The CoJMC is a nationally recognized program, where 950 undergraduate and graduate students get to practice hands-on journalism and advertising, guided by talented faculty members who have professional experience at places such as the New York Times, ABC News, Bailey Lauerman, Ayres, McFarland, and Drier.  

We’re a member of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education, a prestigious group of the nation’s top 12 journalism schools. And we are the Midwest bureau for ABC News on Campus.

Our award-winning depth reporting projects have taken students to many countries, including South Africa, Kosovo and Cuba. We offer several study abroad opportunities to learn about journalism and advertising, including countries like Germany, Mexico, France, and Japan. And our students get great internships and jobs in places such as Variety, the New York Times, CBS Evening News, Ogilvy Mather, the Onion, ESPN, BBDO, Grey Worldwide and media outlets abroad. Read more about what's special about CoJMC.

The college's mission dictates a high priority role for excellent undergraduate teaching in the three majors:

An M.A. in journalism complements this emphasis by building on a well-established and nationally recognized undergraduate curriculum.