<p>Why college biomed would list those completely bogus rankings I have no idea. First off they are evaluating the PhD programs, and there were many critical comments regarding the methodology even for that. Because once again, like all rankings, you really cannot measure this kind of thing, although at least with grad programs you can look at number of publications, how often they get cited, etc etc. To try that for undergrad is less than worthless. Ignore the list.</p>
<p>As far as UVA vs, UMCP, they are both very fine schools that have completely different feel about them. Visit both, stay overnight, go to some classes and see which you like better. Forget which is a “better” department. This is undergrad, where a lot of the material is the same.</p>