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In This Week's News
November 2012

Maryland moving to Big Ten (Washington Post)

Move to Big Ten a defining one for President Wallace Loh (Baltimore Sun)


UMD, UMB venture to focus on patient data research (Baltimore Business Journal)






2002 University Rankings

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Business Week
  • The Smith School of Business was rated 25th among the nation's business schools.

    • Earned "A" grades in the curriculum and ethics categories.
    • No. 7 in faculty quality
    • No. 15 in a graduate poll
    • No. 21 in intellectual capital

Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine

  • The university was 30th in the rankings of the best values in public education.

    • The university was chosen as one of the ten best values in individual class size.
U.S. News & World Report
  • The university was 18th in the ranking of national public universities.

(Undergraduate)

  • Top 25 "Programs That Really Work"
    (academic programs that lead to student success)

    • learning communities (Keeping the discussion going after class)
      ranked 3rd
    • first year experience (Making freshmen feel connected)
      ranked 12th
    • service learning (Volunteering in the community)
      ranked 24th

  • The Smith College of Business was ranked 18th in the nation.
    • The e-commerce speciality ranked 4th.
    • The supply chain management/logistics speciality ranked 6th.
    • The management information systems speciality ranked 6th.

    • The entrepreneurship speciality ranked 15th.
    • The marketing speciality ranked 19th.
    • The production/operations management speciality ranked 14th.

  • The Clark School of engineering was ranked 24th in the nation (among schools whose highest degree is a doctorate).
    • The aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical speciality ranked 10th.
    • The electrical/electronics/communication speciality ranked 24th.

Wall Street Journal

  • The Wall Street Journal ranked the Smith School of Business
    No. 16 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. 3 in a Journal "hidden gems" category.
    • No. 7 among schools in the East.
    • No. 7 among schools with less than 500 students.
    • No. 8 among graduate programs at public universities.

    • No. 5 for information technology
    • No. 7 for communications and personal skills (ranked by recruiters).
    • No. 9 for ability to work well as a team (ranked by recruiters).
    • No. 7 for financial services (ranked by recruiters).
    • No. 8 for technology (ranked by recruiters).


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 among traditionally white institutions, 2nd
      • African American degrees all disciplines combined, 3rd
      • Asian American degrees all disciplines combined, 24th
      • Hispanic degrees all disciplines combined, 90th
      • Asian American biology degrees, 34th
      • Asian American computer and information science degrees, 3rd
      • African American education degrees, 37th
      • African American engineering degrees, 3rd
      • Asian American engineering degrees, 21st
      • African American mathematics degrees, 1st
      • African American social sciences and history degrees, 3rd


      Master's Degrees

      • African Americans all disciplines combined, 75th
      • Asian American all disciplines combined, 53rd
      • Asian American business degrees, 48th
      • African American computer science degrees, 42nd
      • Asian American computer science degrees, 53rd
      • Asian American education degrees, 58th
      • African American engineering degrees, 3rd
      • Asian American engineering degrees, 26th
      • African American English degrees, 4th
      • African American Social Sciences degrees, 11th
      • Asian American social sciences degrees, 25th

  • In the annual report on undergraduate programs, the university made the following rankings:

    • African American baccalaureate degrees among traditionally white institutions, 4th
    • Asian American baccalaureate degrees, all disciplines, 18th
    • Hispanic baccalaureate degrees, all disciplines, 74th
    • African American ethnic group studies baccalaureate degrees, 8th
    • Asian American ethnic group studies baccalaureate degrees, 33rd
    • African Americans biology baccalaureate degrees, 6th
    • Asian American biology baccalaureate degrees, 10th
    • Hispanic biology baccalaureate degrees, 41st
    • Asian American business baccalaureate degrees, 24th
    • Asian American computer and information science baccalaureate degrees, 13th
    • Hispanic computer and information science baccalaureate degrees, 34th
    • African American education baccalaureate degrees, 16th
    • Asian American education baccalaureate degrees, 9th
    • Hispanic education baccalaureate degrees, 57th
    • African American engineering baccalaureate degrees, 11th
    • Asian American engineering baccalaureate degrees, 18th
    • Hispanic engineering baccalaureate degrees, 60th
    • African American English baccalaureate degrees, 3rd
    • Asian American English baccalaureate degrees, 9th
    • Asian American mathematics baccalaureate degrees, 24th
    • Hispanic physical science baccalaureate degrees, 53rd
    • Asian American psychology baccalaureate degrees, 32nd
    • African American social sciences and history baccalaureate degrees, 1st
    • Asian American social sciences and history baccalaureate degrees, 14th
    • Hispanic social sciences and history baccalaureate degrees, 42nd

U.S. News & World Report
(Graduate Schools)

College of Education

  • Education ranked 21st in the nation.
    • The administration/supervision specialty ranked 11th
    • The counseling and personnel services speciality ranked 1st
    • The education policy speciality ranked 11th.
    • The curriculum and instruction specialty ranked 19th
    • The education psychology specialty ranked 11th
    • The elementary teaching specialty ranked 13th
    • The higher education administration ranked 9th
    • The secondary education specialty ranked 16th
    • The special education specialty ranked 5th

Robert H. Smith School of Business

  • The M.B.A. program was ranked 43rd in the nation.
    • The management and information systems speciality ranked 9th
    • The general management speciality ranked 23rd
    • The entrepreneurship speciality ranked 15th
    • The international business specialty ranked 23 rd
    • The part-time MBA specialty ranked 13th

College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences

  • Computer Science ranked 12th in the nation.
    • The artificial intelligence specialty ranked 11th.
    • The systems specialty ranked 11th
  • Physics ranked 13th in the nation.
    • The atomic/molecular specialty ranked 11th
    • The condensed matter/solid state specialty ranked 10th
  • Mathematics ranked 16th in the nation
  • Applied mathematics ranked 11th

    A. James Clark School of Engineering

    • Engineering ranked 19th in the nation.
      • The aerospace engineering speciality ranked 15th .
      • The computer engineering speciality ranked 18th.
      • The electrical engineering speciality ranked 20th.

Association of American Medical Colleges

  • According to data published by the Association of American Medical Colleges, the University of Maryland ranks No. 1 among traditionally white public universities in preparing African American students for medical school.

    • Maryland is No. 6 among all schools.
    • Among traditionally white institutions the rankings are: Harvard University, 37 admitted students; Maryland, 24; Johns Hopkins University, 20; UCLA, 17, University of North Carolina, 16; and University of Virginia, 16.
Financial Times

  • The Financial Times of London ranked the Smith School of Business No. 21 in North America and No. 29 worldwide. In separate worldwide categories, Smith was also:

    • No. 6 in research
    • No. 7 in entrepreneurship
    • No. 8 in information technology
Sears Cup

  • Terrapin athletics finished 44th in the nation in the Sears Cup standings (a measurement of excellence over a broad range of collegiate sports).
Other
  • The men's basketball won its first NCAA championship.


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