Why Recruit at CU-Boulder?

With the number of college graduates rising every year, employers must be strategic in selecting where to recruit. The University of Colorado at Boulder is on the short list of schools targeted by many elite companies because access to students through Career Services is user-friendly and the internship and full-time hires from CU have been successful within their organizations. The academic and leadership credentials of our students, the caliber of our nationally-celebrated faculty, the uniqueness of our academic offerings, and the variety of extracurricular education available to our students come together to provide a unique and spectacular university.

• Faculty Honor Highlights
  • Four faculty members have received Nobel Prizes.
  • Two faculty have won the National Science Foundation Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars, the foundation's "highest honor for excellence in both teaching and research".
  • Eighty-six CU-Boulder faculty have been named Fulbright scholars since 1982, including four for 2005-06.
  • Numerous active or retired faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Education.
  • Seven faculty have received MacArthur Fellowships, known as the "genius grant".
• CU-Boulder Rankings
• Letter from Our Director, "The Value of a CU-Degree"

As you can see (from above), it does not take much to convince people that CU-Boulder is one of the highest quality universities, public or private, in the country. For more awards and accolades, please take a look at CU Facts.

More than awards and rankings, however, the strength of our employer relations depends upon our graduates. What keeps employers returning to CU-Boulder to recruit year after year is the fact the CU-Boulder students make good employees. Hiring managers and campus recruiters have come to understand that investing in a CU graduate is a good decision for their company.