美國傳媒專業對語言的要求比較高，雅思至少6.5以上，名校一般是7以上。GPA至少是3.5，GRE要求也比一般專業高。因為作為傳媒工作者，首先是要有良好的語言基礎。傳媒名校有哥倫比亞大學、密蘇里新聞學院、西北大學、雪城大學、紐約大學，這些大學的傳媒學院排名在美國都是前十。選專業不是選學校，雪城綜合排名全美50左右，專業排名前十沒得說。那麼美國傳媒專業的分支都有哪些呢？各各分支下面都有哪些好的學校可以選擇呢？
美國傳媒專業大致劃分為以下分支：
1 Journalism (print, magazine, online, photojournalism, news/editorial, sports reporting) 新聞學(雜誌，網路，照片，新聞，體育等方向)
2 Broadcast journalism 廣播新聞
3 Science journalism 科學新聞
4 Business and economic journalism 商業經濟新聞
5 Mass communication 大眾傳媒
6 Public relations 公共關係傳媒
7 Advertising 廣告
8 Television production 電視產業
9 Media ventures -- new for fall 2010! 媒體投資
10 Readings in communication history 傳媒歷史閱讀
11 Government and mass communication 政府以大眾傳媒
12 Media and foreign policy 媒體及國外政策
13 Organizational communication 組織傳媒
14 Arts journalism 藝術新聞
15 Documentary film and history 紀錄片和歷史片
16 Photography 影象學
17 Health Communication 醫學傳媒study of persuasive health campaigns, doctor-patient communication, interpersonal health interaction, and health organizations are included. 傳媒在醫學活動，醫生與病患，人與人之間的健康聯絡，和醫療組織間的存在關係。
美國傳媒專業各分支下的好大學推薦
1、應用傳播學：包括健康傳播學，政治傳播學， 公共關係學
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、傳播教育
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、傳播學理論與研究
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、媒介研究與文化批評
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、跨文化傳播
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、組織傳播
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
7、修辭學
RHETORIC - Includes Rhetorical Theory, Rhetorical Criticism, and History of Rhetoric
1 University of Iowa
2 Northwestern University - Department of Communication Studies
3 University of Texas, Austin - Speech Communication Department
4 Pennsylvania State University
5 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Speech Communication Department
6 Indiana University - Speech Communication Department
7 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - Speech Communication Department
8 University of Wisconsin, Madison
9 University of California, Berkeley - Rhetoric Department
10 University of Southern California - Annenberg School for Communication