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By: The Party Guru
What makes a college a certified party school? Is it an unbalanced ratio of male to female students? Is it a close proximity to the city’s nightlife options? Or is it just blind luck? While schools striving to make the grade as a certified party school may be begging to know the answer, it’s a secret of the ages that real party schools will keep close at heart. Regardless of what’s required to be labeled as a “party school”, there are some schools that just do it right. The following compilation encompasses the top party schools of 2013 as decided by the Princeton Review. If your school has made the list, take a shot of vodka in celebration. If you’re attending a sober school that hasn’t made this list, it may be time to start considering a transfer. Below is a list of the Princeton Review’s Top 20 Party Schools. Included is the number of enrolled students, just incase you’re looking for a large party school, or something a bit smaller.
The Top Three:
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Total Enrollment: 22,711
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Total Enrollment: 21,564
- Ohio University, Athens, OH Total Enrollment: 21,655
- University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, IL Total Enrollment: 32,256
- University of Georga, Athens, GA Total Enrollment: 26,373
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Total Enrollment: 32,598
- University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Total Enrollment: 18,620
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Total Enrollment: 32,201
- Miami University, Oxford, OH Total Enrollment: 14,936
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Total Enrollment: 14,671
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Total Enrollment: 38,954
- DePauw University, Greencastle, IN Total Enrollment: 2,352
- University of Wisonsin, Madison, WI Total Enrollment: 30,367
- University of Mississippi, University, MS Total Enrollment: 15,346
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Total Enrollment: 38,437
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD Total Enrollment: 26,775
- University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Total Enrollment: 22,556
- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA Total Enrollment: 17,900
- University of Maine, Orono, ME Total Enrollment: 8,911
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Total Enrollment: 21,214
This East Coast university tops the list due to an environment that supports social interactions and a heavily relaxing atmosphere.
The University of Iowa puts the mid-west at the top of this list with its smaller feel, which promotes closer student cliques.
This Ohio-based university tops off a list that may surprise many. While Ohio, Iowa, and West Virginia may not be known for their tourism and nightlife, their state universities pick up the slack with their status at the top of the Princeton Review’s “Top Party School” list.
The Rest:
If you’re just coming out of high school or just started to prep for your college degree at the start of your senior year, this may be a good list to keep by your side. While it may not necessarily seem conventional to pick your school based on its ranking on the “Top Party School” list, these universities still provide a great education, with some schools ranking in with average GPA’s in the high 3’s.
When you go to your parents to pitch your decided school, just be sure to leave out the school’s ranking on this list. Stress the great education that you’ll receive and they won’t even know they’re sending you off to one of the Princeton Review’s ?top 20 party schools.
