Penn State has a massive Greek system, dozens of places to get a beer that are close to campus and enough places to buy Natty Light to supply hundreds of people at daylong drinking fests. But that doesn’t even matter because Penn State’s point count completely blew every other school out of the water. But citations are a good way to determine who’s partying most.įull disclosure: 2/5 of our full-time staff are Penn State graduates. We figured out the bar situation based on Yelp.ĭisclaimer: We at Billy Penn absolutely do not endorse getting cited or arrested for alcohol and drug violations. The following points for bar scene: 1-20 bars got 1 point, 21 to 50 bars got 3 points, 50+ bars got five points.

3 points for being recognized before on a national scale for party school status.

3 points for having a nationally-recognized annual party.1 point for every beer distributor within a mile of campus, as determined by Yelp.That information was gathered based on each school’s annual crime report and only reflects arrests made and citations issued that were recorded by the school.

1 point for every percent of the student body that was cited by campus police for a drug or alcohol violation last year.Those percentages are based on information provided by the College Board. 1 point for every percent of the student body that’s Greek (because frat parties).(Inevitably that means we left some schools out hit us up at or with suggestions we’re happy to think up ways to include your school…)Įach school was given points based on a variety of factors: First, we picked 20 schools that people who live in Philly are likely to go to/ have gone to, so that means Philadelphia area schools and some of the biggest schools in the state. Some of the colleges have a reputation for being a place where the Natty Light runs free, and others are known for being in a city and having an awesome bar scene.Īnd while we’re sure these rankings are based in completely sound methodology, Billy Penn wanted to rank the schools ourselves based on a point system that we created. Every year, established and totally well-regarded institutions like Playboy and the Princeton Review release party school rankings that tell us which schools across the country are boozin’ the most on the weekends and in between classes.

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