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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #50 |
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom |
73.0 | 64.8 | 83.2 | 73.3 |
| #7 |
Yale University
United States |
88.2 | 89.1 | 90.5 | 74.0 |
| #43 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
75.1 | 66.7 | 85.7 | 74.9 |
| #10 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
85.7 | 79.1 | 96.7 | 74.9 |
| #16 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
83.2 | 82.3 | 86.2 | 75.6 |
| #33 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
78.4 | 64.3 | 96.6 | 75.6 |
| #35 |
University of Florida
United States |
77.8 | 79.6 | 75.8 | 76.3 |
| #34 |
Cornell University
United States |
78.2 | 72.3 | 85.7 | 78.1 |
| #19 |
Northwestern University
United States |
82.6 | 78.7 | 88.7 | 78.1 |
| #45 |
Georgetown University
United States |
74.0 | 69.2 | 78.9 | 78.3 |
| #8 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
87.3 | 89.2 | 87.0 | 79.4 |
| #14 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
84.0 | 79.3 | 90.7 | 81.0 |
| #2 |
Columbia University
United States |
92.2 | 93.2 | 93.6 | 81.6 |
| #12 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
84.2 | 88.4 | 79.5 | 82.0 |
| #1 |
Stanford University
United States |
94.8 | 93.6 | 99.3 | 82.8 |
| #47 |
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
United States |
73.7 | 67.7 | 78.8 | 82.9 |
| #42 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
United States |
75.2 | 74.1 | 73.7 | 86.5 |
| #29 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
79.1 | 81.5 | 73.9 | 88.1 |
| #36 |
University of Southern California (USC)
United States |
77.6 | 80.2 | 71.6 | 88.2 |
| #37 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
77.1 | 76.4 | 75.0 | 88.5 |
| #28 |
Michigan State University (MSU)
United States |
79.3 | 77.2 | 79.6 | 88.9 |
| #4 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
90.7 | 93.5 | 87.6 | 89.0 |
| #13 |
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands |
84.1 | 83.6 | 82.4 | 92.9 |
| #6 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
88.9 | 82.1 | 95.5 | 96.5 |
| #17 |
University of Michigan
United States |
83.1 | 80.5 | 82.0 | 100.0 |
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