Data Analytics Intern

Department Overview:

The Student Success and Policy (SSP) Team within the Undergraduate Program of the Wisconsin School of Business works on academic policy and student interventions focused on fostering student excellence and retention. Through this work, the SSP team collaborates with the other program units to gain a holistic understanding of a student’s experience including: academic advising, career coaching, international programs, admissions, and student life. The data analytics intern will work with data across different units in support of this work.

Anticipated Start Date:

Negotiable between 6/2/25 and 6/11/25

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

May 2026

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Partially Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

Minimum: 10 Maximum: 15

Schedule:

There is one Data Analytics Intern position open, starting in Summer 2025 and continuing through the academic year ending in May 2026 (working during the Summer 2025, Fall 2025, and Spring 2026 semesters).

Anticipate ~20 hours per week during the summer and ~10-15 hours per week during the school year.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

Minimum: $17.00 Maximum: $19.00

Number of Positions:

1

Qualifications:

*In your cover letter, please address your experience with these required/preferred qualifications

Required Qualifications:
- Experience coding in Python, R, or other statistical languages from courses or
comparable work (example coursework: COMP SCI 220/320; GEN BUS 306/307/656; STAT
240/310/311/312/340; ECON 400)
- Knowledge of statistical concepts (descriptive statistics, covariance/correlations,
distributions, regression, etc.)
- Curiosity about data and an inquisitive mindset
- Clear and effective written and verbal communication

Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with Tableau or PowerBI for custom reports and data visualization
- Familiarity with reporting results from statistical analyses

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Please submit your resume and a cover letter addressing your experience with the listed qualifications. Please save and submit your resume and cover letter as a PDF in Last Name, First Name format.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

The data analytics intern will work closely with the Data and Policy Analyst for the Undergraduate Program within the Wisconsin School of Business. This position will assist with the development of presentations, reports, and statistical analyses of administrative operations for the School of Business.

The analytics intern will:
- 45% Pull, clean, reformat, and analyze data from campus data tools to answer staff
questions, generate lists for staff needs, and prepare data for other projects
- 30% Assist with the development of presentations/reports including data visualizations,
technical writing, and statistical analysis
- 15% Assist with survey design/analysis for program initiatives
- 10% Become more familiar with concepts of statistical programming, querying, and
analytics

Physical Demands:

N/A

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

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