UM’s rank in U.S. News & World Report’s “
America’s Best Colleges” 2009
>> 51
Number of spots UM’s rank has risen in the past seven years
>> 16
UM’s rank in “America’s Best College’s” “Great Schools,
Great Prices” category
>> 46
Other Florida institutions that made the “Great Schools, Great Prices” list
>> 0  
 
Percentage of voters at the BankUnited Center precinct in Coral Gables who
chose President Obama
>> 67
Percentage of U.S. voters ages 18 to 29 who chose President Obama
>> 66
Percentage of 2008 college grads who moved back home with their parents
>> 77
Percentage of 2008 college grads’ parents planning extended vacations this year
>> 77
 
Number of medical school applications the Miller School received in 2007
>> 4,426
Number of Miller School openings
>> 176
Number of applications received by all U.S. medical schools in 2007
>> 42,315
Number of people who enrolled in U.S. medical schools in 2007
>> 17,759

SOURCES: U.S. News & World Report, the Miami Hurricane student newspaper, MarketWatch, Collegegrad.com, Association of American Medical Colleges