U.S. News Ranks Smith School’s Undergraduate
Program Among Nation’s Best
Smith Scores Seven Business Specialty Categories in the U.S. Top 20

College Park, Md. – August 22, 2005 - The undergraduate program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked among the best in the nation – with the school listed in the U.S. top 20 for seven business specialty categories – according to the latest U.S.News & World Report college ranking report released on August 19, 2005. The magazine’s “America's Best Colleges 2006 Edition” ranks the Smith School’s undergraduate program as the No. 22 program in the United States and as a leader in several business specialties including:

• No. 6 Management Information Systems
• No. 8 Supply Chain Management/Logistics
• No. 9 Management
• No. 13 Entrepreneurship
• No. 13 Quantitative Analysis
• No. 16 Production/Operations Management
• No. 18 Marketing
• No. 22 Finance

The U.S. News rankings report is based on surveyed deans and senior faculty at undergraduate business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Deans and faculty were surveyed in spring 2005. Participants were asked to rate the quality of all programs they are familiar with on a scale of 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished). The rankings are based solely on this survey; 45 percent of those surveyed responded.

About the Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research for the digital economy. The Smith School – one of 13 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park – offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, 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 in four continents including North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. More information about the Robert H. Smith School of Business can be found at www.rhsmith.umd.edu.

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