From the Associated Press: The Princeton Review's 2015 "The Best 379 Colleges," contains a list of the Top 20 party schools and the Top 20 sober schools.
TOP 20 PARTY SCHOOLS
1. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
2. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
3. University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif.
4. West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
5. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
6. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
7. Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
8. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
9. Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
10. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
11. Miami University (Ohio), Oxford, Ohio
12. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
13. Ohio University-Athens, Athens, Ohio
14. DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
15. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
16. University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi
17. Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
18. University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
19. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
20. University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
TOP 20 SOBER SCHOOLS
1. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
2. Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois
3. U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York
4. Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
5. Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, California
6. College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri
7. Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts
8. Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania
9. U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut
10. City University of New York-Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York
11. City University of New York-City College, New York, New York
12. Wesleyan College (Georgia), Macon, Georgia
13. U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
14. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, Massachusetts
15. City University of New York-Queens College, Flushing, New York
16. Mills College, Oakland, California
17. St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
18. University of Houston, Houston, Texas
19. Nazareth College, Rochester, New York
20. University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
This round in the Ohio University-Miami University rivalry goes to Miami.
Miami landed in 11th place. OU will have to settle for 13th place.
This was the first time at least in recent memory that Miami has out partied OU, its chief Mid-American Conference rival.
The Athens university topped the 2012 top 20 party school list and was the nation’s third top school on the 2013 list. It ranked seventh on the 2014 list. Miami landed in 9th place on the 2013 list and 16th on the 2014 list. It was number two on the 2011 list based on a survey of students.
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