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UM College Sustainability Report Card
Overall A-
Administration A
Climate Change & Energy A
Food & Recycling A
Green Building A
Student Involvement A
Transportation A
Endowment Transparency A
Investment Priorities A
Shareholder Engagement F

The Green Rating Honor Roll
Arizona State University (Tempe)
College of the Atlantic (Bar Harbor ME)
The Evergreen State College (Olympia WA)
Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
Harvard College (Cambridge MA)
Northeastern University (Boston MA)
Northland College (Ashland WI)
State University of New York -- Binghamton University
Unity College (Unity ME)
University of California -- Berkeley
University of California -- Santa Barbara
University of California -- Santa Cruz
University of Georgia (Athens)
University of Maine (Orono)
University of Maryland, College Park
Warren Wilson College (Asheville NC)
West Virginia University (Morgantown)
Yale University (New Haven CT)

UM is one of 52 schools honored and among 13 featured in a slide show (Dickinson, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Northeastern, Northland [Wisc.], Oberlin, Unity College {Me.}, UC-Santa Barbara, UC-Santa Cruz, Georgia, Minnesota, Yale)

University of Maryland
College Park, Md.

"In addition to signing on to the Presidents' Climate Commitment, Maryland has been highlighted by the Sustainable Endowments Institute and the Princeton Review for its green efforts. SEI gives the university an A- in part because of its water conservation efforts and its 9% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions since 2005. The school also gives carpoolers a 50% discount on parking permits."

California State University -- San Marcos (CA)
Rider University (NJ)
Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
San Jose State University (CA)
Central College (IA)
Southern Connecticut State University (CT)
College of William and Mary (VA)
Spring Hill College (AL)
Delaware State University (DE)
St. Edward's University (TX)
Haverford College (PA)
St. Lawrence University (NY)
John Carroll University (OH)
The College of Wooster (OH)
Keene State College (NH)
University at Albany, SUNY (NY)
Kennesaw State University (GA)
University of Maryland College Park (MD)
Lynn University (FL)
University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Miami University (OH)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (NC)
Michigan State University (MI)
University of South Florida (FL)
Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MN)
University of Wisconsin Colleges (WI)
Monroe Community College (NY)
Utah Valley University (UT)
Nebraska Wesleyan University (NE)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA)
Oregon State University (OR)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)


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Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Students by Type of Institution, 2010-11

The Chronicle of Higher Education published this list of Top U.S. Producers of Fulbright Scholars

The Chronicle of Higher Education
published this list of Top U.S. Producers of
Fulbright Scholars

Colleges	Awards	Applicants
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor	40	144
Yale University	31	111
Brown University	24	96
Stanford University	24	73
University of Chicago	23	123
Northwestern University	20	111
Arizona State University at Tempe	19	50
Princeton University	19	66
University of California at Berkeley	19	90
Columbia University	18	112
Cornell University	18	76
Harvard University	17	84
Johns Hopkins University	17	65
Tufts University	17	63
Boston College	16	62
Rutgers University at New Brunswick	15	51
University of North Carolina	15	83
University of Washington	15	65
Univresity of Arizona	14	53
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	14	56
University of Louisville	14	31
Universtity of Wisconsin at Madison	14	60
College of William and Mary	13	43
Duke University	13	57
George Washington University	13	55
Washington University in St. Louis	13	57
Georgetown University	12	56
Ohio State University	12	38
University of Maryland College Park	12	55
University of Minnesota Twin Cities	12	54
University of Pittsburgh	12	34
Wake Forest University	11	45

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Financial Times: Smith School of Business EMBA Program Ranks No. 15 in the U.S.
"The executive MBA program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked No. 15 in the United States and No. 36 in world, according to the 2010 Financial Times executive education rankings.

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Popular Science 30 Awesome College Labs

University of Maryland: Space Systems Laboratory
Career: Spacesuit designer
Learn to: Test out new astronaut gear in zero gravity

"Students don space suits and climb into a neutral buoyancy tank to conduct low- and zero-gravity tests on next-gen astronaut gear, as well as space- and deep-sea-bound robots. Maryland's 50-foot-diameter, 367,000-gallon tank is one of only two in the U.S., and the only one at a university. Students have gone on to work on the International Space Station and the Cassini and Magellan planetary probes, among others." (Please scroll through photo gallerty to UM's selection.)


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Wall Street Journal Rankings of 'The Top Recruiter Picks'

University of Maryland, College Park: "This Maryland school's campus, stretching 1,250 acres, is about 10 miles from Washington D.C. It enrolls 67% in-state students; the student body is made up of 47% women. There are 13 colleges and schools within the university, which offers 127 undergraduate majors."

How UM majors match up among corporate recruiters:
• Engineering No. 3
• Accounting No. 7
• Computer Science No. 10
• Business No. 21
The WSJ's overall recruiter rankings
• 1. Penn State University
• 2. Texas A&M
• 3. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 4. Purdue University
• 5. Arizona State University
• 6. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• 7. Georgia Tech University
• 8. University of Maryland, College Park
• 9. University of Florida
• 10. Carnegie-Mellon University
• 11. Brigham Young University
• 12. Ohio State University
• 13. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 14. Cornell University
• 15. Univesity of California - Berkeley
• 16. University of Wisconsin, Madison'
• 17. University of California - Los Angeles
• 18. Texas Tech
• 19. North Carolina State University, Raleigh
• 19. University of Virginia
• 21. Rutgers University
• 22. Notre Dame University
• 23. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 24. University of Southern California
• 25. Washington State University
• 25. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

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Newsweek Education: 'The 25 Most Desirable Large Schools'

"At No. 15 on Newsweek's list of most desirable large campuses is the University of Maryland at College Park. 'It's universities like this that have contributed to the popular expression of college being four of the best years of your life,' writes one student on CollegeProwler.com. Founded in 1856, the school had 24,583 undergraduates enrolled as of the fall of 2009. The student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Male students are the majority here, with 47 percent of students at the school being female. Whites make up 58 percent of the student body, Asian-Americans 15 percent, African-Americans 12 percent and Hispanics six percent. The majority of students--76 percent--come from within Maryland. In-state students will pay $8,053 in tuition for the 2010-2011 school year, while out-of-state students can expect to pay $23,990 in tuition and fees."
• 1. Harvard University
• 2. University of Pennsylvania
• 3. Cornell University
• 4. University of Southern California
• 5. University of California, Berkeley
• 6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 7. University of Virginia
• 8. University of California, Los Angeles
• 9. University of Florida
• 10. New York University
• 11. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• 12. University of Texas at Austin
• 13. Brigham Young University
• 14. George Washington University
• 15. University of Maryland, College Park
• 16. Kansas State University
• 17. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 18. University of Miami
• 19. Northeastern University
• 20. University of Georgia
• 21. Clemson University
• 22. Baruch College, City University of New York
• 23. University of Central Arkansas
• 24. Texas A&M University
• 25. University of Wisconsin-Madison

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• Wall Street Journal 'Leadership Ranks': Executive MBA Programs
  
  The Robert H. Smith School of Buiness Executive MBA Program ranks No. 22 in the world. Within that data, Smith ranked No. 15 for how well it imparts management skills to students and No. 16 according to alumni rating.

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  QS World Rankings of Universities
  
  The QS rankings, originated in the United Kingdom, have been adopted by U.S. News & World Report as an authoritative world ranking, matching its own rankings of U.S. universities. (This is the first year that UM, College Park, was ranked as an individual school.)
  
  UM's Rankings
  
  
  • No. 104 in the World
  • No. 13 among among US Public Universities
    
    
  • No. 96 in Technology and Engineering
  • No. 16 among US Public Universities
    
    
  • No. 72 in Citations Per Faculty
  • No. 24 among US Public Universities

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  World's Top 100 Universities Ranking
  
  According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), which is maintained by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, Maryland advanced from No. 37 to No. 36 among the world's research universities, its highest status in the eight years the rankings have been released. (UM is No. 12 among U.S. Public Universities, No. 28 among all U.S. universities).
  
  In the following four ARWU 'Subject' and 'Field' rankings, UM stands out globally and among its peers, the top 25 public universities in U.S. News & World Report.
  
  Subject
  • World No. 19 Mathematics, up to No. 19 in world from No. 21. (No. 8 among U.S. Public Universities)
    (Order of top U.S. public universities: California, UCLA, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Texas A&M, Washington, UM, Georgia Tech, Texas)
  • World No. 17 Physics, remains No. 17 in the world. (No. 5 among U.S. Public Universities)
    (Order of top U.S. public universities: California, UC-Santa Barbara, Colorado, Illinois, UM, Michigan, UC-San Diego, UCLA, Wisconsin, Ohio State)
  • World No. 14 Computer Science, remains No. 14 in the world. (No 4 among U.S. Public Universities)
    (Order of top U.S. public universities: California, Texas, Illinois, UM, UC-San Diego, Michigan, Purdue, Washington, Georgia Tech, UCLA)
  • World No. 15 Economics/Business, up from No. 16. (No. 4 among U.S. Public Universities)
    (Order of top U.S. public universities: California, Minnesota, Michgian, UM, UCLA, UC-San Diego, Arizona State, Texas, Indiana, Ohio State)
  Fields
  • World No. 22 Natural Sciences and Mathematics, up from No. 27. (No. 8 among U.S. Public Universities)
    (Order of top U.S. public universities: California, UCLA, Colorado, Wisconsin, UC-San Diego, UC-Santa Barbara, Michigan, UM, Illinois, Washington)
  • World No. 13 Engineering, Technology, Computer Science, up from No. 14. (No. 8 among U.S. Public Universities)
    (Order of top U.S. public universities: California, Illinois, Georgia Tech, Texas, Michigan, Penn State, UC-San Diego, Purdue, UM, UC-Santa Barbara)
  • World No. 17 Social Sciences, down from No. 16. (No. 5 among U.S. Public Universities)
    (Order of top U.S. public universities: California, Michigan, Minnesota, UCLA, UM, Texas, Arizona State, Penn State, Wisconsin, UC-San Diego)
    
    

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  U.S. News & World Report Undergraduate Rankings, Top Public Universities
  • The university is 18th in the ranking of national public universities.
  • With the release of these rankings, Maryland has 24 programs overall in the magazine's Top 10 rankings (undergraduate and graduate), and 73 programs in Top 25 rankings.
  (Undergraduate)

  The Smith School of Business is ranked No. 19. It is No. 9 among public universities.

  • Entrepreneurship specialty ranked 9^th
  • Management specialty ranked 10^th
  • Management Information Systems ranked 6^th
  • Supply Chain Mgt/Logistics specialty ranked 8^th
  • Finance specialty ranked 25^th
  • Marketing specialty ranked 13^th

• The Clark School of Engineering is ranked No. 19 (among schools whose highest degree is a doctorate).
  • Aerospace Engineering specialty ranked 9^th
  • Mechanical Engineering specialty ranked 20^th
  Best Colleges 2011: Academic Programs to Look For
  
  
• First Year Experiences
  UM among 23 schools selected; only school from Maryland.
  "Orientation can go only so far in making freshmen feel connected. Many schools now build into the curriculum first-year seminars or other programs that bring small groups of students together with faculty or staff on a regular basis."
  
  
• Service Learning
  UM among 30 schools selected; only school from Maryland
  "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."
  
  
• Learning Communities
  UM anong 25 schools selected; only school from Maryland
  "Students typically take two or more linked courses as a group and get to know one another and their professors especially well. The idea is to keep the discussions going after class ends."
  
  Up-and-Coming National Universities
  UM ranked No. 20.
  "In spring 2010, for the third year in a row, U.S. News asked the experts who respond to our annual peer assessment survey to identify institutions in their U.S. News ranking category that are making the most promising and innovative changes in the areas of academics, faculty, and student life. The 68 that received the most nominations in their ranking peer group for being up-and-coming are listed here."
  
  

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  Diverse: Issues in Higher Education Graduate Rankings
  
  UM is again first in graduating African American students (a combined 914 undergraduate, master's and doctorate degrees) among its peers who constitute the Top 20 Public Universities, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.
  
  UM is No. 1 in awarding African American undergraduate degrees (704).

  Doctorate Degrees

  • Total Minority degrees, No. 38, 60 degrees
  • African American degrees, No. 17, 30 degrees
  • Asian American degrees, No. 47, 20
  • Hispanic degrees, No. 71, 9 degrees
  • Native American, No. 62, 1 degree
  • Total Minority Education, No. 12
  • African American Education, No. 18
  • Asian American Education, No. 16
  • Hispanic Education, No. 18'
  • Total Minority Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, No. 3
  • Total Minority Education, No. 40
  • African American Education, No. 36
  • Total Minority Engineering, No. 23
  • Asian American Engineering, No. 24'
  • Hispanic Engineering, No. 11
  • Total Minority English, No. 3
  • African American English, No. 1
  • Total Minority Mathematics and Statistics, No. 6
  • Total Minority Social Science and History, No. 17
  • African American Social Science and History, No. 9

  Master's Degrees

  • Total Minority Master's, No. 55, 458 degrees
  • African American, No. 56, 180 degrees
  • Asian American, No. 32, 202 degrees
  • Total Minority Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, No. 38
  • African American Area, Ethnic, Cultura, and Gender Studies, No. 14
  • Total Minority Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, No. 34
  • Asian American Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, No. 25
  • African American Computer and Information Sciences & Support Services, No. 34
  • Asian American Education, No. 50
  • Total Minority Engineering, No. 25
  • African American Engineering, No. 5
  • Asian American Engineering, No. 31
  • Total Minority Mathematics and Statistics, No. 17
  • Asian American Mathematics and Statistics, No. 22
  • Total Minority Social Science and History, No. 31
  • African American Social Science and History, No. 15
  • Hispanic Social Science and History, No. 40

• Total Minority Degrees No. 25, 2,016
• African American Degrees, No. 22, 704
• Asian American Degrees, No. 19, 959
• Hispanic Degrees, No. 78, 326
• Native American Degrees, No. 82, 27

• Total Minority Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, No. 10
• African American Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, No. 9
• Asian American Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences No. 10
• Hispanic Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences, No. 20

• Total Minority Area, Culture & Gender Studies, No. 14
• African American Area, Culture & Gender Studies, No. 1
• Asian American Area, Culture & Gender Studies, No. 38
• Hispanic American Area, Culture & Gender Studies, No. 47

• Total Minority Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 12
• African American Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 12
• Asian American Biological and Biomedical Sciences, No. 11

• Asian American Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services, No. 25

• Total Minority Computer and Information Sciences and Support Service, No. 27

• Total Minority Education, No. 21
• African American Education, No. 17
• Asian American Education, No. 26

• Total Minority Engineering, No. 16
• African American Engineering, No. 7
• Asian American Engineering, No. 15

• Total Minority English Language, Literature/Letters, No. 44
• Total African American English Language, Literature/Letters, No. 18
• Asian American English Language, Literature/Letters, No. 44

• Total Minority Mathematics and Statistics, No. 22
• African American Mathematics and Statistics, No. 31
• Asian American Mathematics and Statistics, No. 16

• Total Minority Physical Sciences, No. 20
• African American Physical Sciences, No. 44
• Asian American Physical Sciences, No. 18

• Asian American Psychology, No. 33

• Total Minority Social Sciences, No. 6
• African American Social Sciences, No. 3
• Asian American Social Sciences & History, No. 9
• Hispanic Social Sciences, No. 29
• Native American Social Sciences, No. 18

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

• Computer Science ranked 14^th
• The artificial intelligence specialty ranked 13^th
• The programming language specialty ranked 13^th
• The systems specialty ranked 18^th>
• Mathematics ranked 20^th
• The applied math specialty ranked 12^th
• Physics ranked 14^th
• The atomic/molectular/optical specialty ranked 7^th
• The condensed matter specialty ranked 10^th
• The cosmology/relativity/gravity specialty ranked 11^th>
• The plasma specialty ranked 7^th>
• The quantum specialty ranked 9^th>
• Earth Science (Interdisciplinary) ranked 32^nd
• The geochemistry specialty ranked 7^th

Business ranked 45^th
• The finance specialty ranked 25^th
• The information systems specialty ranked 6^th
• The part-time MBA specialty ranked 15^th
• The supply chain/logistics specialty ranked 15^th
• The entrepreneurship speciality ranked 26^th

• Education ranked 25^th
• The administration/supervision specialty ranked 16^th
• The counseling and personnel services specialty ranked 1^st
• The education policy specialty ranked 13^th
• The curriculum and instruction specialty ranked 19^th
• The education psychology specialty ranked 6^th
• The elementary education specialty ranked 14^th
• The higher education administration specialty ranked 10^th
• The secondary education specialty ranked 22^nd
• The special education specialty ranked 11^th

• Engineering ranked 22^nd
• The aerospace engineering specialty ranked 9^th
• The biomedical/engineering specialty ranked 35^th
• The chemical engineering specialty ranked 41^st
• The civil engineering specialty ranked 27^th
• The electrical engineering specialty ranked 14^th
• The materials engineering specialty ranked 31 ^st
• The mechanical engineering specialty ranked 21^st