• Many colleges and universities offer a mass communications major.communications tower image by Tammy Mobley from Fotolia.com
  
  Many colleges and universities in the United States offer a mass communications program. The major is usually geared toward students who wish to pursue careers in television, print or radio media and is usually part of a college's Department of Communications. The University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill house three of the best communications departments in the country.
  
  

University of Pennsylvania

• Collegecrunch.org ranks the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communications the top communications college in the United States as of 2009, and zencollegelife.com ranks it second for communications colleges. Founded in 1959, the Annenberg School offers just one undergraduate major--communications--but with several different concentrations, including health and political communication and research on children, family and media, according to the school's website. Students within the communications program can also participate in internships, independent studies and study abroad programs.
  
  The Annenberg School for Communication at University of Pennsylvania
  3620 Walnut Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19104
  215-898-7041
  asc.upenn.edu
  
  

Syracuse University

• Collegecrunch.org ranks Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication second on their "Best Schools for Communications Majors in 2009" list, and the zencollegelife.com list places Syracuse fifth. Syracuse's School of Journalism was founded in 1934; the school merged with the department of television and radio and was renamed "Newhouse School of Public Communication" in 1971, according to the school's website. Today, the Newhouse school complex comprises three buildings and enrolls approximately 1,800 undergraduates.
  
  S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
  215 University Place
  Syracuse NY 13244-2100
  315-443-2302
  newhouse.syr.edu
  
  

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• The University of North Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communication is ranked third in both the collegecrunch.com and zencollegelife.com lists. In 2009, the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications commended UNC-Chapel Hill for "earn[ing] a reputation as one of the premier programs in journalism and mass communication," according to the school's website. The school's newly revamped undergraduate curriculum focuses on helping students learn to use new media communications and offers eight specializations, including strategic communication, public affairs and marketing.
  
  UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  Carroll Hall, CB 3365
  Chapel Hill, NC 27599
  919-962-1204
  jomc.unc.edu