• Aerospace Engineering specialty ranked 9^th

U.S. News also ranks "a list of schools with outstanding examples of academic programs that are believed to lead to student success."

"With the help of education experts, including staff members of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, we identified eight such types of programs. We then invited college presidents, chief academic officers, deans of students, and deans of admissions from over 1,300 schools to nominate up to 10 institutions with stellar examples of each program type."

Within the eight categories, UM ranked in four. (UM is is the only member of U.S. News's Top 25 Public Universities to rank in four categories.)

• First-Year Experiences (24 ranked schools, no numerical rankings): "Orientation can only go so far in making a freshman feel connected. Many schools now build curriculum first-year seminars or other academic programs that bring small groups of students together with faculty or staff on a regular basis."

• Learning Communities (22 ranked schools): "In learning communities, students typically take two or more linked courses as a group and get to know one another and their professors well. Some learning communities are also residential."

• Service Learning (25 ranked schools): "In service-learning programs, volunteering in the community is an instructional strategy -- and a requirement of a student's coursework. The service relates to what happens in class and vice versa."

• Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects (33 ranked schools): "Independently or in small teams, and mentored by a faculty member, students do intensive and self-directed research or creative work that results in an original scholarly paper or other product that can be formally presented on or off campus."

Doctorate Degrees

• Total Minority degrees, No. 15
• African American degrees, No. 8
• American Indian degrees, No. 51
• Asian American degrees, No. 18
• Hispanic degrees, No. 37

• Total Minority Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, No. 7
• African American Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, No. 5

• Total Minority Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, No. 17

• Total Minority Education, No. 18
• African American Education, No. 20
• Asian American Education, No. 12
• Hispanic Education, No. 25

• Total Minority Engineering, No. 19
• Asian American Engineering, No. 19

• Total Minority English Language and Literature/Letters, No. 1
• African American English Language and Literature/Letters, No. 1

• Total Minority Physical Sciences, No. 7
• Asian American Physical Sciences, No. 5

• Total Minority Psychology, No. 42
• African American Psychology, No. 15

• Total Minority Social Science and History, No. 4
• African American Social Science and History, No. 3
• Asian American Social Sciences and History, No. 8

Master's Degrees

• Total Minority Master's, No. 71
• African American, No. 8
• Asian American, No. 46
• Hispanic Master's, No. 98

• Total Minority Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, No. 30
• African American Area, Ethnic, Cultura, and Gender Studies, No. 10

• Total Minority Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 49
• African American Biological and Biomedicatl Sciences, No. 37
• Hispanic Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 35

• Total Minority Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, No. 46
• Asian American Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, No. 28

• African American Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, No. 27

• Total Minority Engineering, No. 24
• African American Engineering, No. 9
• Asian American Engineering, No. 30
• Hispanic Engineering, No. 17

• Total Minority English Language and Literature/Letters, No. 24
• African American English Language and Literature/Letters, No. 23
• Asian American English Language and Literature/Letters, No. 13

• Total Minority Mathematics and Statistics, No. 39

• Total Minority Social Science and History, No. 30
• African American Social Science and History, No. 28
• Asian American Social Sciences and History, No. 29

UM is again one of the strongest producers of minority degrees among all colleges and universities.

UM increased it minority undergraduate degrees from 1891 to 2082 over last year's Diverse Issues rankings. African American undergraduate degrees increased, 636 to 682. Asian American degrees rose from 893 to 1,036; Hispanic degrees dipped from 347 to 345.

• Total Minority Degrees No. 24, 2,083
• African American Degrees, No. 24, 682
• Asian American Degrees, No. 18, 1,036
• Hispanic Degrees, No. 74, 345

• Total Minority Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, No. 18
• African American Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, No. 21
• Asian American Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences No. 15,
• Hispanic Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, No. 13

• Total Minority Area, Culture & Gender Studies, No. 32
• African American Area, Culture & Gender Studies, No. 14
• Asian American Area, Culture & Gender Studies, No. 39.

• Total Minority Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 11
• African American Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 10
• Asian American Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 11
• Hispanic Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 45

• Total Minority Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services, No. 37
• Asian American Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services, No. 19

• Total Minority Computer and Information Sciences and Support Service, No. 21
• Asian American Computer and Information Sciences and Support Service, No. 12

• Total Minority Education, No. 29
• African American Education, No. 41
• Asian American Education, No. 7
• Hispanic Education, No. 50

• Total Minority Engineering, No. 22
• African American Engineering, No. 11
• Asian American Engineering, No. 21

• Total Minority English Language, Literature/Letters, No. 30
• Total African American English Language, Literature/Letters, No. 18
• Asian American English Language, Literature/Letters, No. 22

• Total Minority Mathematics and Statistics, No. 31
• Asian American Mathematics and Statistics, No. 17

• Total Minority Physical Sciences, No. 50

• Asian American Psychology, No. 37

• Total Minority Social Sciences & History, No. 7
• African American Social Sciences & History, No. 1
• Asian American Social Sciences & History, No. 8
• Hispanic Social Sciences, No. 27

Business ranked 39^th
• The entrepreneurship specialty ranked 13^th
• The information systems specialty ranked 6^th
• The part-time MBA ranked 16^th
• The supply chain/logistics speciality ranked 12^th
• The management speciality ranked 20^st
• The production/operation speciality ranked 23^rd

• Education ranked 25^th
• The administration/supervision specialty ranked 15^th
• The counseling and personnel services specialty ranked 1^st
• The education policy specialty ranked 12^th
• The curriculum and instruction specialty ranked 14^th
• The education psychology specialty ranked 7^th
• The elementary education specialty ranked 12^th
• The higher education administration specialty ranked 10^th
• The rehabilitation counseling specialty ranked 9^th
• The secondary education specialty ranked 14^th
• The special education specialty ranked 10^th

• Engineering ranked 17^th
• The aerospace engineering specialty ranked 8^th
• The computer engineering specialty ranked 17^th
• The electrical engineering specialty ranked 14^th
• The civil engineering specialty ranked 21^st
• The mechanical engineering specialty ranked 24^th

• Computer Science ranked 13^th in the nation
• The artificial intelligence specialty ranked 9^th
• The systems specialty ranked 12^th
• The programming languages specialty ranked 17^th

• Mathematics ranked 21^st
• The applied mathematics speciality ranked 12^th

• Physics ranked 13^th
• The atomic, molecular, optical speciality ranked 5^th
• The plasma physics speciality ranked 2^nd
• The quantum physics speciality ranked 9^th
• The nuclear physics specialty ranked 10^th
• The condensed matter, solid state speciality ranked 13^th
• The elementary particles/string theory speciality ranked 13^th

Financial Times

The U.K.'s Financial Times ranked the Smith School of Business No. 18 in the U.S. and No. 37 worldwide.
In worldwide rankings, Smith was:
• No. 6 in information technology
• No. 7 in eBusiness

The university is 28th among the Top 50 in rankings of the best values in public education.
• The university is 24th for best value when rated on out-of-state tuition fees.
• The university is 20th for four year graduation rates.
• The university is 22nd for six year graduation rates.