• Aerospace Engineering specialty ranked 6^th
• Computer Engineering specialty ranked 16^th
• Electrical Engineering specialty ranked 17^th
• Mechanical Engineering specialty ranked 20^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 five. (UM is is the only member of U.S. News's Top 25 Public Universities to rank in as many as five categories.) <

(No individual school numerical rankings in Programs to Look For category)

• First-Year Experiences : "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."

• Internships/Co-Ops: "Schools voted into this category require or encourage students to apply what they're learning in the classroom out in the real world--through closely supervised internships or practicums, or through cooperative education, in which a period of study typically alternates with one of work."

• Learning Communities: "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: "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: "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. 21'
• African American degrees, No. 8'
• Native American, No. 9'
• Asian American degrees, No. 37'
• Hispanic degrees, No. 44'

• Total Minority Education, No. 12'
• African American Education, No. 18'
• Asian American Education, No. 16'
• Hispanic Education, No. 18'

• Total Minority Engineering, No. 10'
• African American Engineering, No. 10'
• Asian American Engineering, No. 15'
• Hispanic Engineering, No. 8
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• Total Minority Physical Sciences, No. 28'

• Total Minority Psychology, No. 34'
• African American Psychology, No. 15'

• Total Minority Social Science and History, No. 12'

Master's Degrees

• Total Minority Master's, No. 57'
• African American, No. 70'
• Asian American, No. 39'
• Hispanic Master's, No. 93'

• Total Minority Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, No. 21'
• African American Area, Ethnic, Cultura, and Gender Studies, No. 9'

• Total Minority Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, No. 36'
• Asian American Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, No. 30'

• Total Minority Communication, Journalism and Related Programs, No. 46'
• African American Communication, Journalism and Related Programs, No. 27'

• Asian American Education, No. 46'

• Total Minority Engineering, No. 17'
• African American Engineering, No. 2'
• Asian American Engineering, No. 23'
• Hispanic Engineering, No. 19'

• African American English Language and Literature/Letters, No. 34'

• Total Minority Social Science and History, No. 44'
• African American Social Science and History, No. 27'

UM is again first in graduating African American students (a combined 878 undergraduate, master's and doctorate degrees) among its peers who constitute the Top 25 Public Universities, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

UM is No. 2 in awarding black undergraduate degrees (680), behind Florida (684).

• Total Minority Degrees No. 27, 1,955'
• African American Degrees, No. 25, 680'
• Asian American Degrees, No. 21, 895'
• Hispanic Degrees, No. 69, 357'
• American Indian Degrees, No. 93, 23'

• Total Minority Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, No. 16'
• African American Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, No. 21'
• Asian American Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences No. 13'
• Hispanic Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, No. 19'

• Total Minority Architecture and Related Services, No. 39'
• Asian American Architecture and Related Services, No. 23'

• Total Minority Area, Culture & Gender Studies, No. 17'
• African American Area, Culture & Gender Studies, No. 1'
• Hispanic American Area, Culture & Gender Studies, No. 41'

• Total Minority Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 10'
• African American Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 7'
• Asian American Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 11'
• Hispanic Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 39'

• Asian American Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services, No. 24'

• Total Minority Communication, Journalism and Related Programs, No. 29'
• African American Communication, Jouralism and Related Programs, No. 21'
• Asian American Communication, Journalism and Related Programs, No. 22'

• Total Minority Computer and Information Sciences and Support Service, No. 34'
• Asian American Computer and Information Sciences and Support Service, No. 17'

• Total Minority Education, No. 38'
• African American Education, No. 30'
• Asian American Education, No. 26'

• Total Minority Engineering, No. 19'
• African American Engineering, No. 6'
• Asian American Engineering, No. 17'
• Hispanic Engineering, No. 46'

• Total Minority English Language, Literature/Letters, No. 32'
• Total African American English Language, Literature/Letters, No. 26'
• Asian American English Language, Literature/Letters, No. 25'

• Total Minority Foreign Language, Literature and Lingusitics, No. 14'
• African American Foreign Language, Literature and Linguistics, No. 6'
• Asian American Foreign Language, Literature and Linguistics, No.10'
• Hispanic Foreign Language, Literature and Linguistics, No. 29'

• Total Minority History, No. 27'
• African American History, No. 26'
• Asian American, No. 15'
• Hispanic, No. 43'

• Total Minority Mathematics and Statistics, No. 16
• Asian American Mathematics and Statistics, No. 7

• African American Philosophy and Religious Studies, No. 21'
• Asian American Philosophy and Religious Studies, No. 29'

• Total Minority Physical Sciences, No. 29'
• African American Physical Sciences, No. 14
• Asian American Physical Sciences, No. 34'

• Asian American Psychology, No. 38'

• Total Minority Social Sciences, No. 7'
• African American Social Sciences, No. 3'
• Asian American Social Sciences & History, No. 11'
• Hispanic Social Sciences, No. 15'
• American Indian Social Sciences, No. 23'

• African American Visual and Performing Arts, No. 28'
• Asian American Visual and Performing Arts, No. 34'
• American Indian Visual and Performing Arts, No. 23

Business ranked 40^th
• The entrepreneurship specialty ranked 22^nd
• The information systems specialty ranked 6^th
• The part-time MBA ranked 16^th
• The supply chain/logistics speciality ranked 13^th

• Education ranked 24^th
• The administration/supervision specialty ranked 15^th
• The counseling and personnel services specialty ranked 1^st
• The education policy specialty ranked 13^th
• The curriculum and instruction specialty ranked 18^th
• The education psychology specialty ranked 4^th
• The elementary education specialty ranked 12^th
• The higher education administration specialty ranked 12^th
• The secondary education specialty ranked 15^th
• The special education specialty ranked 11^th

• Engineering ranked 17^th
• The aerospace engineering specialty ranked 9^th
• The biomedical engineering specialty ranked 43^rd
• The chemical engineering specialty ranked 35^th
• The civil engineering specialty ranked 23^rd
• The computer engineering specialty ranked 17^th
• The electrical engineering specialty ranked 15^th
• The materials engineering specialty ranked 25 ^th
• The mechanical engineering specialty ranked 20^th

• Information studies ranked 10^th
• The archive/presentation specialty ranked 5^th
• The digital/librarian specialty ranked 9^th
• The information systems specialty ranked 10^th>
• The school library media specialty ranked 6^th
• The service for children/youth specialty ranked 6^th

• English ranked 35^th
• The African American literature speciality ranked 10^th
• The American lit before 1865 specialty ranked 15^th
• History ranked 33^rd

• Criminology ranked 1^st

• Economics ranked 22^nd
• The international economics speciality ranked 15^th
• The public finance specialty ranked 10^th

• Psychology ranked 40^th
• The industrial organization speciality ranked 5^th
• Sociology ranked 20^th
• The sex and gender speciality ranked 5^th
• The population specialty ranked 8^th

International Collegiate Programming Contest (Stockholm)

UM is No. 20 at the World Finals of the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest. It is the top finisher among North American public universities and No. 4 among all U.S. schools.

UM ranks No. 5 among the most active 'Twittering' U.S. schools

UM is No. 19 among the world's most cybersavvy institutions.

The Journal surveyed U.S. flagship universities to determine which schools improved the most in graduating black students. UM, which raised its graduation rate by 20 percent, from 46% (1998) to 66% (2008), ranks No. 4.

The U.K.'s Financial Times ranked the Smith School of Business No. 20 in the U.S. and No. 44 worldwide .

In worldwide rankings, Smith was:
• No. 12 in Research
• No.   9 in Diversity- International board
• No. 16 in Diversity- Women faculty

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