University of Maryland Smith
School of Business MBA Program
Ranks Among Nation’s Best
No. 2 for Student Satisfaction, Teachers and Career Services
College Park, Md. – November 15, 2012 – The University of
Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business offers one of the best MBA
programs in the nation and ranks No. 2 for the quality of its teachers, its
career services and overall student satisfaction, according to a ranking
published today by Bloomberg Businessweek magazine. The Smith School
ranks No. 24 in the nation and No. 9 among public universities.
“We’re so pleased to see our commitment to our students and our investments
in our programs recognized with this ranking,” said G. “Anand” Anandalingam,
dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. “We have been focused on
strengthening the learning experience for our students. We have some of the best
researchers in the world who truly excel at translating their work in the
classroom for our students. And we’ve made significant investments to transform
our career services offerings to help our students develop as strong leaders.”
Students rated the Smith School “A+” across the board for career services
offerings, the quality of teachers, leadership skills they acquired in the
program and the caliber of their classmates.
The Smith School completed a multimillion-dollar revamp of its Office of
Career Services in fall 2011, introducing a host of new student programs and a
state-of-the-art physical space for interviews that have attracted many
additional employers to campus. The office’s innovative offerings include a
series of improvisation workshops led by a Broadway actor and soft-skills
leadership training.
The MBA student experience is a top priority for the school, both in the
classroom and through the six-credit, required Smith Experience program.
Renowned researchers serve not only as top teachers, but as mentors and leaders
for the experiential learning program’s consulting projects and global study
trips.
The Bloomberg Businessweek rankings published November 15, 2012. The
list appears every two years and is based on three main sources of data: a
survey of MBA students, a survey of corporate recruiters, and an intellectual
capital rating. The surveys are conducted online and ask students to rate their
programs on teaching quality, career services, alumni network and recruiting
efforts, among other things. The recruiter survey asks companies to rank top
schools from which they recruit and hire MBAs. The intellectual capital score is
determined by the number of faculty books published and articles published in
the top 20 academic journals in the past five years. The magazine also evaluates
programs on a range of statistical information submitted by the schools.
The complete rankings can be seen online. Additional information about the
Smith School’s MBA program is available at
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/mba.
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 12 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 in North America and Asia.
