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2003 University Rankings

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Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine

  • The university was 36th in the rankings of the best values in public education.

    • The university is 15th for best value when rated on out-of-state tuition fees.
Wall Street Journal
  • The Wall Street Journal ranked the Smith School of Business
    No. 19 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. 10 among schools in the East.
    • No. 9 among schools with less than 500 students.
    • No. 7 among graduate programs at public universities.

U.S. News & World Report

  • The university was 17th in the ranking of national public universities.

  • With the release of the these rankings, Maryland had 68 programs overall in the magazine's Top 25 rankings (undergraduate and graduate).
(Undergraduate)

  • The Smith College of Business was ranked 17th in the nation.

    • The entrepreneurship speciality ranked 9th.
    • The finance speciality ranked 19th.
    • The international business speciality ranked 16th..
    • The management speciality ranked 14th.
    • The management information systems speciality ranked 6th.
    • The production/operations management speciality ranked 17th.
    • The supply chain management/logistics speciality ranked 10th.

  • The Clark School of Engineering was ranked 25th in the nation (among schools whose highest degree is a doctorate).

    • The aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical speciality ranked 9th.

Black Issues in Higher Education

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

    • Doctorate Degrees

    • African American degrees all disciplines combined, 16th
    • Asian American degrees all disciplines combined, 28th
    • Hispanic degrees all disciplines combined, 57th
    • Asian American biology and life sciences, 28th
    • African American education 23rd
    • Asian American engineering 31st
    • Asian American physical sciences, 17th
    • African American social sciences and history degrees, 6th

    • Master's Degrees

    • African American degrees all disciplines combined, 55th
    • Asian American degrees all disciplines combined, 54th
    • African American computer and information science, 23th
    • African American engineering, 5th
    • Asian American engineering, 28th
    • African American English language and letters, 8th
    • Asian American English language and letters, 10th
    • African American social sciences and history, 44th

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

    • African American baccalaureate degrees among traditionally white institutions, 5th
    • African American baccalaureate degrees all disciplines, 14th
    • Asian American baccalaureate degrees, all disciplines, 19th
    • Hispanic American baccalaureate degrees, all disciplines, 67th

    • African American ethnic group studies, 19th
    • Hispanic American ethnic studies, 42nd

    • African American biological and life sciences, 6th
    • Asian American biological and life sciences 14th
    • Hispanic Americn biological and life sciences, 36th

    • Asian American business, 21st

    • Asian American computer and information science, 19th

    • African American education, 29th
    • Asian American education, 7th

    • African American engineering, 13th
    • Asian American engineering, 22nd
    • Hispanic American engineering, 44th

    • African American English language and letters, 2nd
    • Asian American English language and letters, 7th
    • Hispanic American English language and letters, 24th

    • Asian American mathematics, 49th

    • African American physical sciences, 39
    • Asian American physical sciences, 15

    • African American social sciences and history, 1st
    • Asian American social sciences and history, 17th
    • Hispanic social sciences and history, 38th

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

    With the release of the latest graduate school rankings, Maryland had 67 programs overall in the magazine's Top 25 rankings (graduate and undergraduate).

    College of Education

    • Education ranked 21st in the nation.
      • The administration/supervision specialty ranked 12th
      • The counseling and personnel services speciality ranked 1st
      • The education policy speciality ranked 11th
      • The curriculum and instruction specialty ranked 11th
      • The education psychology specialty ranked 10th
      • The elementary education specialty ranked 11th
      • The higher education administration ranked 10th
      • The secondary education specialty ranked 14th
      • The special education specialty ranked 5th

    Robert H. Smith School of Business

    • The M.B.A. program was ranked 42nd in the nation.
      • The management and information systems speciality ranked 8th
      • The general management speciality ranked 24rd
      • The entrepreneurship speciality ranked 14th
      • The part-time MBA specialty ranked 11th
      • The supply chain/logistics specialty ranked 11the

Entrepreneur Magazine

  • The Smith School of Business was in the first tier of 12 schools in the magazine's ranking of the best 100 entrepreneurial programs.

    • No. 3 in "Ranked by Alumni"
    • No. 5 in "Ranked by Peers"

Black Enterprise Magazine

    In the first ranking in two years, the University of Maryland recorded a jump from No. 31 in 2001 to No. 22 in 2003 in a ranking of the top 50 colleges and universities for African Americans. It was the most significant improvement of any school ranked in the the Top 25.

Financial Times

  • The Financial Times of London ranked the Smith School of Business No. 23 in North America and No. 33 worldwide. In separate worldwide categories, Smith was also:

    • No. 1 in "Value for the Money"
    • No. 7 in "Aims Achieved by Graduates"
    • No. 7 among U.S. Public Business Schools


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