At pub trivia last night, the audience flipped over a round asking us to name the top 10 party schools. In addition to being totally subjective, none of the various rankings agree. Some schools (Brigham Young, Liberty University, Thomas Aquinas) are obvious party black holes, and others (U Chicago, Columbia) take turns being the place where fun goes to die, but which state schools deserve the title of top party school? Bloggers may be biased, so I’ll just include two reliable sources – Princeton Review and Playboy.

Princeton Review’s Top 10
1. West Virginia University
2. University of Mississippi
3. The University of Texas at Austin
4. University of Florida
5. University of Georgia
6. Penn State--University Park
7. University of New Hampshire
8. Indiana University at Bloomington
9. Ohio University-Athens
10. University of California-Santa Barbara

Playboy’s Top 10
1. Arizona State
2. University of Wisconsin--Madison
3. San Diego State
4. Florida State
5. University of California--Santa Barbara
6. University of Georgia
7. University of Tennessee
8. Indiana University
9. Ohio University
10. McGill

Congratulations, UCSB, Georgia, Indiana and Ohio – you made both lists! But what happened to former list toppers like the University of Alabama or CSU Chico? And where are schools like UCLA and NYU where people actually leave campus to party?

You tell me – where will the best parties be when September rolls around?