UM Soars Higher In U.S. News & World Report Rankings

It should come as no surprise to any Miami Hurricane fan that the University of Miami continues to make excellent strides in the NCAA Annual Progress Report (APR) rankings as well as many other well known and highly respected national rankings of colleges in the U.S. 

In fact, the steady and consistent academic progress at UM over the past decade has resulted in Miami now being ranked among the top 40 academic institutions in the entire Nation.

In the 2012 edition of theU.S. News & World Report's annual "Best Colleges" issue, released today, the University of Miami has risen to number 38 - up from 47 last year, a nine point rise. 

UM remains the highest ranked school in the state of Florida. In an impressive ascent, Miami has moved up 29 slots in the last 10 years, making it one of the fastest rising institutions among national universities in recent times.

"We are absolutely delighted that U.S. News & World Report has moved the University of Miami from 47 to 38. We were a top 50 school last year and we're a top 40 this year," said UM President Donna E. Shalala.  "All the credit goes to our incredible faculty, student body, staff, trustees, alumni, parents, and all our supporters over the years.

Shalala continued by stating: "This has truly been a climb to excellence. The road to excellence means investments in our students, in our faculty, in our facilities. But more than anything else, it's a tribute to all of those who believe in the University of Miami, who believe in quality education. This is a success story not just for the University but our entire South Florida community."

UM is the only school currently in the top 50 to move up nine spots in one year and 29 spots in the past 10 years.  UM's remarkable ascent in the rankings can be attributed to its marked improvement in key areas such as the six-year graduation rate, freshman retention rate, average SAT score of its incoming freshmen, and percentage of freshmen who were in the top 10% of their high school graduation class.

Here are some of the critical areas that are measured as part of the ranking process:

• The total number of applicants has nearly doubled from 13,080 in 2000 to 25,899 in 2010 and as a result the University has been more selective by only accepting 39% of all applicants. 
• The 2010 mean SAT score is at a record 1295, up from 1175 in 2000. 
• Sixty-eight percent of 2010 freshmen were in the top 10% of their high school graduating class compared to 45% in 2000. 
• The six-year graduation rate in 2010 was at its highest ever at 80%, up from 62% in 2000.

Just in case you were wondering Miami easily scored the highest among all major colleges in the State.  Here are the 2012 rankings for major universities in Florida:

1. University of Miami: Ranked #38
2. University of Florida: Ranked #58
3. Florida State University: Ranked #101
4. Florida International University: Ranked #164
5. University of Central Florida: Ranked #177
6. University of South Florida: Ranked #181

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[Swami for CEO]

NEW BLOG IS UP!

[3G Cane]

ob·ses·sion
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1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
the act of obsessing.

[Skreetz]

Why don't I report anything on the two players if I'm such an insider and know so much?

Even if it's just to say something like "these rumors are overblown, it's not as bad as people think, but coach wants it kept quiet"

Here's why. I'm a fictional character. I can only report generalities and what's already common knowledge. If I were to actually come up with something here, it would be a guess, and then I'd be busted if I guuessed wrong.

I'm Skreetz and I'm really a middle-aged white guy pretending to be a hood insider.

[j.w.]

Ah, The trolls are out!!! (not you Hazy)

[Hazydavy]

Now that is great. But can we offset those high GPAs by bringing back Thug U and winnning some football games? ;-)

[The What]

Anyone think Michael phelps will win more than one gold? I think he let himself slip and lochte is going to get more gold medals which will cost phelps quite a bit of money.

That is not a prediction. Just a thought. Lol

[Swami for CEO]

USA gymnastics should be off the chain in London.

Posted by: CGNC | July 02, 2012 at 10:55 AM

Swimming and diving too!

[CGNC]

USA gymnastics should be off the chain in London.

[Felipe]

Yup. Joe Pa knew. Actual investigative reporting from CNN, there's a change.

[CGNC]

A HA! Joe Pa knew. This:

"The e-mails also would suggest Paterno knew more than he said: On Feb. 26, 2001, CNN reported, Schultz suggests contacting authorities, but the next night, Curley writes to Spanier that after talking with Paterno, he would like to "work with" Sandusky instead."

[Swami for CEO]

MaryLou...please email me ASAP!

[raizecane]

Native...Very cool! So I take it U have been before? Skool and I would be first timers on the scalloping hunt. Email me off blog about where did you go and where did U stay? Steinhatchee or Crystal River?

Posted by: Swami for CEO | July 01, 2012 at 08:52 AM

Would love to go but I will be vacationing at Treasure Island from the 5th through the 9th.

[MaryLouAlumni]

TO THE WHAT----My freshman year at the U, we had NO NO NO Air Conditioning at Mahoney Hall and it reached high 90's every day in September (1966) I could never understand paying the big bucks to go to the U and sweating like a pig, with just a fan in the room.
I'm sure everything at the U is real sweet now.

[Swami for CEO]

Native...we have OGV, Old Skool and me who are committed and ready to rumble with them scallops.

SlingBlade...what are your intentions for the weekend of 8/10/12? Let us know soon!

[UpNorthCane27]

Spainnnn!!!! Eurocup champs !!!!!...... Hey soup give soccer a chance bro lolll...... We beat on those italian boys

Hurricane season is around the corner fellas were a month and a couple days away.... Cnt wait to be at boston college rooting for our fellas.

[NativeCane]

Posted by: SlingBlade | July 01, 2012 at 10:40 AM

Sling, I usually go out from Fort Island or my buddys house at the Springs, where are you?

Go Canes!!!

[Swami for CEO]

El Tiger esta caliente otra vez!

[The What]

CEO - I'm retiring lol

[Swami for CEO]

Spain 4, Italy 0.

TheWhat: Time to pay up or retire!

[The Dude]

The Dude is a life long San Diego Padres fan. Grandal NEEDS to be the cornerstone of the rebuiling effort. At Petco it is SO hard to score runs and so everyone tries to steal bases. Its paramount to have a catcher that can throw guys out. Check out his arm on this play! http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=21974191&c_id=mlb
The other part about playing at Petco is you really cant hide any big sluggers in the outfield. Its so spacious that you gotta have guys who can run around. So the power hitting spots for the Padres are 1st base, 3rd base and catcher. Grandal fits EXACTLY what San Diego needs. I hope he develops into a BEAST!!! Here are his 2 homers to watch, 1 from each side of the plate. http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22740199&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_klondike
Go Canes! Go Padres!

[The What]

And it's already over at half time 2-0 Spain.

I really need to stop making predictions.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Dillard isn't dead in the water yet, waiting for the test score sounds ominous now but there's still time for him to get in relatively on schedule, or ahead of it slightly, for a freshman, the thing I'd worry about now is him barely getting the minimal score he needs on his test and then having the clearinghouse hold him out while they get the fine tooth comb out on his transcript of courses he took in high school which could mean just one class not being cleared as sufficient could send him off to the prep school limbo detour. James is going to get the sledgehammer RB touches this year anyway Dillard's path pans out so there's no rush at this point.

[Swami for CEO]

Tee hee, Tee hee...Spain 1, Italy 0

[Swami for CEO]

JUST FOR KICKS:

Spain 1, Italy 0

I really don't care who wins and have no idea what will happen except that it will be BORING as hell. I just hope somebidy scores a goal so it doesn't have to go to penalty kicks.

[The What]

Prediction Time

Italy 2 Spain 1

[Swami for CEO]

Sling...email me at U know where.

[CaneRock]

Danny Dillard (status uncertain; he had been waiting on test scores recently).
Posted by: CaneRock | July 01, 2012 at 12:35 AM

Wow... REALLY bad news about Danny Dillard.
Posted by: roachcane77 | July 01, 2012 at 11:27 AM

I was hoping he'd be in for the entire summer of workouts, and for Day 1 of Fall ball.
Posted by: roachcane77 | July 01, 2012 at 11:29 AM

I wouldn't worry about it too much, my kids just got their test scores in the mail yesterday.

[roachcane77]

I was hoping he'd be in for the entire summer of workouts, and for Day 1 of Fall ball.

[roachcane77]

Wow... REALLY bad news about Danny Dillard.

[TonyCane]

I always thought that Da Skreetz was really Tad Foote.

[SlingBlade]

Old Skool and I are planning a weekend fishing retreat and scalloping trip to Crystal River or Steinhatchee in mid-August. Dates will likely be 8/10-11 or 8/24-25.

Posted by: Swami for CEO | June 30, 2012 at 07:22 PM

i have a house about 15min from crystal river...where you planning on going at in CR

[pre83]

I don't think I saw this posted yet -

Pretty impressive debut for Grandal - a first in MLB history!

Yasmani Grandal, Alexi Amarista each homer twice in Padres' win

LINK - http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=320630127

[Swami for CEO]

Native...Very cool! So I take it U have been before? Skool and I would be first timers on the scalloping hunt. Email me off blog about where did you go and where did U stay? Steinhatchee or Crystal River?

[NativeCane]

OGV, Ocala, Native, Raize, Sarasota and Six...

Old Skool and I are planning a weekend fishing retreat and scalloping trip to Crystal River or Steinhatchee in mid-August. Dates will likely be 8/10-11 or 8/24-25.

If you are interested in going email me. If there are other Central Florida Spacers that would be interested do the same: canespace86@aol.com.

Posted by: Swami for CEO | June 30, 2012 at 07:22 PM

Yes, 8/10-11 would be when I could make it.
Ms. Native IS the Scallop Queen!

We havent been yet this year but a future trip would be a good excuse to go scout out the area.

Go Canes!!!

[The What]

Here is a question. How did human beings live without electricity or air conditioning? I am currently without either and sweating to death. DC area got a storm and lost power to a million people. I don't think I lost power for this long in Miami during a hurricane lol.

I see it was quite eventful the last couple of days at the space. Let's just get the season going.

To all who come on the space to troll. YOU SUCK. I bope you get stuck without electricity or airconditioning during the hottest days of the year.lol.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

j.w., I forget the name of the guy who got the offer out of camp last month that Skreetz put his name out as looking like he had earned it based on his performance over the course his time on campus, but Skreets had it called about 12 hours before it hit the news sources that supposedly Swami was pillaging for his, "prank," so there goes that idea.

Then no, "real reporter from a newspaper," would ever come on the blog again because of Swami's horrendous duping of the people who read here, two weeks later, Susan from the Herald, (that's still a newspaper right of local record?) you know, a beat writer, is on here doing just that, guess that's strike two.

Now Swami doesn't substantiate rumors that are, for the most part, irrelevant, at this juncture in the pre-season with sharing private exchanges shared with him in confidence and now that's supposed to be your proof, except Skreetz did comment on rumors, just not anything he wanted front skreetid, so back to the drawing board for the obsessed delusional? On second thought, let's make that a called strike three, go sit down and take off your (tin foil) helmet, nimrod.

Again, it's impossible to prove a negative, so at best, internet Bruce Wayne can at best prove Skreetz IS Swami!!!!!1!!! but can never prove Skreetz does not exist, the fact that whoever is so obsessed with the former instead of the latter is your circumstantial evidence that they have no clue either way and should be laughed at at every turn.

[CaneRock]

More on Riley's new Heat vision, LeBron, Heat free agency; Fins, Canes, Marlins

SUNDAY BUZZ COLUMN

### UM says that all of its new players have enrolled except highly-regarded receiver Angelo Jean-Louis (who is prep-school bound but plans to come to UM in January) and bruising running back Danny Dillard (status uncertain; he had been waiting on test scores recently). Former Westminster Christian two-sport standout David Thompson, who enrolled at UM in June, will miss several months after shoulder surgery but wasn't going to play in football games this season anyway. He will be fine for baseball season, and Jim Morris needs him.

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sports-buzz/2012/06/weekend-buzz-riley-dishes-on-his-new-vision-for-this-team-lebron-disease-of-me-fins-marlins.html#storylink=cpy

[j.w.]

OGV: The argument that Skreetz is just reporting what else is out there is so ridiculously stupid! Others might wish it were like that for their own selfish reasons, but please, he's always ahead of the curve.

[4-Real]

I HATE THE TIDE & THE GAYTORS!!! IF RAY RAY WAS OVER 21 HE WOULD MAKE THE LIST!!!

[CaneRock]

"Everybody's got a plan, till' they get hit in the mouth".

Happy Birthday "Iron" Mike Tyson!

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[myndraize]

Over the next few years it will be intresting to see how the big 3 play out,i proclaim things go back to its rightful way with the U taking its place among college football elite (TOP DOG) PHUCK FSWHO!

[Swami for CEO]

OGV, Ocala, Native, Raize, Sarasota and Six...

Old Skool and I are planning a weekend fishing retreat and scalloping trip to Crystal River or Steinhatchee in mid-August. Dates will likely be 8/10-11 or 8/24-25.

If you are interested in going email me. If there are other Central Florida Spacers that would be interested do the same: canespace86@aol.com.

[myndraize]

It truly is amazing that fswho hasn't been as dominate as there fans claim they are.They have had as many top 5 recruiting classes as anyone with nothing to show for it.M

[Swami for CEO]

Skool...the Penn State case is going to get worse before it gets better. And ugly too.

[Old Skool]

You knew it was coming ...

E-mail correspondence among senior Penn State officials suggests that Paterno influenced the university’s decision not to formally report the accusation against Sandusky to the child welfare authorities

http://littleurl.info/mtk

[2002nemo]

Just to keep the record straight, UM ranks 7th in the ACC.

[elliott]

Talks about being first...

I was first like 7 times in the history of Canespace ans still rock my old Orange Canespace shirt here in NC.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Hey! It's an article showing The Don continues to excel at doing her job over her time in the big chair! Now if only the AD would emulate her lead, we'd be going someplace.

My favorite part about Skreetz deniers, they'll take absolute liberties with the definition of news despite the complete lack of it to disprove the man's existence. So let me get this right, he just reports what's already reported elsewhere, thus proving he doesn't exist, but then doesn't, "report," that which is only rumor elsewhere, thus also confirming he doesn't exist. Certifiably indeed, sounds like reasoning skills acquired at a #58 or lower ranked USN institute of learning.

[Swami for CEO]

Just keep up the hard work on the blog!

Posted by: Texcane | June 30, 2012 at 12:55 PM

U got it!

[Texcane]

Swami I'm good. I've had a couple firsts every yr for 4 yrs now. Just keep up the hard work on the blog!

[Ohio_Cane]

Can't beat a little rumor mongering to start the weekend! Lol

[AfriCane]

what up gang? i miss u all! NY is cane city over here.

[Hassan]

Scummy my IQ is higher than you can dream and do U really think skreetz would put that stuff out in public?

[Swami for CEO]

Tex...U know what to do right?

4-Real...I like the new U, not so dire or serious and able to LOL when needed. I loved your comment on the last: "Da Skreetz must have slept with Scummy's Mummy."

That's good stuff right there!

[4-Real]

# 1 in the classroom, and soon 2 be # 1 on the grid iron.....unless Golden continues 2 f-around with those fn $ 59 dollar recruits!!! Just kidding Space! U know I gotta get the party started CEO :)

[Ohio_Cane]

Been golfing this morning. Nice 1st, Tex!

[Texcane]

That was a layup...where is everybody?

[Texcane]

Boom!