UMES ranks as the nation’s 22nd HBCU, according to reports

county-based university — has been rated the twenty-second best h-b-c-u in the u-s. this is the same position it received in 2007 — when the publication started comparing institutions. we’re told u-m-e-s has been rated the ninth best public institution in the h-b-c-u category. in a statement — university president juliette bell says quote “the ranking is a reflection of a tremendous amount of hard work that our dedicated faculty and staff — as well as our students — put into making our institution one that can measure up favorably with the best of the best.” end quote in the last school year — u-m-e-s reportedly awarded seven-hundred and sixty-eight degrees. that’s the most in one academic year — in the school’s history. staying in somerset county – according to the board of education — anywhere