2011 – 2012 Intercollegiate Winners
Since 1960, the overall ranking of the top schools in the writing category has been recognized. As the program grew to include photojournalism, broadcast news and multimedia, cash prizes were granted to the intercollegiate competitions in 1990, giving journalism schools a higher financial stake in the collective success of their students.
The Intercollegiate Competitions award prizes of $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 to the top three universities in each division – writing, photojournalism, broadcast news and multimedia – for a total of $64,000. Medallions are also awarded to the top ten schools in each category.
The accumulated points earned by individual students in the monthly writing, photojournalism, broadcast news and multimedia competitions determine these Intercollegiate rankings. The winners are those schools whose students have earned the highest total points in each division. The Overall Intercollegiate winners are those schools whose students have earned the highest accumulated points in all of the competitions.
Overall Scores
| 1st Place | Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | University of Missouri |
| 3rd Place | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 4th Place | Western Kentucky University |
| 5th Place | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| 6th Place | Arizona State University |
| 7th Place | University of Florida |
| 8th Place | Indiana University |
| 9th Place | University of Montana |
| 10th Place | University of Oregon |
Writing
| 1st Place | Pennsylvania State University, $10,000 award |
| 2nd Place | Indiana University, $4,000 award |
| 3rd Place | Northwestern University, $2,000 award |
| 4th Place | University of Missouri |
| 5th Place | Arizona State University |
| 6th Place | University of Kansas |
| 7th Place | University of Oregon |
| 8th Place | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| 9th Place | University of Florida |
| 10th Place | University of Kentucky |
Photojournalism
| 1st Place | Western Kentucky University, $10,000 award |
| 2nd Place | Ohio University, $4,000 award |
| 3rd Place | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $2,000 award |
| 4th Place | Pennsylvania State University |
| 5th Place | Central Michigan University |
| 6th Place | San Francisco State University |
| 7th Place | University of Missouri |
| 8th Place | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 9th Place | University of Florida |
| 10th Place | Iowa State University |
Broadcast News
| 1st Place | Arizona State University, $10,000 award |
| 2nd Place TIE | University of Southern California, $4,000 award |
| 2nd Place TIE | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $4,000 award |
| 4th Place | University of Missouri |
| 5th Place | Brigham Young University |
| 6th Place | Syracuse University |
| 7th Place | University of Montana |
| 8th Place | Pennsylvania State University |
| 9th Place | University of Florida |
| 10th Place | University of Maryland |
Multimedia
| 1st Place | Western Kentucky University, $10,000 award |
| 2nd Place | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $4,000 award |
| 3rd Place | University of Missouri, $2,000 award |
| 4th Place | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| 5th Place | University of Montana |
| 6th Place | Arizona State University |
| 7th Place | Pennsylvania State University |
| 8th Place | Syracuse University |
| 9th Place | University of Florida |
| 10th Place | University of Oregon |
