Your Career Path
Jumpstart Your Career in Greater New Orleans
Opportunities abound to build a meaningful career across a variety of growing industries — from technology and gaming, to health sciences, to professional services, and more.
In every corner of New Orleans, startups and nonprofits are tackling important challenges with ripple effects throughout and beyond our region. Plus, New Orleans’s advanced manufacturing sector is paving the way for our future on ground, at sea, and even deep into space at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility.
Internships? Yep, we’ve got those, too. Each school provides a number of internship, externship, and job shadowing programs (when feasible) to its students, both on campus and in the business community. Students also can check out the internships and part-time jobs available on WorkNOLA and other job boards.
Rankings
Strong Employees Make Strong Industries
Innovation Hotspot in the U.S.
New Orleans, 2024 AxiosA Top Metro for Young Entrepreneurs
New Orleans, 2023 Lending Tree# 2 Logistics Leader in the U.S.
New Orleans, 2024 Business Facilities#9 for Business Applications Per Capita
New Orleans, 2022 GustoTop 20 for Black-Owned Businesses in the U.S.
New Orleans, 2024 Lending Tree“Best American City for Creatives (That You Can Actually Afford to Live In)”
Thrillist 2020Choose Your Higher Ed Home
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