Princeton Review Top Party Schools

Penn State University is ranked as the Number One Party School in the US, moving up two places from the previous year ranking. The University of Wisconsin, Madison successfully made it to the top 10 list in the 2010 league table.

Institutions with significant improvements in their ranking position are:
- University of Georgia jumped up three places to 4th nationally in 2010.
- University of Texas, Austin moved up a place to 7th.
- University of Wisconsin is back in Princeton Review’s “Best 371 Colleges” rankings, rated 8th best school to party (It was not included in the rankings in the last two years). In addition UW is placed 6th for “Lots of Hard Liquor”, 10th for “Lots of Beer” and 12th for “Students Pack the Stadiums”.
- Florida State University up from 10th to 9th.
- University of Colorado up from 13th to 11th.
- University of Tennessee up from 18th to 16th.

List of Princeton Review's Top Party Schools:

1. Penn State University, State College, Pa.
2. University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
3. University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.
4. University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
5. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
6. West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.
7. University of Texas, Austin, Texas
8. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
9. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.
10. University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif.
11. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
12. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
13. Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.
14. Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
15. DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.
16. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.
17. Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.
18. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.
19. Tulane University, New Orleans, La.
20. Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
Source: Princeton Review 2010

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