Ranked 8th in the world for Communication & Media Studies
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Communication & Media Studies, 2026
Full ranking profile 62 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Southern California. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Communication & Media Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =8 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Finance | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =14 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =24 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =27 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =28 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | =28 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =32 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =33 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | =37 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =40 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =43 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =44 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =45 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =47 |
| NTU 2025 Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =53 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =54 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =57 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =58 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =60 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =62 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =63 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =63 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =66 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =66 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =69 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =70 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =72 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =73 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =73 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =75 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =78 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =82 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =83 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =87 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =88 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =96 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =110 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =111 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =117 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =119 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =119 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =121 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =122 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =123 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =130 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =132 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =146 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =146 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =161 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =163 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =176 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =179 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =192 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =196 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =196 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =243 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =281 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =347 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =377 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =439 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =451 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.