U.S. News & World Report (Undergraduate)

Robert H. Smith School of Business

• Business was ranked 20^th in the nation.

A. James Clark School of Engineering

• Engineering was ranked 24^th in the nation.

College of Arts & Humanities

• The creative writing program ranked 20^th in the nation.

• The School of Music ranked 30^th in the nation.

Robert H. Smith School of Business

• The MBA program ranked 25^th in the nation.

College of Education

• The College ranked 22^nd in the nation.

• Counseling education ranked 3^rd.

A. James Clark School of Engineering

• Engineering was 18^th in the nation.

In the annual report on graduate schools, the university made the following lists of schools who awarded doctorates to people of color.

Doctoral degrees

• Total minority degrees, 8^th

• African American degrees, 5^th
• Asian American degrees, 9^th
• Hispanic American engineering-technology/computer science/mathematics degrees, 46^th
• Asian American engineering-technology/computer science/mathematics degrees, 12^th

Master's degrees:

• Total minority degrees, 57^th

• African American degrees, 48^th
• Asian American degrees, 42^nd
• African American engineering-technology/computer science/mathematics degrees, 37^th
• Hispanic American engineering-technology/computer science/mathematics degrees, 46^th
• Asian American engineering-technology/computer science/mathematics degrees, 37^th

• The university was ranked among the best 100 bargains in college education.

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

• In a ranking of information technology research labs, the university tied for 19^th among all research labs, and 11^th among computer science departments.

• In artificial intelligence, robotics, natural language, interfaces and data mining, the university was tied for 17^th among all research labs and tied for 8^th among computer science departments.

• Terrapin athletics finished 32^nd in the nation in the Sear Cup standings (a measurement of excellence over a broad range of collegiate sports).