U.S. News & World Report (Undergraduate rankings)

• In the rankings of undergraduate business and engineering programs, the university was 20^th and 24^th respectively.

Robert H. Smith School of Business

• The MBA program ranked 24^th in the nation.

College of Computer, Mathematics and Physical Sciences

• Computer science Ph.D. program ranked 12^th.

• Mathematics Ph.D. program ranked 19^th.

• Physics Ph.D. program ranked 14^th.

• The non-linear dynamics/chaos speciality in the physics Ph.D. programs was ranked 2^nd.

A. James Clark School of Engineering

• Engineering ranked 28^th in the nation.

College of Education

• Education ranked 26^th.

• Counseling education ranked 3^rd.

College of Journalism

• Print journalism ranked 11^th.

• Public relations ranked 1^st.

• The Robert H. Smith School of Business ranked in the top 10 in 10 out of 30 undergraduate categories.

• Accounting ranked 1^st.

• The school was ranked 8th in "Best Overall Skills."

• The Robert H. Smith School of Business was named one of 20 business schools offering consumers a best buy in graduate education.

• Computer science, mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, economics and oceanography (shared with the University of Maryland System's Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies) were ranked among the ten best programs at U.S. public universities.

• The University's Honors Program was one of only nine in the U.S. to receive the top three-star rating in an ARCO's guide. (The other eight were UCLA, the Universities of Virginia, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas-Austin, Georgia and Delaware, and Penn State.)

• The Robert H. Smith School of Business was named one of the country's 25 best business schools for entrepreneurs.

Sears Cup

• Terrapins athletics finished 36^th in the Sears Cup standings (a measurement of excellence over a broad range of collegiate sports.)