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9 October 2026 • Service HWS Ranks No. 7 Nationally for Alumni Network and Internships

HWS continues its momentum with national recognition for value, alumni network, internships, impact and return on investment.

Hobart and William Smith has earned top national rankings for its alumni network and accessibility of internships, placing No. 7 in both categories in The Princeton Review’s Best Value Colleges for 2027. HWS was also ranked No. 6 for Best Schools for Making an Impact. 

Selected from more than 650 colleges and universities considered, HWS is among just 209 institutions named to The Princeton Review’s Best Value Colleges list. 

The rankings reflect the strenght of HWS’ future-focused education, preparing students for successful careers, meaningful lives and lasting impact.

The Princeton Review selects colleges for the Best Alumni Network list based on student ratings of alumni activity and visibility on campus, while the Best Schools for Internships ranking measures students' assessments of the accessibility of internship placements.

2026 Internships

Analytics & Sales Interns at Bloomberg Tru Styles ’27 and Conor Lally ’27 gather with HWS alumni who work at the company, including Patrick Healy ’25, Carl Fischer ’96, Kelsie Worth ’22, Joseph Gibbons Jr. ’14, Matthew Fox ’19, Nicholas Henkin ’12 and Kevin Lin ’20.Duke Charles ’27 visits the site of a new 148-unit apartment development during his summer internship with Gateway Investment Partners LLC in the Chicago area.Price Morris ’28 stands at the Fish Center for the Sciences construction site, where he spent the summer as a Suffolk Construction Management Intern, gaining firsthand experience on the largest construction project in HWS history.Thomson Reuters Digital Sales and Marketing Interns Elizabeth Whitney ’27, Isabella Hayes ’27 and Bauer Swift ’27 gather for a photo.Alexandra Dickinson ’27 (right) joins Em’s Threads Founder Emily Rourke ’24 at the company’s Boston studio, where Dickinson worked on social media, marketing and brand development.Allen Mordi Jr. '28 (left) gained firsthand experience this summer in branding, design and film production at Placebrand, a London consultancy specializing in real estate and urban developments.New York State Department of Environmental Conservation intern Connor Visingard ’27 poses for a photo during a night shocking survey on Seneca Lake.Abbie Gregory ’27 and Morgan Wagner ’27 interned with NY State Senator and HWS Trustee Jeremy Cooney ’04.Dani Krenzer '27 is seen tying coral to a coral tree during her summer internship as a Coral Technician and Scuba Intern at Coral World Ocean Park in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.Devyn Williams ’28 captures a photograph on assignment for the Finger Lakes Times.Ella Wirth '27 spent the summer as a research assistant at Boston Medical Center (BMC) in the Neurology Research Department.Students who participated in the Frelinghuysen Assembly Internship Program, and who held internships at institutions, organizations and offices in and around Washington, D.C., share a meal with former U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen ’69, L.H.D. ’01 (R-NJ), who created and funds the program. Joining them is program coordinator and Attorney Karin Richards Moore ’89.Gift of Life 2026 Interns Beatrix Rioux '29, Kelly Malone '27, Lily Winch '28 and Juliza Ariza '27 spent part of June in the Dominican Republic embedded with local health care teams providing life-saving cardiac care for children with congenital heart defects.Hobart baseball player Sam Oestreicher '27 outside of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, where he spent the summer as a public programming intern, leading museum tours, hosting trivia and welcoming guests from around the world.Kaleigh Boynton ’28 stands in front of the “Giant Ocean Tank” at the New England Aquarium, where she interned this summer.Leah Wiebe '27 poses in the lab during her summer research as an Amgen Scholar at Harvard University.Tanaka Fellow Christina Mohonta ’27 takes a photo during her internship at The World Vision in Bangladesh.Ryan Agans '28 joins members of the Gerig Lab, an aquatic ecology research laboratory at the School of Freshwater Sciences, sampling Lake Michigan larval fish aboard the UWM Osprey.Selina Owino '28 (left) had an internship doing data analysis at diiVe Consulting, a South African consulting firm based in Cape Town.

This photo gallery features students’ 2026 summer internships.

In its methodology, The Princeton Review describes the colleges selected as, “in our opinion truly the most exceptional in the nation at delivering great academics, affordable cost, and great career foundations.”

HWS earned a Return on Investment rating of 88 out of 99, reflecting the long-term value of an HWS education. The rating incorporates institutional and student survey data alongside career and salary statistics from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

The Princeton Review’s Best Value Colleges list evaluates institutions using more than 40 data points covering academics, cost, financial aid, student debt, graduation rates, career placement and alumni salaries.

Recently, HWS rose 13 spots in the U.S. News and World Report, an incredible one-year jump that reflects institutional momentum; from a 20% increase in first-year enrollment for the Class of 2030, to the building of the Fish Center for the Sciences and the creation of the Melly Institute for Business, Innovation and Leadership.  

Additional information about The Princeton Review’s methodology is available here.