• The university was 36^th in the rankings of the best values in public education.
  • The university is 15^th for best value when rated on out-of-state tuition fees.

• 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 17^th 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).

• The Smith College of Business was ranked 17^th in the nation.
  • The entrepreneurship speciality ranked ^9th.
    
  • The finance speciality ranked 19^th.
    
  • The international business speciality ranked 16^th..
    
  • The management speciality ranked 14^th.
    
  • The management information systems speciality ranked 6^th.
    
  • The production/operations management speciality ranked 17^th.
    
  • The supply chain management/logistics speciality ranked 10^th.
    
    
• The Clark School of Engineering was ranked 25^th in the nation (among schools whose highest degree is a doctorate).
  • The aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical speciality ranked 9^th.

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

  • Master's Degrees

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

In the annual report on undergraduate programs, the university made the following rankings:
• African American baccalaureate degrees among traditionally white institutions, 5^th
• African American baccalaureate degrees all disciplines, 14^th
• Asian American baccalaureate degrees, all disciplines, 19^th
• Hispanic American baccalaureate degrees, all disciplines, 67^th

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

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

• Asian American business, 21^st

• Asian American computer and information science, 19^th

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

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

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

• Asian American mathematics, 49^th

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

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

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

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

A. James Clark School of Engineering
• Engineering ranked 16^th in the nation.
  • The aerospace engineering speciality ranked 10^th
  • The computer engineering speciality ranked 18^th

College of Health and Human Performance

• The community health speciality ranked 12^th

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

• The veterinary medicine speciality ranked 14^th
  (Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine)

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