U.S. News & World Report (University-wide Ranking)

• In the first-ever U.S. News & World Report rankings of public institutions, Maryland was 30^th. Additionally, the magazine featured the university's Honors Program in its review of premium educational opportunities outside of the traditional Ivy League domain.

• In the 1998 graduate school rankings posted by U.S. News & World Report, the university ranked in the top 25 in the nation in 27 categories.

  College of Arts & Humanities

  • English Ph.D. program: African-American literature ranked 12^th.

  • History Ph.D. program: cultural history, 15^th.

  College of Behavioral and Social Sciences

  • Sociology Ph.D. program ranked 24^th.

  • Economics Ph.D. program ranked 24^th.

  • Economics Ph.D. program: public finance ranked 11^th.

  • Psychology Ph.D program: industrial/organizational psychology ranked 5^th.

  Robert H. Smith School of Business
  • The MBA program ranked 27^th in the nation.

  • Management information systems ranked 22^nd.

  • Part-time MBA program ranked 21^st.

  A. James Clark School of Engineering
  • Engineering was 13^th in the nation.

  • Aerospace engineering ranked 10^th.
  • Computer engineering ranked 17^th.
  • Electrical engineering ranked 10^th.

  College of Education
  • Education ranked 23^rd.

  • Counseling education ranked 4^th.
  • Education administration ranked 22^nd.
  • Education policy ranked 16^th.
  • Education psychology ranked 20^th.
  • Elementary education ranked 13^th.
  • Secondary education ranked 15^th.
  • Post-secondary education ranked 16^th.
  • Special education ranked 14^th.
  • Curriculum and instruction ranked 19^th.
  • Health Sciences: rehabilitation ranked 15^th.

  School of Public Affairs
  • Public Affairs ranked 20^th in the nation.

  • Criminal policy ranked 9^th.
  • Environmental policy ranked 10^th.
  • Public policy analysis ranked 16^th.
  • Public finance and budget ranked 18^th.
  • Social policy ranked 19^th.

• The Robert H. Smith School of Business ranked 22^nd in the nation, it's first ranking among the top 25. (The magazine rates MBA programs every two years, the 1998 selections being the third edition.)

• The campus was picked as one of "America's 100 Most WIRED Colleges."

• The department of criminology and criminal justice doctoral program was ranked the top program in the nation.

• The university was named one of the top 25 values among the nation's public universities.

• The Robert H. Smith School of Business was ranked 13^th among entrepreneurship programs. (In each of the five years the magazine conducted its survey, the Smith School of Business program ranked in the top-25).

• 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, 2^nd

  • African American degrees, 9^th
  • Asian American degrees, 29^th
  • African American education degrees, 5^th
  • Minority engineering degrees, 6^th
  • Asian American social sciences and history degrees, 6^th

  Master's Degrees

  • Total minority master's degrees, 23^rd

  • African American degrees, 11^th
  • Asian American degrees, 39^th
  • Native American degrees, 39^th
  • African American business management degrees, 3^rd
  • Asian American business management degrees, 49^th
  • African American social sciences and history degrees, 18^th
  • Asian American social sciences and history degrees, 25^th
  • Minority engineering degrees, 26^th

• In the annual report on undergraduate programs, the university made the following lists of schools who awarded degrees to people of color.
  • Total minority baccalaureate degrees, 23^rd

  • African American degrees, 12^th
  • Asian American degrees, 17^th

  • African American biological and life sciences degrees, 18^th
  • Asian American biological and life sciences degrees, 11^th
  • Asian American business management degrees, 16^th
  • African American communications degrees, 42^nd
  • Asian American communications degrees, 43^rd
  • Asian American computer and information science degrees, 6^th
  • Asian American education degrees, 7^th
  • African American English language/literature degrees, 30^th
  • Asian American English language/literature degrees, 8^th
  • Asian American physical sciences degrees, 14^th
  • Hispanic biological and life sciences degrees, 34^th
  • Hispanic physical sciences degrees, 23^rd
  • Minority engineering degrees, 31^st

• Terrapin athletics rose to 19^th in the Sears Cup standings (a measurement of excellence over a broad range of collegiate sports.)

• The university was ranked 39^th among the nation's "most wired" colleges.