Rankings

The U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Graduate Schools ranks programs and specialities in Medicine and Law annually, while other programs are typically ranked every four years.

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
School of Medicine
Research - Overall	41	43	43	40	38	37	37
Among Publics	16	18	18	17	15	14	15
Primary Care - Overall	30	35	42	46	49	71	58
Among Publics	20	26	29	32	32	40	36


	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
School of Law
Day Program - Overall	36	42	43	48	42	39	41
Among Publics	15	21	20	25	20	18	19
Evening Program^a - Overall			6	5	8	9	6
Among Publics			2	1	2	2	3
Clinical Training	5	8	8	9	6	5	5
Environmental Law	11	8	6	10	7	11	6
Healthcare Law	2	3	2	2	3	3	4
Trial Advocacy	-	-	-	-	8	8	-


	2003	2007	2011
School of Nursing
MS Program	10	7	11
Nursing Anesthesia	-	32	17
Nursing Midwifery *	-	21	29
Nursing Service Administration	7	6	3
Nursing Practitioner
Family	12	5	9
Adult **	5	6	8
Pediatric	-	-	15
Gerontological/Geriatric **	13	-	8
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Adult / Medical Surgical	8	-	-
Community / Public Health	8	-	-
Psychiatric / Mental Health	13	-	7

* UMB School of Nursing program discontinued in 2008
** ranking applies to a combined program at UMB School of Nursing


	1997	2005	2008	2012
School of Pharmacy
Overall	7	8	9	17


	2000	2004	2008	2012
School of Social Work
Overall	25	19	18	16


	2000	2004	2008	2012
Physical Therapy Program
Overall	-	16	15	19


	2002	2010
Graduate Program In The Sciences
Biological Sciences	113	100
Chemistry	-	107

Note: Dates refer to year rankings were released. A dash (-) means UM program was unranked for that year.
a Ranking created by US News and World Report in 2009.

National Institutes of Health Awards

In FY 2012 the National Institutes of Health awarded $157.6 million to the University of Maryland. In terms of funding received, the School of Medicine ranked 13th compared to other public schools of medicine. The School of Dentistry ranked 5th compared to other public schools of dentistry. The School of Nursing ranked 7th compared to other public schools of nursing. The School of Pharmacy ranked 21st compared to other public schools of pharmacy. In addition, the University of Maryland received $76.5 million in grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for fiscal years 2009 and 2010.

Funding Detail for UM:

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

UM School of Medicine Ranking:

FY	Funding	Awards	Average Award	Overall Rank	Public Rank
2012	$140,078,759	319	$439,118	30	13
2011	$141,617,570	332	$426,559	30	13
2010	$137,349,997	315	$436,031	32	14
2009	$135,600,249	324	$418,519	30	14
2008	$131,814,798	334	$394,655	32	15
2007	$129,282,327	329	$392,955	32	15
2006	$148,670,723	345	$430,930	26	12

UM School of Dentistry Ranking:

FY	Funding	Awards	Average Award	Overall Rank	Public Rank
2012	$9,130,422	24	$380,434	6	5
2011	$10,637,796	28	$379,921	3	3
2010	$10,525,599	27	$389,937	3	3
2009	$9,358,039	23	$406,871	7	4
2008	$6,692,767	24	$278,865	13	10
2007	$6,160,054	25	$246,402	11	8
2006	$7,273,730	27	$269,397	10	8

UM School of Nursing Ranking:

FY	Funding	Awards	Average Award	Overall Rank	Public Rank
2012	$4,127,758	8	$515,970	11	7
2011	$2,593,467	6	$432,245	19	12
2010	$2,582,143	6	$430,357	21	13
2009	$2,422,203	7	$346,029	23	14
2008	$1,863,569	7	$266,224	22	14
2007	$1,316,638	6	$219,440	33	22
2006	$1,267,298	6	$211,216	30	21

UM School of Pharmacy Ranking:

FY	Funding	Awards	Average Award	Overall Rank	Public Rank
2012	$3,873,030	16	$242,064	23	21
2011	$3,579,230	12	$298,269	27	25
2010	$3,662,707	12	$305,226	26	24
2009	$2,616,613	11	$237,874	31	29
2008	$4,016,041	20	$200,802	25	23
2007	$5,598,218	27	$207,341	15	14
2006	$4,276,797	23	$185,948	21	20

Source: NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools

Note: Rankings are compiled from NIH data on funding provided by NIH grants, cooperative agreements and contracts to universities, hospitals, and other institutions.