Best Universities for Journalism and Digital Media in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Journalism and Digital Media. A graph of 8.2M citations received by 369K academic papers made by 1,510 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Stanford University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

2. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

3. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

5. Pennsylvania State University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

6. University of Texas at Austin

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

7. Harvard University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

8. University of California - Berkeley

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

9. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

10. Cornell University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

11. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

12. University of Washington - Seattle

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

13. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

14. Michigan State University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

15. Carnegie Mellon University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

16. Columbia University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

17. University of California - Los Angeles

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

18. University of Maryland - College Park

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

19. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

20. University of Oxford

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

21. University of Pennsylvania

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

22. Northwestern University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

23. University of Southern California

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

24. University of Toronto

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

25. University of Amsterdam

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

26. University of Arizona

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

27. Yale University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

28. New York University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

29. University of California - Irvine

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

30. University of Florida

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

31. Johns Hopkins University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

32. Ohio State University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

33. Duke University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

34. University of California-San Diego

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

35. University of Chicago

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

36. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

37. Nanyang Technological University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

38. University of Cambridge

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

39. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

40. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

41. Tsinghua University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

42. California Institute of Technology

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

43. University of California - San Francisco

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

44. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

45. University of Tokyo

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

46. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

47. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

48. University of Sydney

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

49. University College London

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

50. Princeton University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

51. University of British Columbia

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

52. University of Alberta

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

53. University of Melbourne

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

54. National University of Singapore

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

55. University of Pittsburgh

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

56. University of Hong Kong

For Journalism and Digital Media

#5 in Asia
#2 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

57. Kyoto University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#6 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Male:Female
76:24
Founded
1897

58. University of Utah

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

59. University of Colorado Boulder

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

60. University of California - Davis

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

61. University of Queensland

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

62. University of Kentucky

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

63. Queensland University of Technology

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1989

64. University at Buffalo

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

66. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

67. University of Groningen

For Journalism and Digital Media

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

68. KAIST

For Journalism and Digital Media

#7 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

69. Catholic University of Leuven

For Journalism and Digital Media

#7 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

70. Simon Fraser University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1965

71. University of Georgia

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

72. University of Notre Dame

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

73. University of Helsinki

For Journalism and Digital Media

#8 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

74. University of Iowa

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

75. University of Zurich

For Journalism and Digital Media

#9 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

76. Syracuse University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,651

77. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

78. University of Ottawa

For Journalism and Digital Media

#5 in Canada
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

79. University of Virginia

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

80. University of Kansas

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

82. McGill University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

83. University of South Florida

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

84. Peking University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#8 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

85. Fudan University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#9 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

86. Zhejiang University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#10 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

87. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Journalism and Digital Media

#11 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

88. Purdue University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

89. Osaka University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#12 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

90. Chinese University of Hong Kong

For Journalism and Digital Media

#13 in Asia
#6 in China
Founded
1963

91. Boston University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

92. Monash University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

93. Iowa State University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

94. George Washington University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

95. Washington University in St Louis

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

97. University of Alabama

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
87%

98. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

99. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

100. University of Rochester

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775