Supporting Higher Education

CoBank recognizes the importance of education and is dedicated to the development of the leaders and professionals of the future. We have a number of opportunities for college students and recent college graduates, including an innovative Credit Advancement Program, internships and scholarships.

Credit Advancement Program

CoBank’s Credit Advancement Program (CAP) is designed for recent college graduates and was created to grow the next generation of CoBank credit professionals. Those accepted into this two-year program rotate through various bank departments and take a series of structured classes. The pay-off is a career path in credit analysis, credit management or as a relationship manager.

We’re looking for highly motivated graduates with a degree in agriculture – with a business or economics emphasis – or business, with a finance, accounting or economics emphasis.

Summer Internships

CoBank interns learn real-life business skills and tackle projects that have a meaningful impact on the bank’s operations. These are paid positions for undergraduate and graduate students who are working toward degrees in finance, accounting, agribusiness, economics, agricultural economics, IT, HR and marketing. Our internships are located in our Denver headquarters, as well as in our banking centers across the country.

We typically review resumes in January and February, conduct interviews in March and make hiring decisions no later than April.

Scholarships

CoBank has relationships with 13 universities for our scholarship program, each with a strong commitment to agribusiness, cooperative education and research. Nominees must be in their sophomore year or later, and our selection criteria is based on academic excellence. The universities include:

California Polytechnic State University
Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Cornell University
Kansas State University
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Purdue University
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University
University of California-Davis
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
University of Nebraska