UNC Chapel Hill is getting the word out.

That's my conclusion, anyhow, from a new analysis of the nation's colleges and universities and their ability to get their brand out into the public realm via global print and electronic media, Twitter, blogs and social media.

The analysis comes courtesy of the Global Language Monitor. UNC-CH ranks 9th and is one of four major public universities in the top 10. Michigan tops the list, ahead of MIT and Harvard.

The top 10:
1) Michigan
2) MIT
3) Harvard
4) Columbia
5) University of Chicago
6) University of California-Berkeley
7) University of Wisconsin-Madison
8) Stanford
9) UNC-CH
10) Cornell

Duke placed 24th on the list.