Balyasny 2026 intern class heavy on Ivy League, STEM
About 40% of Balyasny’s 2026 interns come from Ivy League schools and over half study STEM; the firm drew about 16,000 applications for roughly 80 internship spots.
Balyasny Asset Management’s 2026 summer intern class is about 40% Ivy League and more than half of identified interns study science, technology, engineering or mathematics. The firm received roughly 16,000 applications for about 80 internship positions. These findings are based on an analysis of publicly available professional profiles for roughly 30 interns.
The University of Pennsylvania, including Wharton, appears to be the single largest feeder school for the identified cohort, followed by Brown University. In the U.K., Cambridge has a stronger representation than Oxford among the profiles reviewed. Geographically, approximately 85% of the identified interns are based in the United States and about 15% are based in the U.K.
More than half of the interns are enrolled in STEM fields. Most of the non-STEM interns study economics. A small number come from non-technical fields.
The firm has disclosed that 63% of its portfolio management teams are based in the United States, 17% in London and 14% in the Asia-Pacific region. The geographic split of the intern group corresponds with that distribution.
Balyasny reportedly receives about 16,000 applications for roughly 80 internship spots each year, implying an internship offer rate near 0.5%. Last year about 40 interns converted to full-time roles; measured against total applications, those conversions represent roughly 0.25%.
The profile sample covers roughly 30 publicly visible entries and offers a partial view of the intern class rather than a complete roster. The counts and shares cited are derived from that publicly available information.
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