• Southern Regional School Ranking: No. 2
• Public Regional Schools Ranking: No. 3
• Small regional schools ranking: No. 4

• Management consulting industry ranking: No. 1
• Technology/telecommunications/Internet industry ranking: No. 3

• The university was 18^th in the ranking of national public universities.

• With the release of the these rankings, Maryland had 70 programs overall in the magazine's Top 25 rankings (undergraduate and graduate), 45 in the Top 15.

• The Smith College of Business was ranked 20^th in the nation.
  • The entrepreneurship speciality ranked ^12th.
    
  • The finance speciality ranked 18^th.
    
  • The management speciality ranked 13^th.
    
  • The management information systems speciality ranked 7^th.
    
  • The production/operations management speciality ranked 15^th.
    
  • The supply chain management/logistics speciality ranked 8^th.
    
    
• The Clark School of Engineering was ranked 22^nd in the nation (among schools whose highest degree is a doctorate).
  • The aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical speciality ranked 10^th.
    
  • The mechanical engineering program ranked 23^rd

• Programs to Look For: Under a category separate from the numerical rankings, U.S. News published a listing of schools singled out for their exceptional quality in 8 categories.
  • UM was ranked in four lists (First Year Experiences, Undergraduate Research, Learning Communities and Service Learning). Only two other schools in U.S. News's listing of the top 50 public universities had as many listings.

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, 12^th
    
  • African American degrees (traditonally white institutions), 10^th
    
  • Asian American degrees all disciplines combined, 28^th
    
  • Hispanic degrees all disciplines combined, 48^th
    
  • Total Minority education, 37^th
  • African American education, 28^rd
    
  • Total Minority engineering, 16^th
    
  • Asian American engineering, 8^th
    
  • Total minority physical sciences, 32^th
    
  • Total Minority psychology, 24^th
    
  • African American psychology, 22^nd
    
  • Asian American psychology, 12^th
    
  • Total Minority social sciences and history, 16^th
    
  • African American social sciences and history, 4^th

  • Master's Degrees

  • Total Minority degrees, all disciplines combined, 70^th
    
  • African American degrees, all disciplines combined, 72^nd
    
  • Asian American degrees, all disciplines combined, 51^st
    
  • Asian American business management, marketing and related services, 47^th
  • Asian American education, 44^th
    
  • Total Minority engineering, 26^th
    
  • African American engineering, 10^th
    
  • Asian American engineering, 31^st
    
  • Total Minority English language and letters, 34^th
    
  • Total Minority mathematics and statistics, 37^th
    
  • Total Minority social sciences and history, 16^th
    
  • African American social sciences and history, 6^th
    
  • Hispanic social sciences and history, 31^st
    

In the annual report on undergraduate programs, the university made the following rankings:
• African American baccalaureate degrees, 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, 66^th

• Minority Baccalaureate Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, 28^th
• African American Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, 22^th
• Asian American Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, 17^th
• Hispanic American Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, 22^th

• Minority Baccaulaureate Area, Ethnic, Culture and Gender Studies, 29^th
• African American Ethnic, Culture and Gender Studies, 10^th
• Asian American Ethnic, Culture and Gender Studies, 29^th

• Minority Baccaulaureate Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 13^th
• African American Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 7^th
• Asian American Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 12^th
• Hispanic American Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 42^nd

• Minority Business, Management, Marketing and Related Support Services Baccalaureate, 28^th
• Asian American Business, Management, Marketing and Related Support Services, 15^th

• Minority Computer and Information Sciences and Support Service Baccalaureate, 24^th
• Asian American Computer and Information Sciences and Support Service, 15^th

• Minority Education Baccalaureate, 36^th
• African American Education, 44^th
• Asian American Education, 7^th

• Minority Engineering Baccalaureate, 27^th
• African American Engineering, 13^th
• Asian American Engineering, 23^th

• Minority English Language and Literature/Letters Baccalaureate, 3^rd
• African American English Language and Literature/Letters. 1^st
• Asian American English Language and Literature/Letters, 6^th
• Hispanic American English Language and Literature/Letters, 27^th

• Minority Mathematics and Statistics Baccalaureate, 18^th
• Asian American Mathematics and Statistics, 13^th

• Hispanic American Physical Sciences, 48^th

• Asian American Psychology, 33^th

• Minority Social Sciences Baccalaureate, 6^th
• African American Social Sciences, 1^st
• American Indian Social Sciences, 45^th
• Asian American Social Sciences, 11
• Hispanic American Social Sciences, 24^th

Design Intelligence

• The magazine ranked the School of Architecture No. 8--as voted by architectural firms in the East.
  • National Teaching Awards No. 14
  • National Best Value No. 33

Entrepreneur Magazine

• The Smith School of Business was in the first tier of 13 schools in the magazine's ranking of the best 100 entrepreneurial programs, the highest overall ranking available.
  • No. 1 in "Ranked by Alumni"

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

With the release of the latest graduate school rankings, Maryland had 70 programs overall in the magazine's Top 25 rankings (graduate and undergraduate).

College of Behavioral & Social Sciences

• The speech language pathology specialty ranked 22^nd

Robert H. Smith School of Business

• The management and information systems specialty ranked 7^th
  
• The general management specialty ranked 22^nd
  
• The entrepreneurship specialty ranked 16^th
  
• The part-time MBA specialty ranked 17^th
  
• The supply chain/logistics specialty ranked 13^th

College of Education
• Education ranked 20^th in the nation
  
  • The administration/supervision specialty ranked 17^th
    
  • The counseling and personnel services specialty ranked 1^st
    
  • The education policy specialty ranked 13^th
    
  • The curriculum and instruction specialty ranked 11^th
    
  • The education psychology specialty ranked 9^th
    
  • The elementary education specialty ranked 17^th
    
  • The higher education administration specialty ranked 10^th
    
  • The rehabilitation education specialty ranked 9^th
    
  • The secondary education specialty ranked 14^th
    
  • The special education specialty ranked 7^th

A. James Clark School of Engineering
• Engineering ranked 16^th in the nation
  
  • The aerospace engineering specialty ranked 9^th
    
  • The computer engineering specialty ranked 16^th
    
  • The civil engineering specialty ranked 22^nd
    
  • The electrical engineering specialty ranked 14^th
    
  • The materials engineering specialty ranked 23^rd
    
  • The mechanical engineering specialty ranked 24^th

School of Public Affairs
• Public Affairs ranked 21^st in the nation
  
  • The public policy specialty ranks 13^th
    
  • The environmental policy specialty ranks 8^th
    
  • The public finance and budget specialty ranked 18^th
    
  • The social policy specialty ranked 15^th
    
  • The public management administration specialty ranked 27^th

• The Financial Times of London ranked the Smith School of Business No. 18 in North America and No. 27 worldwide. Smith also ranked No. 4 overall among U.S. Public Business Schools
  In rankings among the U.S.'s Top 25 business schools, Smith was also:
  • No. 1 in "Value for the Money"
  • No. 9 in "Placement Rate"
  • No. 9 in "Salary Increase"