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Communication & Journalism

The "Our Alumni Control the Media" Mafia

World-renowned, hyper-specialized journalism and PR factories that serve as direct pipelines to the New York Times, top global agencies, and your TV screen.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	470	9%	33% / 67%	10%	$69,572	—
2	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Evanston, IL	242	7%	25% / 75%	7%	$66,316	—
3	Boston University Boston, MA	Boston, MA	264	13%	23% / 77%	29%	$74,568	—
4	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	Columbia, MO	624	72%	34% / 66%	2%	$70,886	—
5	Columbia University New York, NY	New York, NY	—	4%	—	—	—	—
6	New York University New York, NY	New York, NY	634	8%	30% / 70%	10%	$70,846	—
7	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	Syracuse, NY	409	35%	43% / 57%	11%	$66,745	—
8	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill, NC	465	16%	26% / 74%	2%	$71,843	—

Too Prestigious for an Undergraduate PR Degree

Ivy League and elite institutions that prefer to theorize heavily about the sociological impact of media rather than stoop to teaching you how to pitch a press release.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Berkeley, CA	226	11%	27% / 73%	15%	$82,627	—
2	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	228	9%	18% / 82%	7%	—	—
3	Yale University New Haven, CT	New Haven, CT	—	4%	—	—	—	—
4	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	Chicago, IL	10	5%	50% / 50%	0%	—	—
5	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD	8	5%	63% / 38%	25%	—	—
6	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Notre Dame, IN	—	9%	—	—	—	—
7	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	—	3%	—	—	—	—
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	—	5%	—	—	—	—
9	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Ithaca, NY	75	7%	32% / 68%	11%	$83,069	—
10	Duke University Durham, NC	Durham, NC	—	5%	—	—	—	—
11	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh, PA	1	11%	0% / 100%	0%	—	—
12	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia, PA	75	4%	23% / 77%	4%	$89,534	—
13	Brown University Providence, RI	Providence, RI	—	5%	—	—	—	—
14	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	Charlottesville, VA	116	13%	20% / 80%	3%	$78,832	—
15	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Stanford, CA	19	4%	47% / 53%	5%	$150,631	—

State-Funded Media Monoliths

Massive, well-funded public flagships pumping thousands of highly capable, work-hard-play-hard comms grads into the corporate and journalistic wild every single year.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	Tuscaloosa, AL	542	75%	32% / 68%	0%	$63,310	—
2	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	Tempe, AZ	613	88%	42% / 58%	2%	$62,099	—
3	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	Gainesville, FL	296	23%	26% / 74%	3%	$63,471	—
4	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	Champaign, IL	226	43%	43% / 57%	4%	$69,694	—
5	Indiana University - Bloomington Bloomington, IN	Bloomington, IN	453	72%	34% / 66%	4%	$69,370	—
6	University of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD	College Park, MD	361	42%	35% / 65%	1%	$70,660	—
7	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	Ann Arbor, MI	211	15%	22% / 78%	10%	$86,506	—
8	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	East Lansing, MI	403	65%	40% / 60%	7%	$69,657	—
9	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	Columbus, OH	500	53%	40% / 60%	8%	$68,391	—
10	University of Washington Seattle, WA	Seattle, WA	415	44%	29% / 71%	21%	$63,117	—
11	Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA	University Park, PA	631	55%	32% / 68%	12%	$68,608	—
12	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Austin, TX	531	25%	19% / 81%	2%	$77,657	—
13	University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI	Madison, WI	407	43%	29% / 71%	12%	$67,804	—

Solidly Upper-Middle-Class Comm Degrees

Highly respected research universities where you will get a genuinely great media education, even if the school itself is technically famous for medicine, engineering, or freezing winters.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	University of California, Davis Davis, CA	Davis, CA	258	37%	29% / 71%	19%	$67,042	—
2	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	Irvine, CA	33	21%	21% / 79%	0%	—	—
3	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA	La Jolla, CA	220	24%	36% / 64%	18%	$57,842	—
4	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	Santa Barbara, CA	597	26%	30% / 70%	6%	$65,360	—
5	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	Boulder, CO	648	75%	36% / 64%	2%	$69,944	—
6	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	Storrs, CT	299	49%	43% / 57%	11%	$65,991	—
7	George Washington University Washington, DC	Washington, DC	99	28%	29% / 71%	3%	$79,375	—
8	Georgetown University Washington, DC	Washington, DC	—	9%	—	—	—	—
9	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	Tallahassee, FL	98	23%	12% / 88%	1%	$62,093	—
10	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	Coral Gables, FL	182	17%	24% / 76%	9%	$66,292	—
11	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	Chestnut Hill, MA	172	14%	28% / 72%	13%	$75,294	—
12	Northeastern University Boston, MA	Boston, MA	158	5%	18% / 82%	16%	$68,195	—
13	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	Eugene, OR	283	78%	31% / 69%	1%	$60,147	—
14	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh, PA	65	45%	32% / 68%	0%	$61,039	—
15	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia, PA	366	55%	42% / 58%	2%	$56,395	—
16	University of South Carolina Columbia, SC	Columbia, SC	186	55%	25% / 75%	0%	$64,381	—
17	Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX	College Station, TX	567	47%	20% / 80%	0%	$63,493	—
18	Purdue University West Lafayette, IN	West Lafayette, IN	136	50%	29% / 71%	7%	$77,630	—

Local News Anchors

Scrappy, highly practical programs that absolutely dominate their local media markets and are quietly plotting national takeovers from the inside out.