2025 – 2026 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, monetary 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, $5,000 and $2,500 to the top three universities in each division – writing, photojournalism, audio/television and multimedia. The top three Intercollegiate Overall winners will be awarded $15,000, $10,000 and $5,000 respectively. Trophies are also awarded to the top ten schools in each category.
The accumulated points earned by individual students in the monthly writing, photojournalism, audio/television 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
| 1st Place |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $15,000 |
| 2nd Place |
University of Florida, $10,000 |
| 3rd Place |
Syracuse University, $5,000 |
| 4th Place |
University of Missouri |
| 5th Place |
Western Kentucky University |
| 6th Place |
Pennsylvania State University |
| 7th Place |
Michigan State University |
| 8th Place |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| 9th Place |
University of Southern California |
| 10th Place |
University of Montana |
Writing
| 1st Place |
University of Florida, $10,000 |
| 2nd Place |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $5,000 |
| 3rd Place |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $2,500 |
| 4th Place |
University of Missouri |
| 5th Place – tie |
University of Southern California |
| 5th Place – tie |
Syracuse University |
| 7th Place |
Pennsylvania State University |
| 8th Place |
University of Oregon |
| 9th Place |
University of Colorado |
| 10th Place |
Kent State University |
Photojournalism
| 1st Place |
University of Montana, $10,000 |
| 2nd Place |
California State University, Northridge, $5,000 |
| 3rd Place |
University of Missouri, $2,500 |
| 4th Place |
Pennsylvania State University |
| 5th Place |
Ohio University |
| 6th Place |
University of Kentucky |
| 7th Place-tie |
Michigan State University |
| 7th Place-tie |
Western Kentucky University |
| 9th Place |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 10th Place |
University of Oregon |
Broadcast
| 1st Place |
Syracuse University, $10,000 |
| 2nd Place |
University of Missouri, $5,000 |
| 3rd Place |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $2,500 |
| 4th Place |
University of Florida |
| 5th Place |
Arizona State University |
| 6th Place |
University of Memphis |
| 7th Place |
Pennsylvania State University |
| 8th Place |
Mississippi State University |
| 9th Place |
University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| 10th Place |
Marshall University |
Multimedia
| 1st Place |
Western Kentucky University, $10,000 |
| 2nd Place |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $5,000 |
| 3rd Place |
University of Florida, $2,500 |
| 4th Place |
University of Southern California |
| 5th Place |
Syracuse University |
| 6th Place |
Michigan State University |
| 7th Place |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| 8th Place |
Pennsylvania State University |
| 9th Place |
University of Kentucky |
| 10th Place |
University of Iowa |
