interns work on live client projects, conduct research, perform analyses, develop models, and contribute to expert reports within a collaborative environment, with potential for full-time employment after graduation.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct economic and industry research to understand case issues
- Perform financial and economic analyses or create valuation models to support case theories
- Develop and build models, and perform regression analyses using programming languages such as Excel, Stata, R, Python, SQL, or SAS
- Review and summarize analyst reports, client documents, and industry trade press
- Assist in producing research summaries, expert reports, and presentation of findings
- Ensure the reliability and quality of analysis through review and quality control
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree candidates graduating December 2026 or Summer 2027 with an academic focus on quantitative research in Economics, Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related fields.
- Completion of an honors thesis, research apprenticeship, or research seminar program is highly desired.
- Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial, and/or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods.
- Experience in Excel, Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, ArcGIS ArcPy, or Cloud computing platforms such as Databricks Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, or AWS.
- Ability to conduct economic and industry research to understand case issues.
- Ability to perform financial and economic analyses or create valuation models to support case theories.
- Ability to program, build models, and perform regression analyses using languages such as Excel, Stata, R, Python, SQL, or SAS.
- Ability to review and summarize analyst reports, client documents, and industry trade press.
- Ability to assist in the production and development of research summaries, expert reports, and findings presentations.
- Ability to ensure the reliability of analysis through quality control review.
- Effective written and oral communication skills.
- Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages.
- Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership.
- Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities.
- Excellent time management and task prioritization skills.
- Clear and demonstrated interest in consulting through coursework, work experience, activities, or attendance at CRA recruiting events.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range: $30 - $37.50 per hour
Work schedule: 3 to 4 days a week in the office, with flexibility for remote work
Work environment perks: Social events, collegial work environment, professional development and wellness support programs
Additional benefits: Robust skills development programs, formal and informal training, career mentoring, performance coaching, wellness programming supporting physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being, in-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers
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