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Employers

Preparing the Future Leaders of Austin and Beyond

St. Edward’s University is committed to helping students achieve economic mobility allowing them to support a thriving, diverse, multi-faceted Austin economy. We strive to engage with the local business community to ensure that our educational offerings align with the workforce needs of the region.

Engage With Us

Partner with St. Edward’s

We want to understand your needs and engage from a place of collaboration and mutual benefit. We’re prepared to help you recruit students, discover business opportunities, connect you to classrooms, sponsor research, and more. Corporate partners are a critical part of our mission to create a Destination University for a More Just World. There are diverse industries and employers in Central Texas and we are excited to partner with large and small businesses, start-ups, non-profits, government agencies and more.

Students and business professionals meet at a campus event.

Connect with students and faculty, engage in real-world problem solving, utilize faculty expertise, and help prepare a dynamic workforce.

Two students meet shake hands with an employer at a career fair.

Engage with students around career readiness, host Career Treks at your company, attend job fairs, and recruit from our diverse talent pool.

Group of graduate students meet in the library.

Discover opportunities to develop your current workforce through graduate education discounts and non-credit training designed to advance your organization's knowledge base and expertise.

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Make an impact in the lives of underserved students and help support the mission of the university to create a more just and sustainable world. Invest strategically in efforts that align with your company's vision.

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St. Edward’s at a Glance

Just like your organization, our achievements only tell one part of the story. Connect with our diverse students and dynamic faculty, and learn how our organizations align.

97%
Students To Take Part in Experiential Learning Including Internships
175+
Full-time Faculty with Diverse Expertise Across Industries
200+
Employers Visit Campus to Recruit for Jobs and Internships
1/
55+
Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Programs
65%
Minority Enrollment
29%
First Generation Students
1/

Why partner with us? 

St. Edward’s has a long-standing commitment to inclusion and support for underrepresented students and their families, including first-generation college students. By partnering with us, your company can play an important role in impacting the Austin workforce: preparing future graduates, providing internships and career readiness, and upskilling your employees. Our academic and administrative leaders seek opportunities to creatively and collaboratively address challenges that your business and/or the community faces. Whether you are looking simply to recruit high-quality talent, sponsor a program or event, utilize space on campus, or create innovative programming to support your industry, we look forward to working with you.