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By The Numbers
By any measure, UMD stands among the preeminent universities in the country. We routinely appear at the top of rankings from U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, The Princeton Review and others. Our own counts—spanning facilities to faculty to Fulbright winners—make it even clearer: Maryland offers more.
#17
among public universities nationwide
U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Colleges
71
colleges, schools and programs ranked in the top 25 nationwide
2025 U.S. News & World Report
#7
among U.S. universities for undergraduate entrepreneurship
The Princeton Review/Entrepreneurship magazine
75
faculty are members of the National Academies
#8
for Black or African American undergraduates who later achieve doctoral degrees
National Science Foundation
#10
and No. 19 overall among U.S. public institutions for research and development spending
National Science Foundation's Higher Education Research and Development Survey
800+
student clubs, fraternities/sororities and sports