The undergraduate business program at
the University of Maryland's Robert H.
Smith School of Business is ranked among
the nations top business schools by
U.S. News & World Report in its
America's Best Colleges 2005 report,
released Friday, August 20. The Smith
School, which is ranked #20 overall,
also earned top-20 rankings in six
specialty categories.
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These top specialty rankings are:
- #7 Management Information
Systems
- #8 Supply Chain
Management/Logistics
- #12 Entrepreneurship
- #13 Management
- #15 Production/Operations
Management
- #18 Finance
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Were pleased to see the Smith School
once again recognized as having the very
best undergraduate business program in
the Washington, D.C./Baltimore region,
said Howard Frank, dean of the Smith
School. The schools top marks in six
specialty areas further illustrate
Smiths strengths, and these rankings
place us among an elite group of
business schools nationwide.
The U.S. News rankings are
based on a survey of deans and senior
faculty at undergraduate business
programs accredited by the Association
to Advance Collegiate Schools of
Business. The rankings are based solely
on this survey. Of those who were
invited to participate, 46 percent
responded. The complete Americas Best
Colleges 2005 rankings can be found
online.
Other Recent Rankings:
Top Entrepreneurial School -
Entrepreneur magazine, 2004
#18 MBA Program, U.S. --
Financial Times, 2004
- #1 Value for Money (In Top 25
U.S.)
- #4 Public B-School (U.S.)
- #10 N. American Salary Increase
- #26 Doctoral Rating
- #27 MBA Program (World)
Graduate Business Specialties
- U.S. News & World Report, 2004
- #7 MIS
- #13 Supply Chain/Logistics
- #16 Entrepreneurship
- #22 Management
- #17 Part-time MBA Program
#19 MBA Program - The Wall
Street Journal, 2003
- #6 Information Technology
- #7 Top Public School
- #8 Top School in the East
- #9 Small School (<500)
#25 MBA Program - Business
Week, 2002
- #7 Faculty Quality by Grads
- #15 Graduate Poll
- #21 Intellectual Capital
- "A" Curriculum, Ethics
