Developmental Review

• The department of human development in the College of Education ranked among the top three in the nation.
  • Ranked 1^st in editorial positons in major journals.
  • Ranked 8^th in grant funding.
  • Ranked 12^th in overall scholarly activity.
  • Ranked 14^th in placing recent graduates in faculty positions in developmental sciences.

• The university was rated 27^th among the nation's business schools.

• The university was rated 33^rd on a list of the Top 100 Values In State Universities.

• The university was 24^th in the ranking of national public universities.

• The Smith College of Business was ranked 21^st in the nation.
  • The management informations systems specialty was ranked 7^th.
    
  • The entrepreneurship specialty was ranked 12^th.
    
  • The general management specialty was ranked 21^st.
    
  • The e-commerce specialty was ranked 8^th.
    
  • The human resources specialty was ranked 10^th.
    

• The Clark School of Engineering was ranked 22^nd in the nation.
  • The aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical specialty was 11^th.
    

• The university was ranked 10^th in the nation in aMagazine's "Best Colleges for Asian Americans."

General Motors FutureTruck Competition

• The university entry finished in a first place tie with West Virginia University in the FutureTruck competition sponsored by General Motors.

• A report card published in Technology Review rated the top U.S. universities in their quest for intellectual property, commercial partners and profits. Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland (28^th) were the regional (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia) schools to make the "campus patenting" top 50 list.

• 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, 22^nd

  • African American degrees, 21^st
    
  • Asian American degrees, 16^th
    
  • African American education degrees, 14^th
    
  • African American psychology degrees, 12^th
    
  • African American degrees from traditionally white institutions, 17^th

  Master's degrees
  • Total minority degrees, 69^th

  • Asian American degrees, 48^th
    
  • Asian American biological sciences/life sciences degrees, 21st
    
  • African American communication degrees, 11^th
    
  • Asian American education degrees, 49^th
    
  • African American mathematics degrees, 10^th
    
  • Asian American social sciences and history, 21^st

• In the annual report on undergraduate programs, the university made the following lists of schools who awarded degrees to people of color:
  • The university rated 13th among traditionally white institutions in retention of black students. The retention rate for black students was 48%, the total student retention rate 64%.

  • Total minority baccalaureate degrees, 20th

  • African American baccalaureate degrees, traditionally white institutions, 7^th
    
  • African American baccalaureate degrees, all disciplines, 22^nd
    
  • Asian American baccalaureate degrees, all disciplines, 17^th
    
  • African American biological sciences/life sciences degrees, 5^th
    
  • Asian American biological sciences/life sciences degrees, 13^th
    
  • Hispanic biological sciences/life sciences degrees, 39^th
    
  • African American management and administrative services degrees, 42^nd
    
  • Asian American management and administrative services degrees, 11^th
    
  • Asian American communications degrees, 36^th
    
  • Asian American computer and information science degrees, 5^th
    
  • Asian American education degrees, 16^th
    
  • African American English language/literature/letters degrees, 4^th
    
  • Asian American English language/literature/letters degrees, 21^st
    
  • Asian American mathematics degrees, 21^st
    
  • African American psychology degrees, 43^rd
    
  • Asian American psychology degrees, 31^st
    
  • African American physical sciences degrees, 29^th
    
  • African American social sciences degrees, 1^st
    
  • Asian American social sciences degrees, 15^th

  • Total minority engineering degrees, 33 ^rd

• In a report on the top 100 agriculture degree producing schools for people of color, the university ranked in two categories:
  • Agricultural sciences, total minority baccalaureate degrees, 33^rd
    Agricultural sciences, total minority master's degrees, 11^th

• The university was rated among the 50 most diverse business schools, finishing 29^th.

Robert H. Smith School of Business

• The M.B.A. program was ranked 34^th in the nation.
  • The management and information systems speciality ranked 9^th in the nation.
  • The part-time MBA program ranked 22^nd.
  • The entrepreneurship specialty ranked 25^th.

College of Education

• Education ranked 23^rd in the nation.
  • The counseling and personnel services speciality ranked 1st in the nation.
  • The special education speciality ranked 10^th in the nation.
  • The administration/supervision speciality ranked 21^st.
  • The social/philosophical foundations specialty ranked 19^th.
  • The educational psychology speciality ranked 13^th.
  • The elementary teacher education specialty ranked 19^th.
  • The higher education administration speciality ranked 17^th.
  • The special education specialty ranked 10^th.
  • The curriculum/instruction speciality ranked 21^st.

A. James Clark School of Engineering

• Engineering ranked 17^th in the nation.
  • The aerospace engineering specialty ranked 14th.

• The university was selected one of the 50 most wired universities and research schools in the nation.

Robert H. Smith School of Business

• The M.B.A. program was ranked 25^th in the U.S. and 31^st in the world.
  • In the information technology sector, the program ranked 2^nd in the world.
  • In number of female students, the program ranked 4^th in the world.

• A study rated the M.B.A. programs that give students the biggest return on their investment. The Robert H. Smith School of Business ranked fifth among "Regional" Schools (median cost less than $90,000).

• The university was among 27 doctoral granting institutions to be honored by Quality Education for Minorities Network. The honor was based on the university's contribution to the number of doctoral degrees in the fields of mathematics, the physical sciences and engineering granted to African Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians and Hispanics.

• Terrapin athletics finished 45th in the nation in the Sears Cup (a measurement of excellence over a broad range of collegiate sports).

National Collegiate Athletic Association

• The women's lacrosse team won an unprecedented 6th straight NCAA championship.