World's Best Universities
Communication and Media Studies
Students pursuing communication and media studies learn how information is disseminated, what makes people respond to different messages, and which forces influence this process. A degree in communication and media studies prepares students for careers such as journalism, marketing, public relations, screenwriting, or speech pathology. These are the world's top universities for communication and media studies. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #49 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
73.5 | 62.3 | 90.3 | 62.4 |
| #38 |
Tsinghua University
China |
76.5 | 63.9 | 96.7 | 58.3 |
| #33 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
78.4 | 64.3 | 96.6 | 75.6 |
| #50 |
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom |
73.0 | 64.8 | 83.2 | 73.3 |
| #44 |
Ewha Womans University
South Korea |
74.1 | 65.8 | 85.4 | 70.4 |
| #48 | 73.6 | 66.3 | 83.9 | 69.0 | |
| #46 |
Aarhus University
Denmark |
73.8 | 66.7 | 84.9 | 64.4 |
| #43 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
75.1 | 66.7 | 85.7 | 74.9 |
| #40 |
Waseda University
Japan |
75.6 | 67.5 | 94.6 | 40.5 |
| #47 |
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
United States |
73.7 | 67.7 | 78.8 | 82.9 |
| #45 |
Georgetown University
United States |
74.0 | 69.2 | 78.9 | 78.3 |
| #31 |
Fudan University
China |
78.6 | 70.0 | 92.1 | 67.3 |
| #30 |
Monash University
Australia |
78.9 | 70.2 | 92.1 | 69.8 |
| #41 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
75.5 | 71.6 | 81.5 | 71.1 |
| #24 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
80.8 | 71.9 | 94.2 | 72.1 |
| #34 |
Cornell University
United States |
78.2 | 72.3 | 85.7 | 78.1 |
| #39 |
University of Copenhagen
Denmark |
76.4 | 73.1 | 84.5 | 60.8 |
| #42 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
United States |
75.2 | 74.1 | 73.7 | 86.5 |
| #23 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
81.5 | 75.8 | 91.2 | 71.6 |
| #22 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
81.7 | 75.8 | 93.3 | 64.7 |
| #37 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
77.1 | 76.4 | 75.0 | 88.5 |
| #32 |
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom |
78.5 | 76.7 | 84.4 | 64.2 |
| #28 |
Michigan State University (MSU)
United States |
79.3 | 77.2 | 79.6 | 88.9 |
| #24 |
University of Chicago
United States |
80.8 | 77.3 | 89.8 | 62.3 |
| #21 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
82.4 | 77.9 | 95.5 | 52.2 |
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