Princeton Review: Top 20 Party Schools 2012

Ohio University knocks off the 2011 winner, University of Georgia, for the 2012 title of Top Party School in the Country. Georgia drops to #2 in the list followed by fellow SEC member Ole Miss.

  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.
  1. Frattyshack13

    My schools on the list, but i dont think this shit really matters, as long as your school has bars/fraternities to party at, then any self-respecting man in the greek community should be able to rage

    13 years ago at 10:22 am
  2. RockChalkBroHawk

    Normally Kansas is on the list of top party schools, easily. I guess our geeds didn’t fill out the surveys well enough. To be honest though, these are always completely off and are pretty much just gay as hell

    13 years ago at 10:51 am
  3. Jim Crow of Old Row

    Okay, bottom line every school can party hard at certain times but there are only a select few that truly take it to another level on a consistant basis. and i think most of us who have been around the country know who they are

    Big Schools ( in no order) :

    Ole Miss, Alabama, Georgia, UT (Texas), Florida, and UW (Wisconsin)

    Small Schools (in no order): Wofford, Sewanee, Washington & Lee, Hampden-Sydney, and Depauw (IN)

    This is just how it is, these schools are on another level. How do i know this ? because it’s part of my job to travel to almost every school with an active nightlife. I am lucky enough to have experienced almost every decent school in the nation (some more than others). But these schools have always been on another level, Like it or not those are the elite, sorry im not sorry

    13 years ago at 11:10 am
    1. Carolina_Fratcock

      I have been to and partied at 7 out of 11 of these schools. W&L easily takes the cake when it comes to small schools and Wofford is pretty good. I can’t judge Wisconsin cause I’ve never been there, but Florida? Come on now, behind Miss St. and Arkansas Florida is least fratiest school in the SEC.

      13 years ago at 12:50 pm
    2. burrbetterthanyou

      florida is insane, there is so much energy on that campus all the time. given there are some guidos and jort wearing mouthbreathers but you can find them at any school. florida is alot like UTexas in that they have a lower percentage of people in the greek system (for SEC standards) but make up for it with an insane amout of bars and crazy parties. not to mention a great gameday experience (not quite on the level of ole miss or bama but come on their in a league of their own). Jim crow hit the nail right on the head. frat on good sir

      13 years ago at 1:08 pm
  4. Godandgunsaregood

    All I’ve seen in the comments is OU students coming out of the woodwork, and disgruntled assholes who have a problem with the list.

    13 years ago at 11:46 am
  5. BuckeyesAndBows

    I went to OU to visit one time & it was so terrible I drove back home at 5am. There’s no way this list is legitimate. sorry im not sorry. OU? oh no.

    13 years ago at 12:18 pm
  6. Carolina_Fratcock

    South Carolina at #20 is a joke. When both your starting quarterback and your quarterbacks coach are suspended at the same time for drinking too much you deserve a spot in the top 5.

    13 years ago at 12:44 pm
    1. fratmaster99394789

      not as awful as ur spelling. ive been to all those schools and the other ones may throw better parties sometimes but those u of i kids hit up the bars all night and never stop. Bars are only 19 there i think

      13 years ago at 1:25 pm