Best Universities for Journalism and Digital Media in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Journalism and Digital Media. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 1,286 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
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

3. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

4. Pennsylvania State University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

5. Michigan State University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

6. University of Texas at Austin

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

7. University of Washington - Seattle

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

8. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

10. Carnegie Mellon University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

11. Cornell University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

12. Harvard University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

13. University of Maryland - College Park

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

14. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

15. University of Pennsylvania

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

16. University of California - Berkeley

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

17. University of Southern California

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

18. Columbia University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

19. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

20. University of Amsterdam

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

21. University of Toronto

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

22. University of Arizona

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

23. Nanyang Technological University

For Journalism and Digital Media

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

24. University of California - Los Angeles

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

25. New York University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

26. University of Oxford

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

27. Tsinghua University

For Journalism and Digital Media

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

28. Ohio State University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

29. University of Florida

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

30. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

31. Northwestern University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

32. University of Cambridge

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

33. University of Sydney

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

34. Duke University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

35. University of California - Irvine

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

36. Yale University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

37. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

38. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

39. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

40. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

41. University of Melbourne

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

42. Queensland University of Technology

For Journalism and Digital Media

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

43. Simon Fraser University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
59%
Founded
1965

44. University of Chicago

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

45. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
79%

46. University of British Columbia

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

47. Chinese University of Hong Kong

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Asia
#2 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1963

48. University of California-San Diego

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

49. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

50. National University of Singapore

For Journalism and Digital Media

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

51. University of Kentucky

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
94%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
94%

52. University of Pittsburgh

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

53. University of Colorado Boulder

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

54. University of Tokyo

For Journalism and Digital Media

#5 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

55. Johns Hopkins University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

56. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

57. University College London

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

58. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

59. Boston University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

60. KAIST

For Journalism and Digital Media

#6 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

61. Cardiff University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1997

62. George Washington University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$31,240

63. Syracuse University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,545

65. University of South Florida

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
99%

66. University of Alberta

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

67. Zhejiang University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#7 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

68. Princeton University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

69. University of Sheffield

For Journalism and Digital Media

#7 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

70. City University of Hong Kong

For Journalism and Digital Media

#8 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1984

71. University of New South Wales

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

72. University of Iowa

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

74. University of Kansas

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
86%

75. University of Groningen

For Journalism and Digital Media

#9 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

76. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
72%

77. Peking University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#9 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

78. University of Helsinki

For Journalism and Digital Media

#10 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

79. California Institute of Technology

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,162
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$47,556

80. Monash University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

81. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Journalism and Digital Media

#10 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

82. University of Queensland

For Journalism and Digital Media

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

83. University of Alabama

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
85%

84. King's College London

For Journalism and Digital Media

#11 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1829

85. University of Ottawa

For Journalism and Digital Media

#5 in Canada
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

86. Taylor's University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#11 in Asia
#1 in Malaysia
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
1969

87. University of California - Davis

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

88. Boston College

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,159

90. University of Zurich

For Journalism and Digital Media

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

91. University of North Texas

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1125
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
63%

92. McGill University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

93. Deakin University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#8 in Oceania
#7 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
34,616
Founded
1974

94. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#12 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1937

96. Wuhan University

For Journalism and Digital Media

#13 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893

97. University at Buffalo

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
84%

98. University of Utah

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

99. University of Copenhagen

For Journalism and Digital Media

#14 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

100. Purdue University

For Journalism and Digital Media

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
73%