Top-ranked STEM students, recent graduates, and alumni seeking internship, co-op, and full-time opportunities
Recruiting Partners,
Thank you for your continued engagement with our students and alumni. Your commitment to connecting with our community plays a vital role in shaping meaningful career pathways and strengthening the bridge between education and industry.
We are grateful for the opportunity to support your organization’s talent goals and to build a lasting relationship. Your partnership not only enhances the professional development of our students but also contributes to the ongoing success and reputation of our institution. Because of your involvement, we are proud to maintain our No. 1. ranking by U.S. News & World Report for Best Undergraduate Engineering Institution, top 15 best Career Services among colleges and universities, and our recognition as one of only 17 institutions nationwide designated for Great Career Services.
Our team is committed to providing excellent customer service, continuing our work together, and supporting your hiring needs in the years ahead!
Warm regards,
Scott Tieken, MLD Executive Director of Career Services & Employer Relations
Scott Tieken, MLD Executive Director of Career Services & Employer Relations
tieken1@rhit.edu
812-877-8604
STUDENT PROFILE
Our students are pretty amazing. Most already have multiple internships under their belts by their senior year. They are smart, creative, driven, and love finding solutions to tough problems. Here’s a snapshot of our student body:
Median weighted GPA of newly enrolled students: 4.04/4.0
Median SAT Math score: 720
Average Rose-Hulman GPA: 3.25
Community service hours logged annually by our student body: >10,000 hours
Percentage of students who:
• Participate in varsity athletics: 29%
• Participate in performing arts: 15%
• Participate in community service: 61%
• Completed at least one* internship: 87%
• Completed at least two* internships: 69%
• Completed at least three* internships: 36%
* - based on Class of 2026
Internship Average Salary Information
Freshman: $18-22 an hour
Sophomore: $20-25 an hour
Junior: $22-30 an hour
Senior: $23-35 an hour
25th to 75th percentile of all accepted offers across all majors
PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Package deals are often the best -- that’s why we offer partnership packages providing yearround student engagement. Interested in broader campus engagement? Contact us to discuss an institute-wide corporate partnership.
$12,000
3 Signature Events
Elite Backdrop at Fall Career Fair
Complimentary fall and winter career fair registrations
Premier career fair booth placement
Fair Banner Lamppost Banner
Manual Cover Page Advertisement A la carte value: $23,000
2 Signature Events Complimentary fall and winter career fair registrations Prime career fair booth placement
1 Signature Event
Complimentary fall and winter career fair registrations
Prime career fair booth placement Career Fair Banner Lamppost Banner
Manual
$5,500
1 Signature Event Complimentary fall career fair registration Priority career fair booth placement Career Fair Banner Lamppost Banner Student Manual Quarter Page Advertisement A la carte value: $7,350
Signage and Promotions
• Lamppost Banner – for a cost of $500 (complimentary for partners at all levels), we will provide and prominently display your company logo on a lamppost in a high foot traffic area of campus for the entire academic year.
• Career Fair Banner – for a cost of $500 (complimentary for partners at all levels), we will provide and prominently display your company logo on a 10’ x 3’ banner at each career fair.
• Student Manual Advertisement
Standard Placements
• Quarter Page — $250
• Half Page — $500
• Full Page — $1,000
Premium Placements
• Inside Front Cover — $1,500 • Inside Back Cover — $1,500 • Back Cover — $1,500
BRONZE $1,000
Career Fair Banner
Lamppost Banner
Priority career fair booth placement
Student Manual Quarter Page Advertisement
A la carte value: $1,750
Use of Funds
Signature Events – The events highlighted on the next page are carefully designed to drive voluntary student participation in an environment conducive to connecting with companies.
Student Experiences – Excess funds go to support student professional organizations, engineering & academic competitions, and technology/ equipment upgrades in facilities like our two student innovation centers.
FAIRS
JOIN US TO RECRUIT THE BEST IN STEM.
Hundreds of the world’s best employers attend our oncampus career fairs. Our fall fair is the most popular, giving you an early opportunity to interact with some of the brightest young minds around.
SIGNATURE EVENTS
FALL CAREER FAIR
September 30, 2026
Kicks off Homecoming Weekend
Registration fee: $600
* Now held from 2 to 7 PM with all students free of class or lab conflicts from 3:30 to 7 PM.
WINTER CAREER FAIR
February 3, 2027
Registration fee: $400
Build your company’s brand and get an edge on recruitment by becoming a partner and participating in at least one of our signature events.
Welcome Back Wednesday ( 20 Companies) - September 2, 2026
Help us start the academic year by partnering on a fun, annual tradition where you have the chance to stand out and get a significant head start on your Rose-Hulman recruitment. We cater the food and drink to feed the 1,900 students who attend on the Mussallem Union circle where we feature games, music, and big item giveaways. Corporate participants are encouraged to get creative and make the space we provide them much more fun and engaging than a standard booth at a career fair. Interactive displays, vehicles, gameshow sets, ice cream trucks, climbing walls, etc. are all on the table.
Homecoming
(6 Companies) - October 3, 2026
Limited to just six partners, Homecoming is a great way to cap off the week of the Fall Career Fair. Corporate participants receive a 10’-by- 10’ tent outside Cook Stadium on game day while we provide the food, drink, and big item giveaways. With football, great food, beer tent, kids’ zone and streams of students and alumni, it makes this an awesome day for everyone.
Greatest Floor ( 2 Companies) - January 15-17, 2027
Align your brand with one of Rose-Hulman’s most competitive and high-energy traditions. This multi-day campus event engages hundreds of students and offers a rare opportunity for meaningful interaction with top STEM talent.
Greatest Floor is an annual, campus-wide competition where residence hall floors face off in a series of academic, athletic, creative, and team-based challenges. The result is an intense, spirited weekend that showcases teamwork, innovation, and leadership at its best. Your company reps and swag get to be at the heart of all of it!
Department Picnic or Social Event (1 company) - Date determined by company
Meet and mingle with your choice of a targeted group of students and faculty by hosting an academic department picnic in the fall or spring. We’ll supply the food and big item giveaway while you enjoy exclusive access to some of the best STEM students anywhere.
Specially Designed Event (1 company) - Date determined by company
We are happy to work with you to create a signature style event specific to your company. A recent example includes ME Day where every Mechanical Engineering student receives a meal, T-shirt with company logo, and promotional materials. Contact us to discuss options.
NO COST ENGAGEMENT OPTIONS
HANDSHAKE
Post career-related full-time, co-op, internship, and research positions, search student résumés information and contact students directly. Also schedule information sessions, register for career fairs, and schedule on-campus interviews through this career networking and recruiting platform.
TECH TALKS/LUNCH AND LEARN
Invite faculty and students to bring their lunch to your product display and technical presentation – best held on a Friday for a uniquely Rose-Hulman reason.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATIONS
Rose-Hulman students love nothing more than hearing about how science and engineering led to the discovery of a new idea and the design iterations necessary to bring it to market. Share one of your company’s recent success stories and give a glimpse into the technical developments of what might be coming next.
ON CAMPUS INTERVIEWS
With three dedicated interview rooms in the Career Services & Employer Relations office suite, you can interview a host of candidates any time of year. The day after the Fall Career Fair, we provide a dedicated “Interview City” in our repurposed fair venue.
TABLING SESSIONS
The most basic of recruitment events: inviting students to stop by a table in the Mussallem Union or the academic complex to drop off résumés and discuss employment opportunities at your company.
ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT
Capstone Design Projects
Here’s your chance to move a desired project at your company off the back burner and into reality. Project scope: deliverable expected of a single engineer or scientist at your company over a 9-month timeframe. Cost, oversight, and other requirements vary based on the academic department that hosts the project. Contact us to submit a proposal.
Equipment/Technology Donations
Shape the technical knowledge of Rose-Hulman graduates (and serve your future talent needs) by donating software, equipment, or other technology for student use in one of our academic lab spaces or innovation centers. We’ll ensure you are able to claim the immediate tax benefits while also establishing your company brand on campus.
Faculty Sabbatical
An eager collection of Rose-Hulman faculty is granted time each academic year for sabbatical. These experiences are meant to drive course and program development in our academic majors. If you have capacity for a one-year contract agreement with a Rose-Hulman professor, and you would like to help determine the educational outcomes in engineering and science, this is an opportunity to shape the coursework completed by future Rose-Hulman graduates. Connect
Handshake is our primary platform for connecting you with exceptional STEM talent at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Creating a free employer account is the fastest way to get connected with our students and begin building your presence on campus.
Once registered, you can post full-time, co-op, internship, and research opportunities directly to the job board. Our team actively promotes your positions to students based on their academic majors and career interests, helping you reach the right candidates efficiently.
Through Handshake, you can also search student résumés, register for career fairs, and schedule on-campus interviews.
Our Career Services & Employer Relations team is committed to supporting your recruiting success every step of the way. If we can assist you at any point, please don’t hesitate to reach out at careers@rhit.edu.
CLASS OF 2025 ENROLLMENT AND PLACEMENT CHART
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, located on a scenic 1,300-acre campus in Terre Haute, Indiana, is home to 2,300+ students from 47 states and 33 countries. Consistently ranked among the nation’s top undergraduate STEM colleges, RoseHulman delivers a strong return on investment from day one. Students collaborate with esteemed faculty in labs and innovation centers equipped with cutting-edge technology— opportunities often reserved for graduate students elsewhere. With nearly 100% career placement for two decades, Rose-Hulman prepares graduates for success. Founded in 1874, Rose-Hulman offers a vibrant student experience with a closeknit campus community, nationally recognized competition teams, 20 NCAA Division III sports, 90+ student clubs, and 12 fraternities and sororities. Learn more at rose-hulman.edu.
11:1 Student-toFaculty Ratio Top 20 School for Highest Pay
1,300-acre campus in Terre Haute, Indiana
11
20 NCAA Division III Sports
96% of Faculty have PhDs
1% Nationally for Return on Investment
Real World Experience
Internships, Co-ops and Research
We start working with students their first week on campus, incorporating career prep into the curriculum. It’s a mix of career fairs, internships, co-ops, interview preparation, resume writing, personal and professional assessments, networking, one-on-one counseling, and more.
Top 10 Best Schools for Internships
-Princeton Review
87% of students complete one internship
69% complete two or more internships
“Rose-Hulman makes your career a priority. Every student is encouraged to attend the highly anticipated career fairs during the year! Walking in as a freshman, I never expected to walk out with an internship, but I did. Because of our reputation at Rose-Hulman, and the opportunities I was given on campus, I have been given a career path I never thought was possible. Internships at Endress+Hauser, Eli Lilly, and Procter & Gamble have really set my career up for success, thanks to Rose- Hulman. ” COURTNEY VALMORE, ‘24
Return on Investment
A 2025 Georgetown University report ranked Rose-Hulman among the top 1% of 4,600 U.S. colleges for return on investment, based on net price and median earnings 20, 30, and 40 years after enrollment.
Led by a team of highly experienced engineers, software developers and designers, and supported by creative and skilled interns from one of the top STEM colleges in the country, Ventures has a 25-year track record as an essential resource in software and new product development for clients ranging from individual entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 corporations.
Ventures specializes in the “innovation space,” meaning they excel at ushering new ideas from start to finish while discovering the best solutions along the way for their partners.
The Ventures 35,000 square foot facility is equipped with modern labs, machine shops, rapid-prototyping, CAD and 3D-printing resources, and the latest software development tools providing project teams the ability to design, develop, and deliver value.
To discuss potential project partnership, please contact Rose-Hulman Ventures at 812-244-4000 or info@rhventures.org.
Turning Ideas into Impact— For More Than 25 Years
Innovation
Innovation comes alive at the Branam and Kremer Innovation Centers — the BIC and KIC, as they’re known on campus. Inside the BIC and KIC and its 30,000 square feet of innovation, student teams huddle ahead of intense competitions. Clubs unveil new innovations. Builders and tinkerers tweak their latest projects.
Student Competition Teams
For many students, competition teams are an important part of the college experience. And in true Rose fashion, students not only compete but also win national recognition.
• American Society of Civil Engineers: Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge
• Chem-E Car
• Design-Build-Fly
• FIRST Robotics Area 5188
• Human-Powered Vehicle Team
• Make It Happen
• MakerLab
• Robotics: Combat, MATE, Robomaster, and Rover
• Rose Rocketry
• Rose Grand Prix Engineering
• Team Rose Motorsports
• Vex U
Student Identity & Affinity Organizations
A cornerstone of student life at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, these organizations create spaces where students can find community, celebrate identity, and build lasting connections. Through events, mentorship, and collaboration, they contribute to a more inclusive and engaged campus environment.
ABOUT THE OFFICE OF CAREER SERVICES & EMPLOYER RELATIONS
Rose-Hulman’s Office of Career Services & Employer Relations is ranked No. 7 in the nation for career preparation by the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. The Princeton Review ranks Rose-Hulman No. 15 for Best Career Services among all colleges and universities and No. 16 among private schools for Best Career Placement, while also recognizing it as one of only 17 institutions nationwide designated for Great Career Services. PayScale.com places Rose-Hulman among the nation’s top 20 for bachelor’s degrees with the highest starting pay, and Zippia.com ranks it the No. 1 college in Indiana for getting a job based on U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard data. Career placement is near 100 percent year after year.
For more detailed information about salary, placement, or maximizing your recruitment efforts, please contact: Jared Goulding
Employer Relations Associate Director
goulding@rhit.edu
Office: 812-877-8589
Employer Relations & Career Services Operations Assistant Director
klaas@rhit.edu
812-877-8141
Office of Career Services & Employer Relations
5500 Wabash Avenue • Terre Haute, IN 47803 rhit.edu
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