Interns at CNS have come from a wide variety of majors, including:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- East Asian Studies
- Economics
- Germanic and Slavic Languages
- Government/Political Science
- Information Sciences
- International Relations
- History
- Peace Studies
and from colleges and universities throughout the U.S., including:
- Bowdoin College
- Brandeis University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Clarke University
- Denison University
- Florida International University
- Pomona College
- Scripps College
- Smith College
- Stanford University
- University of Arizona, Tucson
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, San Diego
- University of Colorado
- University of Georgia
- University of Illinois
- University of Miami
- University of New Mexico
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Southern California
and from universities from abroad, including:
- McGill University (Canada)
- University of St. Andrews (Scotland)