The term party school is used to refer to a college or university (usually in the United States) that has a reputation for heavy alcohol and drug use or a general culture of licentiousness at the expense of educational credibility and integrity. The most quoted list of alleged party schools is published annually by The Princeton Review. The magazine Playboy also releases a list of party schools on an irregular basis. Many schools bristle at the party school label, and the lists have been condemned by groups such as the American Medical Association for promoting dangerous behavior. Famous party schools Here is the most recent list of notorious party schools in the United States, as reported by The Princeton Review in 2020. Ranking is determined by student ratings of alcohol and drug use on campus, the amount of time students spend studying outside of class, and the proportion of students involved in Greek Life. University of Alabama University of Delaware Syracuse University West Virginia University Tulane University University of Maine Union College Bucknell University Colgate University Wake Forest University University of California, Santa Barbara Elon University University of Rhode Island University of Wisconsin–Madison Sewanee: The University of the South St. Lawrence University University of Dayton University of Connecticut Florida State University Indiana University of Pennsylvania Playboy Playboy has published a list of party schools in 1987, 2002, 2006, and every year since 2009. The 1987 list included forty schools, with sixteen honorable mentions; California State University, Chico ranked first, a distinction that, according to the magazine, some students considered a burden. In 2002, the list featured twenty-five schools and ten honorable mentions and was topped by Arizona State University. The University of Wisconsin–Madison placed first among ten schools in 2006, and in 2009, the University of Miami gained the top spot out of 25, ranking highest in the "brains" category, as well as in the "bikini" category. The University of Texas at Austin took the top ranking in 2010, followed by the University of Colorado Boulder in 2011. In 2012, the University of Virginia was ranked #1, and in 2013, West Virginia University topped the list. Syracuse University topped the list (republished from The Princeton Review) in 2014. It is widely believed that Playboy released additional lists of party schools in the past, but this claim has been debunked by Snopes.com. Playboy did describe the University of Wisconsin as "the