Why Recruit Our Students?
Magner Career Center: Why Recruit at Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is a prime source for employers looking for qualified college and experienced candidates. Here are just some of the top reasons why your company should seek to hire our students.
If you are interested in recruiting students, check out the many ways you can engage with and recruit the best of Brooklyn College.
Academic Excellence
- Brooklyn College was ranked #1 "Best Bang for the Buck" in the United States by Washington Monthly.
- The Princeton Review has several times ranked Brooklyn College as one of the best overall values among the nation's most academically outstanding colleges, best Northeastern college, and among the Top 10 in both 2005 and 2006. In 2014, Brooklyn College was included in the Princeton Review's The Best 378 Colleges and 332 Green Colleges.
- Brooklyn College has received a four-star ranking for its academics in the Fiske Guide to Colleges and received a prestigious Educators of Distinction Award from Saludos Hispanos in recognition of its commitment to higher education success for Hispanics.
- Brooklyn College has graduated Rhodes Scholars, Truman Scholars, Marshall Scholars, Fulbright Scholars, and Jeanette K. Watson Fellows.
Diversity
- Brooklyn College is a microcosm of the ethnically rich borough it serves— 34.4 percent of our student body is white, 17.4 percent Hispanic, 26 percent black, and 21.9 percent Asian/Pacific Islands.
- A little over 60 percent of our student body is female.
- Our 17,000 diverse undergraduate and graduate students hail from 138 countries and speak 90 languages, ranging from Afrikaans to Yoruba.
Academic Preparation
- Our top undergraduate majors include accounting; business, management and finance; computer science; and psychology.
- We offer more than 80 undergraduate and 70 graduate programs of study, including nationally recognized programs in biology, business, education, film, and television. The programs are fueled by our faculty — Pulitzer Prize winners, Grammy Award winners, world-famous researchers, and internationally known artists and composers.
- The college-wide Core Curriculum is a mandatory requirement for all candidates for a baccalaureate degree, which provides students with a broad background in the liberal arts and sciences.
Experience and Career Preparation
- About one-third of our students work part time and another one-third work full time, giving them real-world experience to complement their academic preparation.
- Nearly 40 percent of our students are 25 years old or older, bringing with them experience, clear focus and maturity.
- Our students have been hired for full-time and internship positions at companies such as Giorgio Armani, Goldman Sachs, Target, New York City government agencies, New York State Comptroller's Office, Bloomberg, Fox News, Kings County District Attorney, AON Corporation, MTV, JP Morgan Chase, PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York City Department of Education, NASA, SUNY Downstate and more.
- In a 2017-2018 tracking survey, 84.4% of graduates reported that Brooklyn College had helped them prepare for their current job.
