Ameriprise Financial Internship 2027–2028: Programs, Deadlines & How to Apply

Last updated: August 2026

Ameriprise Financial runs two different internship calendars, and mixing them up is the easiest mistake to make here. The corporate summer internship (Technology, Corporate Finance, Corporate Actuarial, Marketing, Advice & Wealth Management Products, HR, Sales Service & Operations) is based mostly in Minneapolis and follows a real, repeated pattern: mirrors of Ameriprise's own postings advertised the identical closing date, February 20, in both the 2025 and 2026 cycles, then came down from the board within days of it. The Ameriprise Advisor Group (AAG) branch internship is a different animal. It runs through roughly 160 financial advisor branch offices nationwide, posts individually whenever a branch needs help, and has you earning your Securities Industries Essentials (SIE) license instead of rotating through a corporate team. For the 2027-2028 cycle (you apply during 2026, you intern in summer 2027), expect the corporate window to open around winter and close near that same February date. The branch track can open in any month.

Quick Facts

Two numbers matter here: Ameriprise's corporate internships have closed around February 20 for two cycles running, while its Ameriprise Advisor Group branch internship posts on its own schedule at any of roughly 160 branch offices. Neither track publishes a GPA floor.

Externships are short, remote programs where you finish a real project with a real company. The Yinan Zhao Investing & Financial Modeling Externship and the Attronica FP&A & Private Company Valuation Externship build the analysis work every Ameriprise track actually tests for, on top of the same soft-skills paragraph the company pastes into each posting. Explore all Externships.

What Is an Ameriprise Financial Internship?

An Ameriprise Financial internship is one of two things. The corporate summer internship is a 10-week, in-office program based mainly in Minneapolis, spanning 8 tracks from Technology to Corporate Actuarial, at hourly pay of $26 to $32 on real 2025-2026 postings. The Ameriprise Advisor Group (AAG) branch internship runs through roughly 160 financial advisor offices nationwide, pays an estimated $27 an hour, and has you working toward your Securities Industries Essentials license while supporting real clients.

The company itself is a Fortune 500 diversified financial services firm headquartered in Minneapolis, ranked No. 230 on the Fortune 500, with more than $1.7 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement and a team of more than 20,000 people in 20 countries. Founded in 1894, it now serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients through Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities.

When Do Ameriprise Financial Internship Applications Open for 2027–2028?

Ameriprise doesn't publish a single company-wide calendar the way some peers do, but two real cycles line up cleanly. Mirrors of Ameriprise's own Marketing Intern and Advice & Wealth Management Products intern postings both advertised a closing date of February 20, 2026, and both came down from the board on February 23, 2026, three days later. A year earlier, the Technology Intern posting listed applications accepted until February 20, 2025. That's a repeated date, not a projection. What isn't confirmed is exactly when summer 2027 postings go up, so treat the opening estimate as built backward from the closing date. The AAG branch internship runs on none of this: it posts by branch, whenever a branch needs the help, all year round.

How to read this page: our dates come from tracking previous recruiting cycles and daily posting data. Treat them as informed estimates based on historical patterns, not confirmed dates. The company's official careers page is always the most current source. If a role is posted there, go by that, even if this page suggests the window hasn't opened yet.

Why You Must Apply the Week Applications Open

Every 2025-2026 Ameriprise intern posting we could verify carries some version of the same line: applications are assessed on a rolling basis, and the role may close earlier than the advertised date. Combine that with two straight years of a hard February 20 close, and the math is simple: seats fill while the window is technically still open, and the posted deadline is a ceiling, not a target. Start an application in January and you're competing for whatever's left after months of rolling review. The AAG branch internship carries a different risk. It posts per branch, not on a company calendar, so one office's opening can appear and disappear with no warning, which is its own argument for checking the Workday portal on a real schedule rather than once a season.

Which Ameriprise Financial Internship Programs Should You Target?

Ameriprise lists 8 corporate summer tracks (Advice & Wealth Management, Corporate Actuarial, Corporate Finance, HR, Marketing, Products & Business Solutions, Sales Service & Operations, Technology), plus the separate AAG branch internship. Which one fits? Read the required-qualifications line on the actual posting, not the shared soft-skills paragraph. Technology wants Computer Science or related majors; Marketing, AWM Products and the AAG branch track want business, finance, economics or communications majors, plus, on the branch side, a willingness to sit for a licensing exam.

See all 8 corporate tracks on the internship opportunities page, and note the separate calendar: the AAG branch internship posts by office throughout the year, while corporate tracks cluster around one winter window.

What Are the Eligibility Requirements?

Four real 2025-2026 Ameriprise intern postings (Technology, Marketing, Advice & Wealth Management Products, AAG branch operations) publish the same core requirements:

• Enrollment: current junior at a 4-year university, graduating the December or May after the internship. Graduate students and postgrads aren't eligible for the standard internship; a separate Leadership Development Program recruits seniors.

• GPA: no minimum published on any of the 4 real postings we reviewed, or on the official early-careers FAQ. Selection weighs major fit, leadership experience and the specific project ask in each posting.

• Work authorization: every posting reads, "The company does not offer corporate undergraduate internships for students with F-1 visas." International students need existing work authorization; there is no sponsorship.

• Availability: the full 10 weeks, in-office, June through August. The AAG branch track adds a background check and working toward the Securities Industries Essentials license during the internship.

Does Ameriprise Have a GPA Cutoff?

No published one, anywhere. All 4 real postings we could verify (Technology, Marketing, AWM Products, AAG branch operations) skip GPA entirely, as does the official early-careers FAQ. So what actually gates you? The graduation-date window rules out anyone who isn't a rising senior, the no-sponsorship line rules out students without existing work authorization, and the AWM Products posting specifically asks for "demonstrated leadership experience," which is the closest thing to a soft screen anywhere in these postings.

What Skills Does Ameriprise Financial Look For, and How Do You Build Them?

Four real Ameriprise intern postings from the 2025 and 2026 cycles (Technology, Marketing, Advice & Wealth Management Products & Business Solutions, and AAG branch operations) share one oddity: the preferred-qualifications paragraph is close to identical across every track. Self-motivation, organization and time management, communication and presentation skills, collaboration, and Microsoft Office proficiency show up in all 4. That's a company-wide template, not a signal about what any one team needs. The real differentiation sits in the required-qualifications line and the responsibilities list, which is track-specific: Technology wants a Computer Science-adjacent major and prior coding experience, while Marketing and AWM Products want reporting, competitive research and process-improvement work. Across the broader corporate-finance and financial-analyst intern market this role sits in, accounting fluency and Excel are still the two most common asks nationally, at 83% and 67% of postings, while Python and SQL sit under 3%.

How Is Demand for Corporate Finance & Financial Analyst Interns Moving Right Now?

Build These Skills Before You Apply

Every skill in that chart, and the ones the aggregate market rewards, maps to a remote Externship you can finish before Ameriprise's window opens.

The overlap is close to literal: the Attronica deliverable is FP&A work in the AWM posting's own vocabulary, and the client-ready summary both finance Externships end on is the same presentation skill every Ameriprise posting lists first.

What Is the Ameriprise Financial Application and Interview Process Like?

Ameriprise's own FAQ lays out a shorter funnel than most banks run:

1. Apply through the Workday careers portal for the specific track and location you want. Ameriprise's FAQ recommends applying to no more than 2 programs a year.

2. Application review. Recruiters check every application against the posting's required-qualifications line (major, graduation date, sometimes "demonstrated leadership experience") before anyone gets a call.

3. Phone interview, for some positions, followed by a first-round interview. Glassdoor's intern-specific data shows an average 13-day hiring process, with a one-on-one interview the single most common stage (37% of reported interviews), then a phone screen (15%), background check (10%), and a presentation (8%).

4. Final-stage interview. For the Finance Leadership Development Program specifically, Ameriprise's FAQ says this round is conducted in person.

Glassdoor's aggregate Ameriprise intern data rates the process "Easy" (2.1 out of 5 difficulty) with an 84% positive experience, well above the company's own 62.3% average across all roles. Real questions reported: "What is your greatest weakness?", "Tell me about yourself and go through your resume," and "What courses are you taking in college?" Our HireVue question guide with a free AI mock tool runs the same behavioral format.

What Students on Reddit Say

Three threads show both tracks from the inside.

How Do You Stand Out When Every Posting Reads the Same?

Three moves. First, apply the day a posting goes live, not near the advertised close: review is rolling inside a fixed date that's held for two straight cycles, so late applicants compete for whatever's left. Second, ignore the soft-skills paragraph Ameriprise pastes into every track and answer the required-qualifications line instead, since that's the part of the posting that actually changes: a Computer Science major and a coding sample for Technology, a finance or business major with a reporting or research project for AWM Products and Marketing. Third, if you're eyeing the AAG branch track, treat the coming Securities Industries Essentials license as part of the interview, not an afterthought; showing you understand what the SIE tests signals you've done homework most applicants skip. No conversion rate is published for either track, so the interview itself has to carry the case.

What Other Companies Should You Consider?

Ameriprise's split between a Minneapolis corporate program and a branch-level advisor internship puts it closer to Edward Jones or Northwestern Mutual's model than to a pure asset manager's.

Our finance internships summer 2027 guide maps the full picture, timeline by timeline.

FAQ

Can I still apply for a summer 2026 Ameriprise internship?

No. Ameriprise's 2026-cycle corporate postings advertised a February 20, 2026 closing date and came down from the board 3 days later. The next corporate window targets summer 2027, expected to open around winter 2026-2027. The AAG branch internship posts by branch year-round, so check the Workday portal directly for a current opening near you.

When do Ameriprise internship applications open for summer 2027?

Not yet posted. Based on 2 straight cycles closing around February 20 (2025 and 2026), expect summer 2027 corporate postings to appear sometime in winter 2026-2027 and close near the same date. Treat this as a pattern-based estimate; Ameriprise's own careers page is always the current source.

Is Ameriprise internship hiring rolling?

The corporate track runs both at once: a stated closing date with rolling review inside it. Ameriprise's own 2026-cycle postings read, "applications will be assessed on a rolling basis... the role may close earlier than the stated deadline." The AAG branch internship is fully rolling, tied to when a specific branch office needs help.

Does Ameriprise require a minimum GPA for internships?

No. None of the 4 real 2025-2026 postings we reviewed, or the official early-careers FAQ, publish a GPA minimum. The real gates are the graduation-date window (rising seniors only) and no visa sponsorship.

What is the Ameriprise internship interview process like?

Application review, then for some roles a phone interview, a first-round interview, and for the Finance LDP specifically an in-person final round. Glassdoor's intern data shows an average 13-day process and rates it "Easy," with an 84% positive experience.

Do Ameriprise interns get return offers?

Ameriprise publishes no conversion rate. Its internship page cites "the potential for full-time offers post-graduation," and several Leadership Development Programs, including a 2-year Finance LDP, recruit directly from the intern and senior pool.

What skills does Ameriprise look for in interns?

Every posting we reviewed repeats the same preferred-skills paragraph: communication, organization, collaboration and Microsoft Office. The real differentiator is the required-qualifications line, which is major-specific: Computer Science for Technology, business or finance-adjacent majors with reporting or research experience for Marketing, AWM Products and the AAG branch track.

How much does an Ameriprise internship pay?

$26 to $32 an hour on real 2025-2026 corporate postings (Technology $32, Marketing $31, AAG branch operations $27, AWM Products $26). Indeed's broader company-wide average in Minneapolis runs lower, around $19.52 an hour.

Ameriprise's corporate window is short and comes with a real deadline; its branch track has none at all. Either way, a remote Externship turns "interested in wealth management" into a finished project ready before either window opens.