UMD Recognized as Top Producer of Computer Science, Information…

The University of Maryland is the nation’s top producer of computer and information sciences bachelor’s degrees among non-online universities, and No. 3 overall, as highlighted in a new report from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The report aggregated bachelor’s degrees conferred by colleges in 32 disciplines in each year from 2018 to 2022 using data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, a part of the U.S. Department of Education. Only first majors were considered. UMD awarded 280 more degrees than the next traditional bricks-and-mortar university, Penn State; it conferred more than double the average number of degrees among public institutions in the Association of American Universities.

UMD students earned nearly 1,500 degrees in the 2021-22 academic year across three majors counted in the report: computer science in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, information science in the College of Information and management information systems in the Robert H. Smith School of Business. The first two are among the top five undergraduate majors at Maryland.

UMD’s undergraduate computer science program is ranked in the top 20 nationwide and top 10 among public universities by U.S. News and World Report, and nearly doubled its number of bachelor’s degree recipients from 2018 to 2022. The College of Information launched a bachelor’s degree in information science in 2018; it has since grown to more than 450 degrees. U.S News ranks Maryland’s management information systems major No. 6 in the country and No. 5 among publics.