Top Party Schools Ranked By Princeton Review
The students in Athens, Georgia, know how to party. For the second year in a row a school in Athens has topped The Princeton Review’s annual “Top Party Schools” list. This year, however, it wasn’t the University of Georgia.
For 2012, Ohio University ranked as the top party school in the country.
The list is created every year by the Princeton Review after polling about 120,000 students.
According to the Princeton Review, schools on the annual list has low personal daily study hours, high alcohol and drug use, and a large population of frats and sororities.
Before you view the list perhaps it would be worth turning on your TV, popping in a DVD or Blu-ray copy of Animal House and then hunkering down for a few hours with an open mind.
As a college graduate in the party heavy city of New Orleans I’m sure there will be plenty of readers who look at the list and wonder why their own universities were not included.
Here’s the complete list of Princeton Review’s top party schools for 2012 view the list and let us know if you agree with the universities that top the list:
1. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2. University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
3. University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.
4. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
5. University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif.
6. West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
7. Penn State University, University Park, Pa.
8. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.
9. University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
10. University of Texas, Austin, Texas
11. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12. Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
13. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.
14. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis.
15. DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.
16. Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
17. Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
18. University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
19. University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.
20. University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
Are you surprised by any of the schools on the list?
Tags : ohio university party school, party schools, princeton review, top party schools, university of georgia party school
Posted: July 20, 2012
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Jul 21, 2012
Chico State CA #1 by far.
Jul 21, 2012
*insert Penn state joke here*.
Jul 21, 2012
KU finally got themselves knocked off the list? Call me impressed.
Jul 21, 2012
I'm glad my first alumni is not on that list :^) (30 – and probably at 20 and 10 – years ago it definitely was on the list).
Jul 21, 2012
where are chico state and SDSU? come on and give Cali some love!
Jul 21, 2012
wooo hooo number 5!
Jul 21, 2012
wooo hooo number 5!
Jul 21, 2012
Lets go Mountaineers!
Jul 21, 2012
Ohio U. would be considered a dynasty in the sports world. Continually in the top of the nation, and only forty minutes away from me………..priceless.
Jul 21, 2012
Once a fucking gain, Illinois State University doesn't make the list!
Jul 21, 2012
a little miffed to be honest…some night i feel like we did out best to push ucsb to number 1
Jul 21, 2012
I am shocked Chico State is no longer on the top of the list!
Jul 21, 2012
I noticed that most of them are state schools and many of them have good athletic programs.
Jul 21, 2012
Whoo UVM! VT represent, haha just kidding, I have family and friends that go there…
Jul 21, 2012
Hmmmm. Im not that surprised, I graduated from OU. And, we know how to rock out.
Jul 21, 2012
What's funny is that we don't even fit the party school requirement, we have high amounts of study hours and a low population of frats and sororities, sooo we much drink twice as much to make the list
Jul 21, 2012
Surprised about Syracuse. Or is it the old adage work hard , play hard?
Jul 21, 2012
Are we supposed to be impressed? This is not important!
Jul 21, 2012
Are we supposed to be impressed? This is not important!
Jul 21, 2012
Georgia's slipping – we used to be the #1 party school when I went there. It was nothing to see a top band at a Frat House cranking out the tunes with people everywhere. The Butthole Surfers come to mind. But I will say I picked my party moments – after finals or before the quarter started – can't party and be on scholarship. That party in Politically Correct University with George Clinton had nothing on UGA – Go Dawgs!
Jul 21, 2012
OU? Oh yeah.
Jul 21, 2012
OU? Oh yeah.
Jul 21, 2012
ZaneState wild times there!
Jul 21, 2012
ZaneState wild times there!
Jul 21, 2012
Why isn't Princeton on this list?
Jul 21, 2012
Remind me to never send my kids to any of these schools.
Jul 21, 2012
Remind me to never send my kids to any of these schools.
Jul 21, 2012
I went to Bucknell University just 40 miles away from Penn State, perenial loser in the sports arena-I asked a buddy who was a lineman for Bucknell what did Penn State think about our (lack of a) football team? he said, "I don't really know what they think of our team but they sure love to come to our parties!" the original "Animal House" could have been madee using real Bucknell students I knew-I could put a real name to every character in Animal House-
Jul 22, 2012
It doesnt make sense. 5 big ten schools and MSU is not one of them?
Jul 22, 2012
I guess Kentucky got an automatic DQ for flipping cars.. *sad face*
Jul 22, 2012
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Jul 22, 2012
I go to UGA, and I can say that several students party any day of the week!
Jul 22, 2012
They really should specify that this data is based on the undergraduate population. As a doctoral student at OU, it's a bit frustrating to know how hard the students in my department work and see that this is the kind of thing my university is known for.
Jul 22, 2012
Party On!!!!!
Jul 22, 2012
Good To see I graduated from the #5 party school in the nation and still demand a salary of $100k plus, @ 27yrs old. What I'd give to go back!
Jul 22, 2012
SDSU has been off of the list for a long time. I believe the school worked hard to do so… Whereas SDSU also used to be called "Faulk U" (as in Marshall Faulk) it is now called "Serious U".
Jul 22, 2012
Nice to see UW Madison further and further down the list.
Jul 22, 2012
I guess SIUC finally cleaned their act up. For the longest time, SIUC was considered in the top ten. I live near the college and can tell you that any given weekend, there are more parties, more drinking at the bars and more frat parties than you can believe for such a small university.
Jul 22, 2012
chico state is a joke now. No Greek life, just a bunch of house parties that get broken up by cops. There are way better party schools
Jul 22, 2012
chico state is a joke now. No Greek life, just a bunch of house parties that get broken up by cops. There are way better party schools
Jul 22, 2012
chico state is a joke now. No Greek life, just a bunch of house parties that get broken up by cops. There are way better party schools
Jul 22, 2012
Yeah, THIS is a wonderful way for kids to choose their colleges. Real sweet. -___-
Jul 22, 2012
yet you read it anyway.
Aug 14, 2012
Ole Miss shoulda been disqualified for dressing up in suits and dresses to football games. That's no party. I think they messed up and meant to put Mississippi State there…