Journal of Systems and Software

• Maryland ranked No. 5 in the world in the field of systems and software engineering.
• Maryland ranked No. 1 among public universities in the field of systems and software engineering.

• Over a five year period, Maryland ranked among the top 20 U.S. universities in producing minority doctorates in the following categories:
  • African-American, No. 5
  • Indian/Alaskan Native, No. 14
  • Asian/Pacific Islander, No. 16

• Maryland earned rankings from for its training of minority business students.
  • Agriculture Business & Production
    • Total Minority Baccalaureate Degrees, No. 10
      African American Baccalaureate Degrees, No. 8

  • Business Management & Administrative Services
    • Total Minority Doctorates, No. 7

Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

• Ranked No. 4 among black women as a college choice at traditionally white universities.
  
• Ranked No. 7 among black men as a college choice at traditionally white universities.

• Ranked No. 22 among the world's centers of geoscience research, based on highly cited geoscience research over the last decade.

• The Smith School of Business was ranked among the top 20 tech-savviest business schools.

• The Smith School of Business was ranked among the top 25 Techno-MBA programs.

• The university was 21^st in the ranking of national public universities.

• The Smith College of Business was ranked 16^th in the nation.
  • The e-commerce speciality ranked 4^th.
  • The supply chain management/logistics speciality ranked 4^th.
  • The management information systems speciality ranked 10^th.

  • The entrepreneurship speciality ranked 11^th.
  • The management speciality ranked 14^th.
  • The production/operations management speciality ranked 16^th.

• The Clark School of engineering was ranked 26^th in the nation.
  • The aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical speciality ranked 13^th.

The Journal of Blacks In Higher Educaton

• In a look at the nation's flagship universities, the university ranked highly in its diversity.
  • Among flagship schools nationwide, Maryland was:
    • No. 4 in the percentage of black students (13.8%)
    • No. 2 in the number of black faculty members (194).
    • No. 3 in highest percentage of black faculty members (5.3%)
  • Among Southern flagship universities Maryland was:
    • No. 4 in percentage increase of black enrollment from 1980 to 2001 (7.7 to 13.8%)
    • No. 1 in number of black faculty members (194)

Black Issues in Higher Education

• In the annual report on graduate schools, the university made the following lists of schools who awarded degrees to people of color.
  • Doctoral Degrees
    • African American degrees all disciplines combined, 10^th
    • Asian American degrees all disciplines combined, 22^nd
    • Hispanic degrees all disciplines combined, 22^nd
    • African American doctoral degrees among traditionally white institutions, 9^th
    • Total minority biological sciences/life sciences degrees, 23^rd
    • Asian American biological sciences/life sciences degrees, 28^th
    • Hispanic biological sciences/life sciences degrees, 10^th
    • Total minority management & administrative services, 7^th
    • Total minority education doctoral degrees, 15^th
    • African American education degrees, 11^th
    • Hispanic education degrees, 23^rd
    • Total minority engineering doctoral degrees, 14^th
    • Total minority physical sciences doctoral degrees, 18^th
    • Total minority psychology doctoral degrees, 42^nd
    • African American psyhology degrees, 19^th
    • Total minority social sciences & history doctoral degrees, 21^st
    • African American social sciences & history degrees, 17^th
    • Asian American social sciences & history degrees, 12^th
    
    
    Master's Degrees
    
    
    • Total minority master's degrees all disciplines combined, 73^rd
    • All disciplines combined: Asian Americans, 54^th, African Americans, 75^th, traditionally white institutions, 56^th
    • Asian American management & administrative services degrees, 53^rd
    • Total minority communications degrees 19^th
    • African American communications, 14^th
    • African American computer & infomation science, 26^th
    • Hispanic computer & information science, 14^th
    • Asian American education degrees, 40^th
    • Total minority engineering degrees, 13^th
    • African American engineering degrees, 3^rd
    • Asian American engineering degrees, 24^th
    • Hispanic engineering degrees, 38^th
    • Total minority english language/literature/letters degrees, 30^th
    • African American english language/literature/letters degrees, 5^th
    • Total minority physical sciences degrees, 26^th
    • African American social science & history degrees, 42^nd
    
    
    
  • In the annual report on undergraduate programs, the university made the following rankings:
    
    • Total minority baccalaureate degrees, 22^nd
      
      
    • African American baccalaureate degrees, traditionally white institutions, 5^th
      
    • African American baccalaureate degrees, all disciplines, 16^th
      
    • Asian American baccalaureate degrees, all disciplines, 22^nd
      
    • Hispanic baccalaureate degrees, all disciplines, 68^th
    • Agricultural sciences, total minority baccalaureate degrees, 27^th
    • Agricultural sciences, African American baccalaureate degrees, 19^th
    • Agricultural sciences Asian American baccalaureate degrees, 16^th
    • Total minority biological sciences/life sciences degrees, 11^th
    • African American biological sciences/life sciences degrees, 6^th
      
    • Asian American biological sciences/life sciences degrees, 15^th
    • Hispanic biological sciences/life sciences degrees, 52^nd
    • Total minority management and administrative services degrees, 33^rd
    • African American business management and administrative services degrees, 55^th
    • Asian American business management and administrative services degrees, 26^th
    • African American communications degrees, 43^rd
    • Asian American communications degrees, 39^th
    • Total minority computer and information science degrees, 21^st
    • Asian American computer and information science degrees, 13^th
    • Total minority educaton degrees, 43^rd
    • Asian American education degrees, 12^th
    • Total minority engineering degrees, 19^th
    • African American engineering degrees, 10^th
    • Asian American engineering degrees, 20^th
    • Hispanic engineering degrees, 54^th
    • Total minority English language/literature/letters degrees, 8^th
    • African American English language/literature/letters degrees, 3^rd
    • Asian American English language/literature/letters degrees, 25^th
    • Hispanic English language/literature/letters degrees, 40^th
    • Total minority area/ethnic/cultural studies degrees, 29^th
    • African American area/ethnic/cultural studies degrees, 8^th
    • Total minority degrees mathematics, 56^th
    • Hispanic mathematics degrees, 45^th
    • Total minority physical sciences degrees, 41^st
    • African American physical sciences degrees, 24^th
    • Hispanic physical sciences degrees, 44^th
    • Total minority psychology degrees, 47^th
    • African American psychology degrees, 44^th
    • Total minority social sciences and history degrees, 8^th
    • African American social sciences and history degrees, 1^st
    • Asian American social sciences and history degrees, 18^th
    • Hispanic social sciences and history degrees, 27^th

Black Issues in Higher Education

• Black Issues In Higher Education ranked the university 12^th in graduating black males with baccalaureate degrees in all disciplines (224). (Maryland is second among non-historically black schools.) Maryland is 23^rd in black male undergraduate enrollment figures (1,463).

• The Wall Street Journal ranked the Smith School of Business
  No. 13 among the world's business schools. Maryland is the topped ranked school in the Mid-Atlantic region (Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia). In separate categories, Smith was also:
  • No. 5 among graduate programs at public universities.
    No other public university in the Northeast or Mid Atlantic states was in the top 10.
  • No. 8 among schools with less than 500 students.
  • No. 5 in a "hidden gems" category (less-heralded schools with great students).
  • No. 8 for student entrepreneurial skills.
  • No. 8 in overall value.
  • No. 8 in student skills.

Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

• According to published figures taken from Scholastic Aptitude Test applications reflecting where prospective students want their SAT scores sent, the unversity was ranked No. 9 in popularity among black men.

College of Arts & Humanities

• English ranked 34^th in the nation.
  • The medieval literature speciality ranked 14^th.
  • The African American literature speciality ranked 17^th.
• History ranked 27^th in the nation.
  • The African American history speciality ranked 14^th.

Robert H. Smith School of Business

• The M.B.A. program was ranked 29^th in the nation.
  • The management and information systems speciality ranked 9^th.
  • The general management speciality ranked 25^th.
  • The entrepreneurship speciality ranked 19^th.
  • The production operation management speciality ranked 24^th.
  • The quantitative analysis speciality ranked 22^nd.

College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences

• Computer Science ranked 11^th in the nation.
  • The databases specialty ranked 4^th.
  • The software specialty ranked 8^th.
  • The artificial intelligence specialty ranked 9^th.
• Physics ranked 14^th in the nation.
  • The nonlinear dynamics/chaos specialty ranked 1^st.
• Mathematics ranked 21^st in the nation

College of Education
• Education ranked 22^nd in the nation.
  • The counseling and personnel services speciality ranked 1^st.
  • The special education speciality ranked 10^th.
  • The administration/supervision speciality ranked 13^th.
  • The education policy speciality ranked 9^th.
  • The educational psychology speciality ranked 13^th.
  • The elementary teacher education speciality ranked 15^th.
  • The higher education administration speciality ranked 14^th.
  • The curriculum/instruction speciality ranked 17^th.
  • The secondary education speciality ranked 18^th.

College of Behavioral & Social Sciences

• Economics ranked 24^th in the nation.
  • The international economics speciality ranked 14^th.
• Political Science ranked 29^th in the nation.
• Psychology ranked 54^th in the nation.
  • The industrial/organizational speciality ranked 4^th.
• Sociology ranked 24^th in the nation.

A. James Clark School of Engineering

• Engineering ranked 18^th in the nation.
  • The aerospace engineering speciality ranked 16^th .
  • The computer engineering speciality ranked 19^th.
  • The electrical engineering speciality ranked 18^th.

School of Public Affairs
• Public Affairs ranked 19^th in the nation.
  • The public policy speciality ranked 12^th.
  • The criminal policy speciality ranked 6^th.
  • The environmental policy speciality ranked 9^th.
  • The public finance and budget speciality ranked 10^th.
  • The social policy speciality ranked 10^th.
  • The public management administration speciality ranked 21^st.

• According to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges published in Black Issues in Higher Education, the university is ranked No. 7 in sending black students on to medical school. Among traditionally white institutions, it is No. 3.

• The Financial Times of London ranked the Smith School of Business No. 23 among the world's business schools. In separate categories, Smith was also:
  • No. 4 in information technology
  • No. 6 in faculty research
  • No. 7 in entrepreneurship

Black Enterprise magazine

• In the second Black Enterprise magazine ranking of the top 50 colleges and universities for African Americans, the university is ranked No. 33.

• Terrapin athletics finished 40th in the nation in the Sears Cup standings (a measurement of excellence over a broad range of collegiate sports).

• The women's lacrosse team won an unprecedented 7^th straight NCAA championship.