Department of Advertising and Public Relations

Public Relations — ranked 2nd by Education Portal (2013)
Advertising — ranked 1st by the Journal of Advertising Education (Fall 2010)
Advertising — ranked 4th by U.S. News & World Report (Feb. 2003)
Public Relations — ranked 7th by U.S. News & World Report (Feb. 2003)

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Audiology (Au.D., Ph.D.) — ranked 9th by U.S. News & World Report (March 2008)
Speech Pathology (MA, Ph.D.) — ranked 9th by U.S. News & World Report (March 2008)

Communication Studies

Cultural Studies — ranked 1st by the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (2010)
Rhetoric — ranked 1st by the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (2010)
Deception Studies — ranked 5th by the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (2010)
Politics and Government — ranked 6th by the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (2010)
Political Elections — ranked 8th by the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (2010)

Radio-Television-Film

Radio-Television-Film — ranked 12th in the world by The Hollywood Reporter (July 2012)