一、美国传媒专业排名情况分析
名列新闻与大众传播专业本科前五名的大学是：University of Missouri-Columbia， Northwestern University， Syracuse University， University of Minnesota， University of Illinois-Urbana- Champaign。
名列新闻研究生院的前五名是：Columbia University， Northwestern University， University of Missouri-Columbia， University of Minnesota-Twin Cities， University of Illinois-Urbana- Champain。
二、专业方向排名
1、应用传播学：包括健康传播学，， 公共关系学 APPLIED COMMUNICATION - Includes Health Communication， Political Communication， and Public Relations. 1 University of Pennsylvania - Annenberg School for Communication
2 University of Texas， Austin - Speech Communication Department
3 Indiana University - Speech Communication Department
4 University of Maryland， College Park
5 Purdue University
6 Michigan State University - Communication Department
7 Stanford University
8 Northwestern University - Department of Communication Studies
8 University of Arizona
10 University of Southern California - Annenberg School for Communication
11 University of Oklahoma
12 University of Illinois， Urbana-Champaign - Speech Communication Department
13 University of Kentucky
14 Arizona State University
15 Michigan State University - Mass Media #. Program
16 Ohio University - Interpersonal Communication Department
17 Pennsylvania State University
18 University of South Florida
19 University of Georgia - Speech Communication Department
20 University of California， Santa Barbara
2、传播教育COMMUNICATION EDUCATION
1 West Virginia University
2 University of Washington
3 Indiana University - Speech Communication Department
4 Pennsylvania State University
5 University of Nebraska， Lincoln
6 University of Oklahoma
7 Kent State University
8 Southern Illinois University， Carbondale
9 Northwestern University - Department of Radio-TV-Film
10 University of Missouri， Columbia
11 Wayne State University
12 University of New Mexico
13 New York University
14 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
15 University of Tennessee， Knoxville
3、传播学理论与研究 COMMUNICATION THEORY & RESEARCH - Includes Nonverbal Communication， Family Communication，Persuasion，Interpersonal Communication， and Small Group Communication
1 University of Texas， Austin - Speech Communication Department
2 University of Illinois， Urbana-Champaign - Speech Communication Department
3 Michigan State University - Communication Department
4 University of Wisconsin， Madison
5 University of Arizona
6 University of Iowa
7 Purdue University
8 Northwestern University - Department of Communication Studies
9 University of California， Santa Barbara
10 University of Pennsylvania - Annenberg School for Communication
4、媒介研究与文化批评CRITICAL-CULTURAL/MEDIA STUDIES
1 University of Pennsylvania - Annenberg School for Communication
2 University of Illinois， Urbana-Champaign - Institute of Communications
3 University of Texas， Austin - Department of Radio-TV-Film
4 University of Iowa
5 University of Wisconsin， Madison
6 Northwestern University - Department of Radio-TV-Film
7 University of Southern California - Annenberg School for Communication
8 University of Massachusetts， Amherst
9 University of Utah
10 University of California， San Diego
5、跨文化传播INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
1 Arizona State University
2 University of Hawaii， Manoa 3 Howard University
3 University of New Mexico
5 University of Texas， Austin - Speech Communication Department
6 University of Oklahoma
7 University of Washington
8 University of California， Santa Barbara
9 University of California， San Diego
10 University of Southern California - Annenberg School for Communication
6、组织传播ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
1 Purdue University
2 University of Texas， Austin - Speech Communication Department
3 University of Colorado， Boulder
4 Michigan State University - Communication Department
5 University of Southern California - Annenberg School for Communication
6 University of Utah
7 University of Illinois， Urbana-Champagne - Speech Communication Department
8 University of Kansas
9 Arizona State University
10 Rutgers University