<p>I am currently a junior in high school, interested in majoring in journalism/communications and am wondering if anyone can point to the colleges that have great journalism/communications departments and programs.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>University of Texas at Austin
Northwestern Universitiy
University of Missouri (Columbia)
Syracuse</p>
<p>Syracuse
University of Maryland - College Park
Towson University (broadcast/electonic media/public relations are stronger programs here than traditional "print" media journalism)</p>
<p>Absolutely, Missouri</p>
<p>columbia, concordia</p>
<p>Northwestern is uniquely situated in that it has arguably the best program in both of those.</p>
<p>Columbia, Northwestern, and USC.</p>
<p>Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>Communications = Boston University. i think howard stern graduated from there</p>
<p>Also Emerson and Northeastern as safeties.</p>
<p>I can't believe UNC-Chapel Hill hasn't been mentioned.</p>
<p>Syracuse is one of the best. Northwestern, Mizzou and UNC are good as well.</p>
<p>Ohio University the best journalism school in the country.</p>
<p>Okay, I've always heard of Mizzou being great for journalism, but is that really true?
My newspaper adviser has always told our staff that's not the case. Acording to him, since so many journalism majors are there, it's hard to get first-hand experience on their publications and personal attention. I did some research, which led me to believe that his claims hold some truth.
If you don't meet certain requirements when you apply, you are let in as a pre-journalism major and aren't even guranteed to graduate from the journalism school. You're also stuck in huge classes. </p>
<p>As another student who is interested in journalism, I really want to learn more about this. Does anyone know how Mizzou's program really is? Are things better if you are in honors journalism?</p>
<p>For journalism, Mizzou and Northwestern are widely considered the two best (although Northwestern is in a bit of chaos right now from what I've heard). UNC, Syracuse, Wisconsin, Michigan, Maryland, Texas, and Ohio are very good as well. Columbia is the most recognized name for graduate school, but I don't believe they have an undergraduate program.</p>
<p>aaah ha, I don't attend Mizzou but it's one of my top choices so I'll help as much as I can. In order to get into the journalism school as a freshman you need to meet one of the following 3 requirements:</p>
<p>-1280 or better on SAT (Mizzou doesn't use writing in admissions)
-29 or better on ACT
-Top 10% of high school class</p>
<p>When i went to Meet Mizzou Day in February, the speaker for the Journalism school said that the only significant difference between the pre-journalism students and those admitted as freshmen is that the pre-journalism students don't have as much access to merit scholarship money. If you maintain a 3.0 GPA for two semesters then you're admitted to the J-school automatically, so it isn't too difficult to get into the school by the beginning of your sophomore year. Also, to get into the Honors College, you need to meet the ACT or SAT requirement AND the class rank requirement, or you can write an appeal essay for admission. </p>
<p>I don't know enough to address your other concerns, but I would post your questions in the Mizzou forum here at CC. There are people there that would be happy to answer your questions.</p>
<p>Forgot about a couple other good journalism schools: Indiana, Boston U, Florida, and Georgia.</p>
<p>Medill (Northwestern) is in a bit of a tizzy because of their new 2020 focus, which prepares students for using emerging types of media (re: TEH INTERNETZ). If you're looking for a strict print background, Medill probably isn't for you. </p>
<p>That being said, lots of good journalists did not major in journalism while in college. If being a journalism major is your goal, obviously don't abandon it, but remember that lots of top tier schools don't have journalism majors, but produce fine journalists.</p>
<p>Syracuse (Newhouse), Arizona State (Cronkite), Washington State University (Murrow), NorthWestern (Medill), Ithaca College.</p>
<p>Why has no one mentioned that the best journalism schools are GRADUATE programs. That includes Columbia University, where I believe the journalism master's was condensed into a 1 or 2-year program. By the way, it's not Mizzou (Columbia, Mo) that has the great reputation for Journalism studies, it's U of Missouri-Kansas City. I'll also second the fne reputations of Syracuse and Washington State Universities.</p>
<p>University of Southern California...Annenberg School for Communications
Excellent programs in both print and broadcast journalism. It is located in a huge media center, with great opportunities for internships.</p>