
The University of Wisconsin at Madison has taken first place in Princeton Review’s annual ranking of the best party schools in America, climbing two spots from its position on last year’s list to earn the title. The college admissions company revealed the ranking Monday as one of 62 categories in the 2017 edition of its The Best 381 Colleges.
UW—Madison scooted into No. 1 in front of West Virginia University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — last year’s winner. It also earned top honors for “Best Health Services” and “Lots of Beer,” and a fourth place finish in the “LGBTQ-friendly” campus category.
Check out the top 10 list — based on 143,000 students’ ratings of their campus experiences — below.
- University of Wisconsin at Madison
- West Virginia University
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Lehigh University
- Bucknell University
- University of Iowa
- University of Mississippi
- Syracuse University
- Tulane University
- Colgate University
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