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U.S. News & World Report Ranks
U-Md. MBA Program Among Nation’s Best
Part-time MBA Program is Ranked No. 16
College Park, Md. – April 23, 2009 – The part-time MBA
program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is
ranked No. 16 for the second year in a row in the latest edition of U.S.News
& World Report’s “Americas Best Graduate Schools,” published today. The
report recognized the Smith School’s program and research strengths in a number
of specialty categories, ranking the school’s Information Systems program No. 6
for the third year in a row, while Supply Chain and Entrepreneurship ranked No.
13 and No. 22 respectively.
The Smith School is well-known for the high caliber of its programs and
research. The U.S.News & World Report results follow the Financial
Times MBA 2009 rankings, released in January, which ranks Smith’s MBA
program No. 20 among all U.S. MBA programs and No. 6 among all U.S. public
business schools.
The U.S.News & World Report rankings are based on an evaluation of
the nation’s 425 Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of
Business-accredited masters programs in business. The overall rankings are based
on surveys of deans, academic directors, and MBA recruiters; school-reported MBA
job placement statistics; and school-reported student data, including GMAT
scores, undergraduate GPAs, and the proportion of applicants accepted by the
school. The specialty rankings are based on ratings by deans and directors at
peer schools.
The U.S.News MBA program rankings are published online.
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. One of 13 colleges and schools at the
University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate,
full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, MS in business, 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 on three continents — North America, Europe and Asia.
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