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Rankings
The world-scale version of the U.S. News & World Report rankings is the Shanghai Jiao Tong Top 500 which ranks research universities world wide. The campus is holding steady at 37th in the world (37th last year), and 28th in the U.S. (28th last year), and 12th among the U.S. public universities. Academic Rankings of World universities by broad subject field placed UM at 13th in Engineering, 23rd in Natural Science and Mathematics, and 18th in Social Sciences.
Additionally, Kiplinger's 100 Best in Public Colleges ranked UM among the top quarter of best values in public education. The University was 23rd for best value when rated on out-of-state tuition fees. One of the measures was the amount of debt that graduating students possess. UM students graduate with an average of $14,000 in debt, according to the August, 2007 Kiplinger's report. This makes the debt burden on UM graduates lighter than that of 75 other schools. That UM ranked 25th among the 100 public universities ranked demonstrates the strengths of the three Pathways
programs in place. UM distributed $30 million in financial aid last year, with just over $2.4 million through our three Pathways programs.
Doctoral programs at UM are increasing their diversity. Overall UM ranked 13th in the nation among traditionally white institutions for the number of African Americans awarded Ph.D.'s and 13th for the number of Asian American Ph.D. graduates. The number of degrees awarded to all three of the largest minority groups on campus increased this year: Asian Americans (50% increase), Hispanic Americans (20% increase), African Americans (4% increase).
Asian Americans at UM had the most impressive increases in numbers of graduates. UM ranked 11th among all schools in the nation for the number of Asian Americans graduating in the Social Sciences, 17th in Asian American Engineering graduates, and 13th in Asian American graduates over all disciplines combined, according to Diverse:
Issues in Higher Education's July, 2007 rankings. When compared to other universities across the nation, UM fared especially well in graduating minorities in the Social Sciences and Engineering. UM was ranked 6th in the nation for the number of African Americans graduating with doctorates in the Social Sciences and Engineering and 8th in the nation for the number of Hispanic Americans earning doctorates in the Social Sciences.
The University of Maryland was also named one of the Top
15 Green Colleges and Universities by Grist, an online environmental magazine based in Seattle. Among other sustainability measures, UM was cited for its award winning power plant, its commitment to conservation, and the fact that 91% of students voting in Student Government Association elections indicated their willingness to increase fees to pay for renewable energy.
Continuing Innovations
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