The Party Schools The Definitive List

Ranking The Party Schools From 2014 to 2010 The Party Schools: The Definitive List by: John A. Byrne on July 08, 2014 | 10 Comments Comments 3,358 Views July 8, 2014Its the list no school wants to be on.But every year, for better or for worse, The Princeton Review publishes its provocative ranking of the Top 20 party schools. And college officials whose schools land on the list wince and often vehemently argue how unfair and undeserving they are of the dubious honor.Its based on a combination of survey questions completed by students on the use of alcohol and drugs, the average number of hours of study each day, and the popularity of the Greek system.Predictably, schools that make the party ranking attack the credibility of the list along with The Princeton Review.  Among all the rankings published by various media outlets, the Princeton Reviews stand out for their complete lack of objective, scientific methodology, UI spokesman Tom Moore  told the Iowa City  Press-Citizen. Their rankings are based almost exclusivel y on anecdotes and random, subjective feedback.Well, yes and no. The ranking is based on extensive online surveying of current students on college campuses.   Each year, tens of thousands of students on hundreds of campuses  are asked to answer more than 80 questions. As far as the University of Iowa goes, it has the dubious distinction of making the Top 20 party school list for at least five consecutive years. In fact, 13 schools have made the list in each and every one of the past five years.Of course, its easy for one-year anomalies to crop up that could unfairly get schools on a list like this. So weve taken a longer, five-year perspective to examine how the list has changed from 2014 to 2010.Heres the party schools that tend to show up again and again. Ranking The Party Schools From 2014 to 2010.tftable {font-size:12px;color:#333333;width:100%;border-width: 1px;border-color: #729ea5;border-collapse: collapse;} .tftable th {font-size:12px;background-color:#acc8cc;border-widt h: 1px;padding: 8px;border-style: solid;border-color: #729ea5;text-align:left;} .tftable tr {background-color:#d4e3e5;} .tftable td {font-size:12px;border-width: 1px;padding: 8px;border-style: solid;border-color: #729ea5;} .tftable tr:hover {background-color:#ffffff;}2014 Rank School2014 Rank2013 Rank2012 Rank2011 Rank2010 RankUniversity of Iowa124912UC-Santa Barbara275810University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign341118NRWest Virginia University41646Syracuse University51012NRNRUniversity of Florida66972Ohio University-Athens73125University of Wisconsin-Madison81314128Penn State University911731Lehigh University10NRNRNRNRUniversity of Georgia115214Florida State University1288119DePauw University1312151015University of Mississippi1414353University of Texas-Austin15151067Miami University-Ohio169NRNRNRUniversity of Maryland-College Park17161819NRTulane University18NRNRNR19University of Vermont19NR19NRNRUniversity of Oregon20NRNRNRNRUniversity of South CarolinaNR1720NRNRJames Madison Unive rsityNR18NRNRNRUniversity of MaineNR19NRNRNRUniversity of TennesseeNR20NRNR16University of Alabama-TuscaloosaNRNRNR13NRSewanee-The University of the SouthNRNRNR1417Indiana University-BloomingtonNRNR161514Louisiana State UniversityNRNR13NRNRUniversity of Colorado-BoulderNRNRNR1611University of MissouriNRNRNR17NRMichigan State UniversityNRNRNR20NRUnion College (NY)NRNRNRNR13University of North DakotaNRNRNRNR18Arizona State UniversityNRNR17NR20Source: The Princeton Review Page 1 of 11