45 Best Party Schools in the US
Looking for the best party school in the U.S.? Okay, so that’s not one of the main reasons you should choose a university. First, you probably want to look at their academics and certifications, but it doesn’t hurt to look at how much fun they have. We’re not saying that you need to go out and get drunk every single night until you forget you have a calculus exam the next morning, but you can still have fun in college. In fact, partying may help you relax and actually do better at school – who knows!?
Some of you may also choose to read this list in an attempt to figure out where exactly should you avoid. No one blames you if you’re the type of person that solely focuses on academics, although some would encourage you to also look at other aspects. “There’s more to life!” they’d say. Whatever. You’ll have a lot more fun after you’ve graduated with your degree, and you have a high paying job!
We’re taking a look at some of the schools that have reputations for doing all they can to have fun. We averaged university rankings from the past five years to pinpoint the most Animal House-like atmosphere, so you can decide if it’s where you want to go or somewhere you’d rather avoid. From the north to the south, we’ve looked at them all. Without further ado, here are 45 universities that really know how to open the doors and have a huge parrrrtay!
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Did you know...
- The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, is the school with the largest student body. It has a whopping enrollment of over 55,500 students. Students in China, meanwhile, spend an average of three hours a night on primary and secondary school homework. Head north to Finland and students have on average only three hours of homework a week!
- Where are the most-learned people in America? According to a 2019 WalletHub study, the most educated city in America was Ann Arbor, Michigan. The San Jose and Washington, D.C. metro areas followed closely behind. The least educated city, according to the study, was Visalia, California—in between Fresno and Bakersfield.
- Boston has the highest concentration of higher ed institutions in the nation. There are over 100 colleges and universities in the Greater Boston area. It also has seven R1 "very high research activity" universities: Harvard, MIT, Boston University, Brandeis, Boston College, Northeastern, and Tufts. This R1 concentration, too, is a record.
- Competition among the country's top universities is so fierce that they are forced to turn away high-performing prospective students. Harvard and Stanford, for instance, turned away a full half of their applicants who scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT. You don't have to worry about them, though. They got in elsewhere.
- Teaching is a hard job, and when compared to other industrialized nations, American teacher pay is middle-of-the-pack. Maybe that’s what explains a University of Pennsylvania study that found a third of teachers quit the profession within the first 3 years. When you extend the time frame to five years, 46% leave.