trets treta tretavian hopes to finish it in more. those who make it for the first six months are awarded a six-month internship. about 250 companies have partnered with year-up and have spent almost $28,000 to cover the costs of each intern. year-up alum brian goodson was working in a pizza shop three years ago. now he's a business solutions which has hired more than half of the almost 200 interns it's hosted since 2009. >> if someone told me three years ago that i would be doing what i'm doing today, i wouldn't have believed it. i might have even laughed. >> reporter: 80 percent of year-up alums have a full-time job or are enrolled in college full-time within four months of graduating. their average starting salary is about $36,000 a year. jordan hopes to follow goodson's path. he landed an internship in the i.t. department at the retailer aaron's. >> i was like, i did it! i earned it! i'm going to do this. this is mine. this is mi >> the year-up experience doesn't end when a student finishes his or her internship. alumni like brian