FL7

sorry if this question has been repeated a lot

HOBYNC

Well, it depends on what area of communications. I can help you with journalism. Northwestern's Medill, GW's SMPA, UNC, and Missouri are the best for undergrad. For grad school, you want Columbia.
Many schools offer communication majors, but there is always one area of emphasis over others. You will need to check into that to see if it is in line with your interests. For example, Furman has one of the nation's experts in political communications- along with the Riley Institute. Vandy has a strong speech/comm program as do some other LACs. But check into the school, and see what courses are available. Also, BU has a great program for undergrads!

collegehelp

here are some schools with relatively large communications/journalism programs


university, SAT 75th percentile, total bachelors graduates, number of communications graduates, proportion of communications graduates

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 1500 1999 380 0.19
BOSTON UNIVERSITY 1390 3991 723 0.18
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY 1280 1549 247 0.16
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY 1310 800 124 0.16
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY 1290 1604 220 0.14
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 1320 2798 380 0.14
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 1240 7783 1039 0.13
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 1340 8917 1187 0.13
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 1350 1291 161 0.12
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY 1300 1397 174 0.12
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER 1230 931 116 0.12
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA 1280 4086 471 0.12
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY 1290 2296 249 0.11
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-BLOOMINGTON 1220 6172 661 0.11
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER 1280 5196 574 0.11
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 1240 4015 437 0.11
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 1410 4492 427 0.1
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 1360 8574 844 0.1
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 1350 2155 205 0.1
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1440 4344 429 0.1
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY 1410 1000 101 0.1
BOSTON COLLEGE 1410 2223 200 0.09
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1290 9134 854 0.09

drj

while it's true that smaller programs that are good specialize in one or two areas such as political communication others are truly comprehensive with strong programs across the board. missouri, syracuse, texas, and USC are such programs wherein you might migrate, say, from photojournalism to advertising or public relations and not lose much.

pateta00

Sorry but need to ask again...What about the radio tv film major which universities are good(I'VE BEEN ASKING THIS FOREVER BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW)

Hummer Guy

Most people don't realize it...but Florida State University has a good Comm program -- it's pretty selective program -- only about 50% of FSU students who think their comm majors their fist two years get in..

Drew00

Bowling Green's good for rhetoric.

drj

okay pateta, here are some good ones: miami, missouri, northwestern, emerson, boston u., southern cal, florida.

citrine

what about marketing/ communications?

drj

i'd place northwestern at the top as this began with don schultz there.
other strong ones are texas, syracuse, and michigan state.

JWT86

UT-Austin is very strong

JEZ21

UMiami, FSU, Northwestern

Weskid

pateta: Wesleyan, Vassar, Columbia all have strong film studies majors, if that's the kind of thing you're looking for.

drj

while pateta's question is more than two years old there should be a point of clarification for readers. there is a distinct difference between cinema programs which focus upon issues such as genre and criticism and so called broadcast programs that focus more on television news. some programs blend the two but many others don't. in fact, the former often rest within a liberal arts college while the latter are found more often in colleges of communication and journalism.

Hoo

Getting a masters in Comm right now from Johns Hopkins...small program and very intense but JHU doesn't have an undergraduate program for Comm. I want to apply for a PHD, so I am more interested in going into academia and research (so if you want professional knowledge maybe my list is not great) but from what I hear the big wigs in comm are:

1.) UPenn. This is absolutely the best comm program in the U.S. Extremely competitive and always ranked #1 for PHD programs.
2.) USC. Also very competitive and quite prestigious.
3.) Stanford
4.) Columbia. Probably up there with the rest or perhaps just after UPenn. Can't go wrong here (however I don't think they have a comm. major, just journalism for undergrads. Might be wrong)
5.) Texas
6.) Cornell
7.) Wisconsin
8.) Maryland
9.) UCSD
10.) NYU
-also, UNC-chapel hill, drawing a blank on other places but they are definitely out there. O yeah Northwestern should be near at the top of that list.

FYI, for undergrad, comm. academics and professionals don't usually major in communications. I would recommend just majoring in history or something you like and plan on getting a masters later in life. That's just my opinion...