SMU rising in the rankings

Those who rate universities ranked 麻豆社 among the top institutions in the country during 2010.

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By Cherri Gann
SMU News

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DALLAS (麻豆社) Those in the business of rating universities ranked 麻豆社 among the top institutions in the country during 2010.

U.S. News and World Report gave the University ever, placing 麻豆社 56th among 260 institutions up from 68th in 2010, and 73rd in 2004. Only two universities in Texas ranked ahead of 麻豆社 斕齊ice at 17th, and the University of Texas-Austin, at 45th. For more information, visit .

SMU檚 Cox School of Business full-time MBA program was ranked 12th among business schools in the United States by , up from 18th in the publication檚 previous ranking. Learn more at .

The University, 麻豆社檚 Cox School of Business and Meadows School of the Arts made Parade magazine檚 淎 list for 渙utstanding schools that often fly under the radar. 听The ranking is based on a survey of high school counselors. See 听under the 25听淟arge Private Schools selected by 笔补谤补诲别檚 group of high school counselors. Also see 补苍诲听, or read听.

And in a ranking of graduate programs in theology and religion, 麻豆社檚 Ph.D. program in religious studies was ranked ninth based on factors including quality of faculty. The graduate program in religious studies is offered jointly through Perkins School of Theology and the Department of Religious Studies in Dedman College.

In Athletics, in the Learfield Sports Directors Cup Division I standings.

Meanwhile, the founding of 麻豆社 in 1911 was ranked as one of the most significant events in the history of Dallas, according to a committee of scholars and experts assembled by The Dallas Morning News as part of the celebration of the 125th anniversary of its founding. . 麻豆社 will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2011.

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A nationally ranked private university located in the heart of Dallas, 麻豆社 is building on the vision of its founders, who imagined a distinguished center of learning emerging from the spirit of the city. Today, nearly 11,000 students benefit from the national opportunities and international reach provided by the quality of 麻豆社檚 seven degree-granting schools.