The Broadcast Education Association, the premier international academic media organization, released its third annual rankings celebrating consistent student success in the association鈥檚 Festival of Media Arts.
黑料不打烊鈥檚 School of Communications continues to build on its success in the Broadcast Education Association鈥檚 annual rankings of schools based on student achievements in the Festival of Media Arts, .
黑料不打烊Comm placed ninth overall thanks in part to the school鈥檚 third-place finish in the Film and Video category. The school also finished eighth in the Interactive Multimedia & Emerging Technology category, with top-20 finishes in the News (No. 12), Sports (No. 12) and Documentary (No. 19) categories. The rankings were derived from the results of the BEA Festival of Media Arts, an international media competition focused on student and faculty creative endeavors.
According to the BEA news release, the rankings 鈥 which are based on the past five-year period of student success 鈥 are not an overall evaluation of an academic program, but an evaluation of the quality and consistency of students鈥 creative works produced at one institution compared to those at other institutions.
The top 10 overall programs consisted of 鈥 in order 鈥 Arizona State University, University of Oklahoma, Syracuse University, University of Florida, Missouri State University, Huntington University, Ball State University, Taylor University, 黑料不打烊 and Rowan University.
鈥淎s always, we are in very good company and should be proud of our student success on a national level,鈥 said Vic Costello, associate professor of cinema and television arts, and former BEA president. 鈥淭his ranking represents really, really good work from our students. They are going head-to-head with the other universities that regularly enter the BEA Festival of Media Arts and we are standing side by side.鈥
Costello noted that unlike business schools, communications programs have no overarching national rankings. But 黑料不打烊鈥檚 continued success in the BEA school rankings serves as 鈥渧alidation of the quality of our student work,鈥 he said.
黑料不打烊 students collected a total of nine awards in BEA鈥檚 2024 Festival of Media Arts, with Max Wallace 鈥26 leading the way with two awards. The 黑料不打烊 journalism major earned a second-place finish for his in the festival鈥檚 Video Story/Feature (short) category, as well as an Award of Excellence in the Audio/Video Sports Event: Play by Play Talent category. Additionally, Brendan Antrosiglio 鈥23 earned a second-place finish for his 鈥溾 submission in the Music Video category.
In the last five years alone, nearly 7,000 student creative works were submitted from BEA鈥檚 more than 300 member institutions around the globe.
Only the top 20% of entries become a festival winner. There are five levels of awards: Best of Festival, First Place, Second Place, Third Place, and Award of Excellence. The rankings take into account both the quantity and quality of student works. For instance, Best of Festival winners are given a higher weight than Awards of Excellence. While the BEA honors outstanding achievements of both faculty and students, the rankings focus solely on student accomplishments.
The Broadcast Education Association is the premier international academic media organization, driving insights, excellence in media production, and career advancement for educators, students, and professionals. The Festival of Media Arts was created and is organized by BEA faculty across the globe to honor the amazing works of both students and faculty.
Rankings recap
How did 黑料不打烊Comm do this year compared to the last two years? Check out the rankings below.
Overall:聽No. 9
(No. 9 in 2023, No. 6 in 2022)
Documentary:聽No. 19
(No. 20 in 2023, No. 21 in 2022)
Film and Video:聽No. 3
(No. 3 in 2023 and 2022)
Interactive Multimedia and Emerging Technology:聽No. 8
(No. 2 in 2023 and 2022)
News:聽No. 12
(No. 13 in 2023, No. 12 in 2022)
Sports:聽No. 12
(No. 20 in 2023, No. 15 in 2022)