University of Iowa Ranked #1 Party School in the Nation [View all]

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By Diane Heldt, Reporter


IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa ranks as the No. 1 "party school" in the nation, according to an annual guide that ranks things such as academics, campus life and extracurricular involvement.

The Princeton Review puts the UI first on the party school list in its 2014 edition, which was announced Monday. The UI was the No. 2 party school on last year's list, and No. 4 the year before that.

In the latest guide, the UI also ranked No. 1 in "lots of hard liquor," No. 4 in "students study the least," No. 4 in "lots of beer," No. 7 in "students pack the stadiums," and No. 18 in "lots of Greek life."

"We are continuing to work to change the culture on our campus by educating students to only consume alcohol in a legal, safe and responsible manner, and those efforts are achieving results," UI Spokesman Tom Moore said in a written response to the ranking.

The university has implemented research-based strategies on campus in collaboration with community partners, Moore said. Those efforts are having measurable success, he said, noting the proportion of students engaging in high-risk drinking in the two weeks preceding a national health survey was down 17 percent since 2009, and that the average number of drinks consumed per occasion is down 20 percent since 2009. Also since 2009, the proportion of students who report drinking in the 30 days prior to the survey is down about 12 percent. That data comes from the National College Health Assessment survey.

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