The University of St. Thomas
Blogging career and job search news to Tommies everywhere

Why employers want to hire University of St. Thomas students and graduates

Published on: Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Quotes from recruiters about why they come to UST:

  • Proven track record of turning out students with relevant skills, work experience, and leadership potential
  • Reputation and quality of the candidates and faculty.
  • Great candidates – alumni doing well in our organization.

Quotes from recruiters about UST candidates:

  • Students had strong interpersonal skills and interviewing skills; they showed confidence.
  • Overall very strong interviews. Good questions for me, good examples.
  • Very driven, very self-motivated students, and intelligent students.
  • They are very bright, have good intellect, and are confident in who they are. They also present themselves very professionally.

UST Student Demographics:

  • UST Students of Color enrollment in 2009-2010: 14.5% undergraduates and 13.2% graduates.
  • Average ACT composite score of the freshman class (F2009) was 25.4
  • Almost 40% of the more than 6,100 undergraduates are enrolled in a Business major

Comments are closed.