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U.S News and World Report ranked the McCombs School of Business the sixth best business program in its 2010 survey of undergraduate programs. McCombs is tied for third among public schools, and this marks the 11th year in a row for McCombs to place seventh or higher in the U.S. News rankings.

The accounting program came in at number one for the fourth year in a row. McCombs ranked in the top 10 in 11 out of 12 specialties. Only 10 schools in the nation have five or more top-10 specialty rankings. McCombs and the University of Pennsylvania are the only schools with more than 10 specialties ranked in the top 10.

All McCombs specialty rankings:

Accounting:  1
Entrepreneurship:  9
Finance:  6
Insurance/Risk Management:  7
International Business:  8
Management: 4 (tie)
MIS:  4
Marketing:  3
Production/Operations Management:  8
Quantitative Analysis:  10
Real Estate:  10
Supply Chain Management/ Logistics: 12 (tie)

The University of Texas came in at 47th in the university rankings.

U.S. News and World report rankings are based 100 percent on peer assessment. Deans and directors are asked to rate the quality of programs they are familiar with on a scale of 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished). On the specialty rankings, they are asked to nominate (but not rank) up to 10 of the best programs in each specialty.