The 17 most prestigious internships anyone would be lucky to get

Median pay: $28 an hour

Why it stands out: Depending on the location, offices are stocked with gyms, basketball courts, tennis courts, and other amenities, former interns wrote on Quora. Interns also benefit from the option of having a six-month-long internship — a step up from the norm of 10 weeks.

Median pay: $13 per hour

Why it stands out: One doesn't just have to work in investment or finance to work for Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet. Berkshire Hathaway seeks interns in accounting, claim operations, programming, and other fields.

Median pay: $26.50 an hour

Why it stands out: Interns can attend ongoing learning events and a national conference for all Deloitte interns, according to the company. They also have a mentorship team and one or more projects to work on for the duration of the internship.

Median pay: $24 an hour

Why it stands out: Interns work with senior executives and other high-ranking folks on projects with real-world impact, a former intern wrote for IBM's corporate blog.

Median pay: $11 an hour

Why it stands out: Of the 90,000 who applied to Morgan Stanley's 2014 summer internship program, just 1,000 got an offer. The internship is known to value self-starters.

Median pay: $19 an hour

Why it stands out: Housing and travel are both covered — and employees get half off all products.

Median pay: $16 an hour

Why it stands out: Along with great professional development opportunities, a former intern told INSIDER that she was able to get behind-the-scenes access to Disney World.

Median pay: $26 an hour

Why it stands out: The hours are tough, but interns previously told Business Insider that the work experience is often worth it. "You definitely feel like you're doing something that could change the world," one said.

Median pay: $25 an hour

Why it stands out: Interns enjoy similar work duties as full-time employees, rather than typical intern busy work.

Median pay: $6,100 per month

Why it stands out: There are plenty of social and professional development opportunities for interns, who are tasked with major responsibilities during their program.

Median pay: $5,700 per month

Why it stands out: While the hours are grueling, interns said their dinners are compensated and the office gives out tickets to Beyoncé concerts and San Francisco Giants games.

Median pay: $8,000 per month

Why it stands out: Along with free housing and fun weekend activities, Facebook assigns one full-time employee to be an intern's point person as they develop and execute their project, one intern previously told Business Insider.

Median pay: $26 an hour

Why it stands out: While the pay isn't as high as some of the other companies on this list, interns said they benefitted from "intelligent, charming, and altruistic" coworkers and experiencing a typical Tesla employee's workday.

Median pay: $7,100 per month

Why it stands out: Interns previously told Business Insider that Microsoft has a good work-life balance, as well as intern-only speaker events. Housing is subsidized and interns receive a travel stipend, the interns also said.

Median pay: $5,000 per month

Why it stands out: Along with invitations to intern-only talks by Tim Cook and Jony Ive, Apple interns get free housing.

Median pay: $7,000 per month

Why it stands out: Interns' housing and travel expenses are covered.