SEEKING A CAREER IN MEDIA AND VIDEO PRODUCTION? CHECK OUT THESE TOP 30 COMMUNICATIONS COLLEGES!

Placing at seventh on College Factual, ninth on Niche.com, 30th on QS, but not featuring on College Magazine and Business Insider is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prominent media figures have given the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill lots of funding. For example, the entrepreneur Frank Andrews  at the school, which will give participating students everything they need to make an impact on the media world. And because of other funding,  $1.99 million in scholarships in 2017-2018.

Berkeley ranks at 25th on College Factual, 30th on Niche.com, 13th on Business Insider and sixth on QS. The college's media school is called the t. As the title implies, this means that the college's media specialism is cinema. It's been teaching film since 1976, and this specialism is really paying off for students. For instance, a recent graduate of film and media studies has been selected for . Also, Its faculty members earn numerous awards, such as Professor Anne Nesbet, who .

Located just over 100 miles from Hollywood, University of California, San Diego is a strong rival to the Los Angeles based colleges. It places at 12th on College Factual, 54th on Niche.com and 18th on QS. While it doesn't feature on Business Insider or College Magazine, the University of California, San Diego's communication department has a range of other distinctions that make it worthy of inclusion on this list. Two current professors are of the MacArthur Genius Award. Another professor  the ICQI Qualitative Book Award. And the college is really teaching students the cutting-edge of media. For example,  are now being used in their classes.

Syracuse University is College Magazine's number one media college. Niche.com places it at 23rd best. These two placements are significant, as both rely heavily on student-generated reviews in their rankings. QS places this college between 51st and 100th. It doesn't make Business Insider or College Factual's lists. It's located in Upstate New York but has strong ties with the media hubs surrounding it. It has a range of impressive  that benefit students, such as with the W20 Group Center for Social Commerce, The Eric Mower Advertising Forum, and PAN Communications.

Coming within the top 25 of three methodology lists is University of Wisconsin Madison. It's 24th on College Factual, fifth on QS and 15th on Niche.com. The college , "a near equal mix of practical training and enrichment courses," which produces, "critical thinkers, problem solvers, and innovators - the kind of graduates employers are eager to hire." This statement is backed up with an incredible fact: no less than have won Pulitzer Prizes to date.

University of California, Santa Barbara ranks at 13th on College Factual, joint 18th on QS and 27th on Niche.com. And the college is poised to rise in these rankings in future years, as it's constantly innovating. For example, it just a new cutting-edge sound mixing program. And alumni from the University of California, Santa Barbara go on to receive top honors. For instance, alumni Lisa Bruce and Scott Frank . Professors at the university also gain incredible recognition for their work. This includes Professor Robin Nabi,  the Mass Communication Division Award for Theory from the 2018 International Communication Association.

Ranking at 34th on Niche.com, 24th on QS and 11th on College Factual, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign is an exciting prospect for any young person wanting to enter media. The college the chance to "learn how to develop content that is informative, strategic, accurate, persuasive, entertaining, creative, targeted and shareable through any media platform" And the college has some incredible resources that lead to hands-on media experience. For example, it has , which produces TV, radio and online content with students and industry experts.

The Ohio State University comes in at 33rd on Niche.com, 21st on QS and 22nd on College Factual. Also, CWUR  Ohio State University as the number one US college for teaching communication. One thing that may be appealing to many students is the college's communication school's socially active faculty. For example, Professor Brad Bushman recently  with the White House regarding media violence. Lastly, OSU , which includes the graphic novel author John "Derf" Backderf, whose novel "My Friend Dahmer" was one of Time Magazine's best books of 2012.

James Madison University is located in a valley in Virginia, around 20 miles from the Appalachian Trail. It ranks seventh on College Magazine, 66th on Niche.com and 42nd on College Factual. Business Insider and QS don't rank it. James Madison University'sis undoubtedly impressive. CNN White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, Sprocket Media Works CEO and Executive Producer Patrick Bedall, WTVR-6 News Anchor Julie Bragg, Bloomberg TV Line Producer Allison Brown and many more successful people all graduated from JMU!

This college's graduates are contributing to local, national and global media! The University of Texas at Austin ranks sixth on QS, 16th on Niche.com and 63rd on College Factual. , in 2010, Journal of Advertising Education named it the number one college for advertising; in 2012, the Interactive Advertising Bureau named it number the number one college for interactive advertising; and in 2016, Campus Explorer named it the number one college for advertising. It also ranked in the top three colleges for public relations in 2013, according to Everything PR, and fourth for public relations in 2018, according to College Choice. Clearly, people looking to go into advertising and PR should head for this impressive institution!

The University of Washington ranks at 20th on College Factual, joint 32nd on QS and 53rd on Niche.com. Its communication department has more than earned this distinction. It provides many innovative and unique services to students, such as Career Kickstart. Career Kickstart focused on getting students into media jobs fast by building out graduate networks, delivering professional development workshops, providing internships and facilitating mentor visits. A similar program is , which lets journalism students report for Seattle based news outlets.

Placing at 28th on Niche.com, joint 42nd on QS and 95th on College Factual is University of Missouri, Columbia. This college has very specific areas of focus. These interpersonal and family communication; mediated communication; organizational communication; political communication; diversity, identity and communication; and health and crisis communication. If any one of those areas is something you'd like to focus on, then the University of Missouri-Columbia may be the right place for you. It's also a college that is investing in new facilities and research techniques. For instance, in 2017, it  dedicated to the study of diversity in media.

This college ranks at second on College Magazine, 76th on Niche.com and 158th on College Factual. It isn't listed on Business Insider or QS. The results indicate that the students are pleased with Elon University's education and are getting great jobs shortly after completing their degrees. Further research backs this up. Elon's  show that within nine months of degree completion, 91% of communications graduates are employed and 7% are entering graduate school. Of those 91% entering the workforce, 87% are in work related to their career goals. Any college would be proud of these statistics!

Ranking at 17th on College Factual, 50th on Niche.com and between 51st and 100th on QS is University of Maryland - College Park. This college's communication degrees f, dating back to the turn of the 20th century. To date, many of the faculty and students , including 10 International Communication Association Awards. Staff and students are also active in the media industry. An example is Professor Xiaoli Nan, who recently won a  to create media that will promote the HPV vaccine to African American parents.

Coming in at 45th on Niche.com, 80th on College Factual and 51st to 100th on QS is Indiana University - Bloomington. What's especially impressive about these rankings is that Indiana's media school is very new. It was only , by combining the journalism and telecommunications and film studies departments. Creating this media school , meaning that this college has one of the most state of the art media campuses on the planet. If this merging of departments continues to be successful, then Indiana University - Bloomington could climb future lists.

The University of Georgia features on three methodology lists. It's 14th on Niche.com, 55th on College Factual and 101st to 150th on QS. And the University of Georgia has some interesting and unique specializations for prospective media students. For example, it has the , which focuses on effectively communicating health media. The University of Georgia is also the , which benefit students through the Peabody Programs and Peabody Archive. On top of this, it has a  within 6 months of graduation.

This college's communication school comes in at 39th on Niche.com, 29th on College Factual and between 101st to 150th on QS. However, its rankings could rise significantly in future years. This is because University of California - Davis already has a world-class education and is now forming strong connections with Silicon Valley and other media hubs. For example, a d is undertaking a year-long research internship at Facebook. The college also with one of South Korea's leading universities, Yonsei, which will initiate student exchanges and research collaborations.

This college ranks on three methodology lists but at vastly different positions. College Factual places it at 15th. Niche.com places it at 71st. QS places it at 101st to 150th. This college is one of a few to make these lists despite being  The University of Colorado-Boulder's media school only opened in 2015. Prior to this, there were unconnected media based degrees, which resulted in at companies such as Apple, Edelman, Hallmark Channel, ABC, NBC News, The New York Times and more.

George Washington University ranks at 46th place on Niche.com, 57th place on College Factual and between 101st to 150th on QS. As the college's name indicates, its specialism is political media. It's located in Washington DC and is one of the best colleges for media that's based in America's capital. And its faculty are all highly experienced in political media. For example,, Frank Sesno, spent 21 years at CNN, where he was a Washington bureau chief, White House correspondent and anchor.

Ranking at 18th on College Factual, 101st to 150th on QS and 101st on Niche.com is University of Massachusetts - Amherst, a unique entry. People who want to study among professors who are challenging our culture would benefit most from an education at this college. This is evident from the works of Professor Lynn Comella, who is  on the sex toy industry and how it's changing business practices. Additionally, Professor Jonathan Corpus Ong is about fake news production in the Philippines and its wider impact on that society.