A recent analysis of the quality of communication doctoral programs in the United States ranked the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications at number 6 among NRC programs. Florida’s position placed it just behind programs at Stanford, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Illinois—Champaign, and ahead of prominent programs at Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Minnesota, and Northwestern University.

The study assessed program quality by using objective and quantifiable indicators rather than subjective rankings that are common in other rankings. The measures emphasized both the number and quality of programs that hired new Ph.D.s from each institution. Doctoral programs that ranked higher in quality were ones that had a larger number of graduates hired at more prestigious schools.

The results suggest that graduates from the doctoral program in Florida’s Journalism and Communications College are competitive with those from the best programs in the nation. Not only are these graduates in heavy demand, they are also competitive for the best academic jobs in the U.S.

For a link to the original data, see: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/123448061/PDFSTART.

Posted: August 3, 2010
Category: College News, Research News