U.S. News Ranks Smith Schools
Undergraduate
Program Among Nations Best
Smith Scores Seven Business Specialty
Categories in the U.S. Top 20
College Park, Md. August 22,
2005 - The undergraduate program at
the University of Maryland's Robert H.
Smith School of Business is ranked among
the best in the nation with the school
listed in the U.S. top 20 for seven
business specialty categories
according to the latest U.S.News &
World Report college ranking report
released on August 19, 2005. The
magazines America's Best Colleges 2006
Edition ranks the Smith Schools
undergraduate program as the No. 22
program in the United States and as a
leader in several business specialties
including:
- No. 6 Management Information
Systems
- No. 8 Supply Chain
Management/Logistics
- No. 9 Management
- No. 13 Entrepreneurship
- No. 13 Quantitative Analysis
- No. 16 Production/Operations
Management
- No. 18 Marketing
- No. 22 Finance
The U.S. News rankings report
is based on surveyed deans and senior
faculty at undergraduate business
programs accredited by the Association
to Advance Collegiate Schools of
Business. Deans and faculty were
surveyed in spring 2005. Participants
were asked to rate the quality of all
programs they are familiar with on a
scale of 1 (marginal) to 5
(distinguished). The rankings are based
solely on this survey; 45 percent of
those surveyed responded.
About the Robert H. Smith School
of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business
is an internationally recognized leader
in management education and research for
the digital economy. The Smith School
one of 13 colleges and schools at the
University of Maryland, College Park
offers undergraduate, full-time and
part-time MBA, executive MBA, PhD, and
executive education programs, as well as
outreach services to the corporate
community. The school offers its degree,
custom and certification programs in
learning locations in four continents
including North America, Europe, Africa,
and Asia. More information about the
Robert H. Smith School of Business can
be found at
www.rhsmith.umd.edu.
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For more information:
Angela Toda
Robert H. Smith School of
Business
University of Maryland
(
301.405.8062
atoda@rhsmith.umd.edu
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