Survey: CU narrowly misses top 10 party-school status

DOWNTOWN BOULDER GUIDE
BOULDER - According to an annual survey conducted on the nation's universities and colleges, the University of Colorado at Boulder just missed making the top ten for biggest party schools.

According to Princeton Review's 2009 survey of 122,000 students at 371 colleges, CU finished 11th overall on the list of "party schools." Back in 2003, CU was ranked as the top party school.

The top 20 ranked as follows:

1. Penn State University, State College, Pa.

2. University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

3. University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.

4. University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.

5. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

6. West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.

7. University of Texas, Austin, Texas

8. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

9. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.

10. University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif.

11. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.

12. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

13. Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.

14. Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.

15. DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.

16. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.

17. Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.

18. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.

19. Tulane University, New Orleans, La.

20. Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.

CU did crack into the top 10 in the "reefer madness" category in 2009, placing fifth overall. The school had ranked third a year ago in the marijuana category.

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