5 Best Paying Summer Jobs for College Students

4. Google/Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)

Google is a favorite in the list for the best paying summer jobs for college students and professionals alike. The Google Internship program allows students to specialize in areas such as product management, business development, software engineering, IT and data management etc. Their internship program receives about 40,000 applications every year and so the competition is immense. Google hires 1500 interns every year which receive one-to-one mentoring and are involved in real-time projects. Glassdoor estimates that Google interns earn between $6,500 and $8,500 a month.