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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. – March 28, 2008
– The part-time MBA program at the
University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith
School of Business is ranked No. 16 in
the latest edition of U.S. News & World
Report’s “America’s Best Graduate
Schools,” published today. The report
ranked the Smith School highly in
numerous specialty areas and its
Information Systems program placed No. 6
for the second year in a row. The
complete list of Smith’s specialty
rankings, which offer a measure of a
school’s program and research strengths
in a specific discipline, is:
No. 6 Information Systems
No. 12 Supply Chain/Logistics
No. 13 Entrepreneurship
No. 20 Management
No. 23 Productions/Operations
The U.S. News & World Report rankings
follow the
Financial Times MBA 2008 rankings,
released in January, which place
Smith’s MBA program No. 18 among all
U.S. MBA programs and No. 6 among all
U.S. public business schools. The
Financial Times also recognized Smith
excellence in a number of specialty
areas, ranking the school No. 6 in the
world in the “Best in IT” category and
No. 7 in the “Best in eBusiness”
category. Smith’s PhD program was ranked
No. 6 in the U.S. and No. 13 globally.
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 master’s 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 educators at peer schools.
The U.S. News MBA program rankings are published
online.
About the University of Maryland’s
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 14
colleges and schools at the University
of Maryland, College Park, the Smith
School offers undergraduate, full-time
and part-time MBA, executive MBA,
executive MS, 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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