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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #24 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
80.8 | 71.9 | 94.2 | 72.1 |
| #24 |
University of Chicago
United States |
80.8 | 77.3 | 89.8 | 62.3 |
| #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 |
| #21 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
82.4 | 77.9 | 95.5 | 52.2 |
| #19 |
Northwestern University
United States |
82.6 | 78.7 | 88.7 | 78.1 |
| #19 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
82.6 | 78.5 | 92.5 | 63.5 |
| #18 |
McGill University
Canada |
82.9 | 80.4 | 89.8 | 67.5 |
| #17 |
University of Michigan
United States |
83.1 | 80.5 | 82.0 | 100.0 |
| #16 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
83.2 | 82.3 | 86.2 | 75.6 |
| #15 |
Peking University
China |
83.3 | 78.7 | 96.3 | 54.5 |
| #14 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
84.0 | 79.3 | 90.7 | 81.0 |
| #13 |
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands |
84.1 | 83.6 | 82.4 | 92.9 |
| #12 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
84.2 | 88.4 | 79.5 | 82.0 |
| #11 |
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil |
85.0 | 92.2 | 82.1 | 60.9 |
| #10 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
85.7 | 79.1 | 96.7 | 74.9 |
| #9 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
86.7 | 83.1 | 98.9 | 56.1 |
| #8 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
87.3 | 89.2 | 87.0 | 79.4 |
| #7 |
Yale University
United States |
88.2 | 89.1 | 90.5 | 74.0 |
| #6 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
88.9 | 82.1 | 95.5 | 96.5 |
| #5 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
89.7 | 88.2 | 96.2 | 71.0 |
| #4 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
90.7 | 93.5 | 87.6 | 89.0 |
| #3 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
91.2 | 88.4 | 100.0 | 69.5 |
| #2 |
Columbia University
United States |
92.2 | 93.2 | 93.6 | 81.6 |
| #1 |
Stanford University
United States |
94.8 | 93.6 | 99.3 | 82.8 |
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