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Looking for a Party? We've Got Your Biggest and Tamest Party School Rankings

As students are heading back to campus this fall, at least some of them have only one thing on their minds: Where’s the next party? If they’re headed to UC Santa Barbara, they probably won’t have to look too hard to find it. However, if they attend Liberty University, a party is going to be pretty hard to come by.

Mike Simmons of eCollegeFinder created maps outlining the biggest party schools and the tamest party schools in each state after looking at the party data gathered by College Prowler. Each school was ranked on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the biggest and tamest party scene on the respective scales.


No matter what you’re partying taste, there’s a school out there for you. So whether you party hard or hardly party, check out the schools that may match your party personality.

Top 5 Biggest Party Schools
1. UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Undergrad Population: 18,318
College Prowler Party Rating: 10
2. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Undergrad Population: 24,496
College Prowler Party Rating: 9.87
3. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Undergrad Population: 30,241
College Prowler Party Rating: 9.72
4. University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
Undergrad Population: 31,118
College Prowler Party Rating: 9.62
5. University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Undergrad Population: 37,083
College Prowler Party Rating: 9.6

Top 5 Tamest Party Schools
1. Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia
Undergrad Population: 45,653
College Prowler Tameness Ranking: 10
2. Biola University, Las Mirada, California
Undergrad Population: 4,158
College Prowler Tameness Ranking: 9.75
3. Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina
Undergrad Population: 2,802
College Prowler Tameness Ranking: 9.57
4. Athens State University, Athens, Alabama
Undergrad Population: 1,533
College Prowler Tameness Ranking: 9.5
5. Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Undergrad Population: 2,710
College Prowler Tameness Ranking: 9.45
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