--- description: Also campuses with most healthy orders and most dessert orders title: These Colleges Are the Best Tippers and the Most Polite Customers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3eca9e68c43278d/6986a0251eebf788813724fe/pizza-college-students.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Colleges Are The Best Tippers and The Most Polite Customers  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 19, 2014 9:09 PM CUT  Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 19, 2014 9:09 PM CUT The food delivery website GrubHub has teamed up with Spoon University, a student-run food publication, to unwrap the mystery of college students’ takeout and delivery habits. Which colleges have the most late night orders? The best tippers and the most polite customers? Here are some highlights from the results, available [on GrubHub’s blog](http://blog.grubhub.com/grublife/college-eating-habits-presented-grubhub-spoon-university/ "undefined"). **Highest tip percentages:** 1. Virginia Tech 2. University of Delaware 3. University of Colorado 4. Towson University 5. University of Virginia **Highest percentage of orders with “please” or “thank you”:** 1. University of Pennsylvania 2. Yale University 3. University of the Sciences 4. Loyola University of Chicago 5. The College of New Jersey **Most late-night orders:** 1. Syracuse University 2. Michigan State University 3. University of Connecticut 4. Ithaca College 5. The Ohio State University **Most health-conscious:** 1. Georgetown University 2. University of Notre Dame 3. University of Tennessee 4. Lafayette College 5. Central Connecticut State University **Most vegetarian diners:** 1. Cornell University 2. Yale University 3. School of the Art Institute of Chicago 4. University of Chicago – Booth School of Business 5. Columbia College **Most dessert orders:** 1. Regis University 2. University of Texas 3. University of Tennessee 4. University of Illinois 5. Virginia Commonwealth University ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3145481/grubhub-college-ranking/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3145481/grubhub-college-ranking/"},"headline":"These Colleges Are The Best Tippers and The Most Polite Customers","datePublished":"2014-08-19T21:09:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:34.442Z","description":"According to GrubHub","url":"https://time.com/3145481/grubhub-college-ranking/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3eca9e68c43278d/6986a0251eebf788813724fe/pizza-college-students.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3eca9e68c43278d/6986a0251eebf788813724fe/pizza-college-students.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"pizza-college-students","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3145481/grubhub-college-ranking/","name":"These Colleges Are The Best Tippers and The Most Polite Customers"}}]}] ```