<p>Well, we all know Hopkins, but what are some other good, presitigous, schools in maryland should i attempt to apply to. Would college park be a considered a presitigious school,ie, among the ivy's and public?</p>
<p>im from maryland and if you want to do engineering, computer science, or science i know it is one of the better public schools (very good at CS). its no uva, ucb, ucla, etc. but if your instate its a very good choice. if your out of state, it is a pretty good school to look at. (i cant comment about the humanities stuff, im into science)</p>
<p>yea UMD is a good school not as prestigious as the ivies but i'd put it as one of the (or close to) the top 10 most prestigious public schools</p>
<p>just remember prestige shouldn't be a HUGE factor in your decision if you visit UMD-CP and like it you should go there... </p>
<p>UMD- Baltimore County has a good reputation for the sciences i've heard and A LOT of companies recruit from there (a lot more companies recruit at baltimore campus than at the "prestigious" college park campus)</p>
<p>you could look into St. Mary's College of Maryland... it's one of the few public liberal arts colleges i believe so if you want a small school, check that out.</p>
<p>lots of people (especially catholics) love Loyola. it has a good rep and it's not too tough to get into...</p>
<p>then there is hood college and goucher college which are worth looking into if you want a liberal arts college in maryland... i remember goucher was listed as "a college that changes lives" it was some list i forget what it was called...</p>
<p>yup so in summary check out: John Hopkins, UMD - CP, UMD - BC</p>
<p>and for liberal arts colleges check out St. Mary's, Hood, and Goucher</p>
<p>What is your intended major? I know UMD-CP is very strong in egineering. For undergrad engineering, it was ranked 22nd by US News overall same as UCLA and Duke. Undergrad is 10th in aerospace. For PhD in electrical, it was ranked 13th by US News.</p>
<p>Why does it have to be Maryland? Maryland is a tiny state; even if you want to be close to home, you could still venture in PA, NJ, NY, DE, DC, VA...</p>
<p>The MOST prestigious school in Maryland is the United States Naval Academy</p>
<p>1 President of the United States
2 Cabinet Members
6 Ambassadors
19 Members of Congress
5 State Governors
5 Secretaries of the Navy
1 Secretary of the Air Force
4 Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
4 Vice Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
26 Chiefs of Naval Operations
9 Commandants of the Marine Corps
2 Nobel Prize Awardees
73 Medal of Honor Awardees
52 Astronauts
43 Rhodes Scholars
15 Marshall Scholars
93 Olmsted Scholars
25 Fitzgerald Scholars
830 Burke Scholars
2 Heisman Trophy Winners
1 NBA Rookie of the Year and MVP
1 Zaphod</p>
<p>End of debate.</p>
<p>no, i am majoring in economics, it has a decent econ program. one of your emeratus professory, thomas schelling, recieved the noble prize in economics. is UM-CP a good econ school?</p>
<p>yeah i was about to say the naval academy is very prestigious. </p>
<p>UMCP is pretty good at business, engineering, computer science, and journalism. I feel UMCP isn't as good in the sciences as it is in these other majors. They are good at astronomy. I live in MD and always here good things about science at UMBC.</p>
<p>oh yea how did i forget about the USNA.. great school not many people have all the stuff that they are looking for though... honestly i think the service academies are the toughest schools to get into...</p>
<p>You posted right before I did. For econ alexandre posted this up a few months ago. I trust his opinion. He posted the schools into groups rather than a list</p>
<p>
<p>GROUP II: Northwestern University University of California-Berkeley University of Pennsylvania Yale University</p>
<p>GROUP III: Columbia University University of California-Los Angeles University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>GROUP IV: Brown University Carnegie Mellon University Cornell University Duke University Johns Hopkins University New York University University of Rochester University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>GROUP V: Boston University University of California-San Diego University of Maryland-College Park University of Minnesota University of Texas-Austin
</p>
<p>He listed JHU as the best econ program in MD and listed UMCP in the next grouping which would put it somewhere from 20-25 in the nation according to him. If you are considering business also, UMCP is your best bet in MD.</p>
<p>that list is incorrect, and i am a hundred percent. Hopkins does not outrank marylands economic program. medical yes, economic no. here is the actual list. </p>
<p>Stanford University Department of Economics
University of California-Berkeley Department of Economics
Harvard University Department of Economics
University of Pennsylvania Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Economics
Massachusetts Inst of Technology Department of Economics
Northwestern University Department of Economics
University of Minnesota Department of Economics
Cornell University Department of Economics
University of California-San Diego Department of Economics
University of Michigan Department of Economics
University of Chicago Department of Economics
Yale University Department of Economics
University of Rochester Department of Economics
University of Iowa Department of Economics
University of California-Los Angeles Department of Economics
Princeton University Department of Economics
California Institute Technology Department of Economics
Boston University Department of Economics
U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Economics
North Carolina State University Department of Economics
Arizona State University Department of Economics
University of Maryland College Park Department of Economics
Iowa State University Department of Economics
Washington University Department of Economics
Duke University Department of Economics
Ohio State University Department of Economics
University of Tennessee-Knoxville Department of Economics
New York University Department of Economics
University of Pittsburgh Department of Economics
Indiana University Department of Economics
University of California-Davis Department of Economics
University of Florida Department of Economics
University of Georgia Department of Economics
Texas A&M University Department of Economics
Michigan State University Department of Economics
University of California-Santa Barbara Department of Economics
Louisiana State U & A&M College Department of Economics
State U of New York-Stony Brook Department of Economics
University of Washington Department of Economics
University of Virginia Department of Economics
Southern Illinois University Department of Economics
Auburn University Department of Economics
Brown University Department of Economics
University of Wyoming
U of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Oregon Department of Economics
Columbia University Department of Economics
University of Kentucky Department of Economics
University of Southern California Department of Economics
Vanderbilt University Department of Economics
U of Massachusetts at Amherst Department of Economics4
Florida State University Department of Economics
State University of New York-Buffalo Department of Economics
University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Economics
George Mason University Department of Economics
University of South Carolina Department of Economics
University of Arizona Department of Economics
Pennsylvania State University Department of Economics
University of Colorado Department of Economics
University of Texas at Austin Department of Economics
Purdue University Department of Economics
Johns Hopkins University Department of Economics
Rutgers State University-New Brunswick Department of Economics
Southern Methodist University Department of Economics
Boston College Department of Economics
Syracuse University Department of Economics
Utah State University Department of Economics
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst Department of Economics
University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Economics
University of Connecticut Department of Economics
Georgetown University Department of Economics
Colorado State University Department of Economics
CUNY - Grad Sch & University Center Department of Economics
Clemson University Department of Economics
University of Alabama Department of Economics
University of Texas at Dallas
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Economics
Georgia State University Department of Economics
University of California-Riverside Department of Economics
American University Department of Economics
Northern Illinois University Department of Economics
University of Kansas Department of Economics
Oklahoma State University
Tulane University Department of Economics Department of Economics
University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Economics
George Washington University Department of Economics
State University of New York-Albany Department of Economics
University of Houston Department of Economics
University of Notre Dame Department of Economics
Rice University Department of Economics
Washington State University Department of Economics
Claremont Graduate School Department of Economics
State University of New York-Binghamton Department of Economics
Clark University Department of Economics
West Virginia University Department of Economics
University of Cincinnati ttp://Department of Economics
Howard University Department of Economics
Lehigh University Department of Economics
Temple University Department of Economics
University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Economics
Northeastern University Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Economics
University of Utah Department of Economics
Fordham University Department of Economics
Colorado School of Mines
University of New Hampshire Department of Economics</p>
<p>Here is another enumeration of the top economic schools by the Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World. According to thier list it the ranking is based on "This page provides links to the top US Economics departments in terms of research output, according to Richard Dusansky and Clayton J. Vernon, 'Rankings of U.S. Economics Departments'." </p>
<p>Best departments first.</p>
<p>Princeton University, Princeton NJ</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Harvard University, Cambridge MA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA</p>
<pre><code> * Economics Department
</code></pre>
<p>University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Northwestern University, Evanston IL</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>New York University, New York City NY</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Boston University, Boston MA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Yale University, New Haven CT</p>
<pre><code> * Economics Department
</code></pre>
<p>Stanford University, Palo Alto CA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of California, San Diego CA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of Texas, Austin TX</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of Rochester, Rochester NY</p>
<pre><code> * Economics Department
</code></pre>
<p>University of California, Berkeley CA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of Maryland, College Park MD</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of Chicago, Chicago IL</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of Wisconsin, Madison WI</p>
<pre><code> * Economics Department
</code></pre>
<p>University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of California, Los Angeles CA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Columbia University, New York City NY</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics, School of General Studies
</code></pre>
<p>University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI</p>
<pre><code> * Economics Department
</code></pre>
<p>Ohio State University, Columbus OH</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Duke University, Durham NC</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics, Arts & Sciences and Trinity College
</code></pre>
<p>University of California, Irvine CA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Brown University, Providence RI</p>
<pre><code> * Economics Department
</code></pre>
<p>Pennsylvania State University, State College PA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of California, Davis CA</p>
<pre><code> * Economics Department
</code></pre>
<p>University of Iowa, Iowa City IA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA</p>
<pre><code> * Division of Social Sciences
</code></pre>
<p>University of Florida, Gainesville FL</p>
<pre><code> * Economics Department
</code></pre>
<p>Texas A&M University, College Station TX</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of California, Santa Barbara CA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of Washington, Seattle WA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign IL</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics and Business Administration
</code></pre>
<p>Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg VA</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Cornell University, Ithaca NY</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>University of Colorado, Boulder CO</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Michigan State University, East Lansing MI</p>
<pre><code> * Economics Department
</code></pre>
<p>University of Houston, Houston TX</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Rice University, Houston TX</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>State University of New York, Albany NY</p>
<pre><code> * Department of Economics
</code></pre>
<p>Georgetown University, Washington DC</p>
<pre><code> * Economics Department
</code></pre>
<p>But how many undergrads are affected by research output?</p>
<p>Besides identifying some schools with generally respected economics departments, I would agree with kk and think the ranking order of both those lists are meaningless as far as undergrad experience and what you can go on and do from there. abemart's list is actually specifically for graduate school anyway. Anyone non in-state choosing UIowa and UMinnesota over Princeton, Duke, Brown, Georgetown based on the supposed rankings of econ departments is doing themselves a dis-service.</p>
<p>
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The MOST prestigious school in Maryland is the United States Naval Academy</p>
<p>1 President of the United States
2 Cabinet Members
6 Ambassadors
19 Members of Congress
5 State Governors
5 Secretaries of the Navy
1 Secretary of the Air Force
4 Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
4 Vice Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
26 Chiefs of Naval Operations
9 Commandants of the Marine Corps
2 Nobel Prize Awardees
73 Medal of Honor Awardees
52 Astronauts
43 Rhodes Scholars
15 Marshall Scholars
93 Olmsted Scholars
25 Fitzgerald Scholars
830 Burke Scholars
2 Heisman Trophy Winners
1 NBA Rookie of the Year and MVP
1 Zaphod</p>
<p>End of debate.
[/quote]
</p>
<p><--- Flattered beyond belief. :o</p>
<p>Thanks. :)</p>
<p>ETA: I should point out that USNA offers a BS in Economics. My roomate got one, in fact. You just have to wait a bit after graduation before putting it to use. ;)</p>
<p>If you mean quality, then in Maryland you have these options;</p>
<p>St. Mary's College of Maryland (not Mt. Saint Marys). Liberal Arts</p>
<p>Hood College. Very small. Strong Biology Dept. Joint programs with Duke University.</p>
<p>Towson University. Strong public rival of U of M. Nicer campus than U of M.</p>
<p>Salisbury University. Rising public college located on the Eastern Shore. Not as many assets as UM or Towson. Chesapeake Bay related studies (Ecology/Environmental Policy) are good.</p>
<p>U of M-Baltimore County. Widely admired science (particularly graduate) departments.</p>
<p>No one has mentioned St. John's College yet. It has always struck me as an interesting and challenging program.</p>
<p>Naval Academy aside, Maryland's best schools I'd order as (this is really hard and up for debate):</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins
University of Maryland - College Park
St. Marys College of Maryland
University of Maryland - Baltimore
Townson
Morgan State/Bowie State</p>
<p>As far as LAC and small colleges go:</p>
<ol>
<li>St. Marys College of Maryland</li>
<li>Loyola College of Maryland</li>
<li>St. John's </li>
<li>Hood/Goucher/Washington College on same level </li>
<li>College of Notre Dame of Maryland</li>
</ol>
<p>Naah...got to disagree with you Cre8tive1. Washington and Notre Dame aren't same level as the other LACs. Also, Morgan State would fall behind, ranking far below Salisbury University in competitiveness.</p>
<p>LakeWash, I don't see much of anything seperating Washington and Goucher, and it would be hard for you to make an arguement for Hood, so I put them on the same level.</p>
<p>And do you mean about Notre Dame, I put it last? How much further could you go but bottom, LOL</p>
<p>And about Salisbury, I'm sorry I forgot about that one, but it's pretty easy to overlook. Aside from UM:CP, UM:BC, Townson, and the Honors College, I didn't factor in any others beside the HBCUs b/c those are the one out-of-staters pay the most (if any) attention too.</p>
<p>Morgan State is one of the more prominent HBCUs, noting why it has more out-of-state students than the three main Maryland campuses.</p>