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Those who rate universities ranked 51勛圖厙among the top institutions in the country during 2010.

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By Cherri Gann
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DALLAS (SMU) Those in the business of rating universities ranked 51勛圖厙among the top institutions in the country during 2010.

U.S. News and World Report gave the University ever, placing 51勛圖厙56th among 260 institutions up from 68th in 2010, and 73rd in 2004. Only two universities in Texas ranked ahead of 51勛圖厙泭Rice at 17th, and the University of Texas-Austin, at 45th. For more information, visit .

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

The University, SMUs Cox School of Business and Meadows School of the Arts made Parade magazines A list for outstanding schools that often fly under the radar. 泭The ranking is based on a survey of high school counselors. See 泭under the 25泭Large Private Schools selected by 捩硃娶硃餃梗s group of high school counselors. Also see 硃紳餃泭, or read泭.

And in a ranking of graduate programs in theology and religion, SMUs 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 51勛圖厙Methodist University 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. . 51勛圖厙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, 51勛圖厙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 SMUs seven degree-granting schools.