U.S. News Ranks UMD Graduate Programs Highly

Quite a few College of Maryland packages garnered accolades in U.S. Information & World Report’s 2023-24 Greatest Graduate Faculties lists launched immediately, with 53 top-25 rankings in total and specialty classes.

Mixed with the earlier university-wide and 17 undergraduate program rankings in U.S. Information’ 2022-23 Greatest Faculties, UMD has 70 faculties, schools, packages and specialties on the publication’s high 25 lists, that are extensively utilized by potential college students when contemplating the place to use to highschool.

“On the College of Maryland, we’re dedicated to offering our graduate college students with a world-class superior schooling, alternatives for analysis and top-ranked skilled packages,” mentioned President Darryll J. Pines. “The rankings introduced immediately are a testomony to the distinctive work of our school, employees and college students, who exude excellence and drive our college fearlessly ahead.”

The rankings are primarily based on statistical surveys of greater than 2,200 packages and repute surveys despatched to almost 19,000 lecturers and professionals, performed in fall 2022 and early 2023. U.S. Information mentioned this yr that it positioned a larger emphasis this yr on outcomes, recognizing that college students’ final objective in attending graduate college is more likely to turn into a training skilled.

The journal every year ranks graduate packages in schooling, engineering, enterprise (MBA), legislation, medication and nursing, together with a rotating collection of specialty faculties and packages.

By way of total placement, the A. James Clark Faculty of Engineering was No. 20 and the Faculty of Public Coverage was No. 25, rising 10 locations amongst public affairs faculties since final yr. The Faculty of Public Well being was ranked No. 28, the identical because the Faculty of Schooling, which moved up in almost each program class.

For particular packages, the highlights this yr embody:

• The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Enterprise’ data techniques program at No. 11 and part-time MBA at No. 17 (a bounce from No. 25 final yr);
• The Faculty of Pc, Mathematical, and Pure Sciences at No. 17 for laptop science (No. 15 for synthetic intelligence, No. 20 for programming language, No. 22 for laptop science techniques), No. 18 for physics (No. 6 for atomic/molecular/optical physics, No. 9 for quantum physics and No. 17 for condensed matter physics) and a six-spot rise to No. 20 for arithmetic (No. 15 for utilized arithmetic and No. 24 for mathematical evaluation);
• The Faculty of Schooling’s counseling and personnel providers program—a joint program with BSOS’ Division of Psychology—at No. 1, schooling psychology at No. 6, increased schooling administration at No. 11, particular schooling at No. 11, elementary schooling at No. 14, curriculum and instruction at No. 17, schooling coverage at No. 17, secondary trainer schooling at No. 17, and schooling administration and supervision at No. 24;
• The Clark Faculty’s aerospace engineering program at No. 15, laptop engineering at No. 16, electrical/digital/communication engineering at No. 16, mechanical engineering at No. 17 and supplies engineering at No. 24;
• The Faculty of Public Coverage’s homeland/nationwide safety program at No. 4 and public finance and budgeting at No. 14; and
• The Faculty of Agriculture and Pure Assets’ Virginia-Maryland Faculty of Veterinary Medication program (a partnership between UMD and Virginia Tech), ranked No. 19.

Since U.S. Information doesn’t rank all graduate packages yearly, different present honors for UMD from earlier editions embody:

• The Faculty of Arts and Humanities’ program in American literature earlier than 1865 at No. 12 in 2022;
• The Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences’ criminology at No. 1 in 2022, audiology program at No. 10 in 2021, sociology of inhabitants at No. 14 in 2022, speech-language pathology at No. 16 in 2021, economics at No. 22 in 2023 and sociology at No. 24 in 2022;
• The Smith Faculty was ranked No. 12 total for on-line MBA packages in 2022, along with on-line advertising at No. 1, on-line finance at No. 4, on-line MBA enterprise analytics program at No. 6 and on-line basic administration at No. 6;
• The Faculty of Info Research was ranked total No. 4 in 2022, along with providers for kids and youth at No. 2, data techniques at No. 5, college library media at No. 5, archives and preservation at No. 6 and digital librarianship at No. 8; and
• The Clark Faculty was total No. 12 for on-line graduate engineering packages in 2022, with on-line industrial engineering at No. 14 and on-line electrical engineering at No. 15.