Top 100 Party Colleges in the USA (2026)

The 100 wildest party schools in America, ranked, from Florida State to Georgia Southern. Take the Purity Test and put your campus on the board.

Published on Sep 10, 2026Updated on Sep 14, 2026

Top 100 party colleges, with the Purity Test devil and party emojis

Every campus has a reputation, and some have earned it. Here are the 100 wildest party schools in the United States, ranked, with the state each one calls home. Then take the Purity Test and see whether your campus lives up to its name: every score moves it on the board.

The top 10

  1. Florida State University · FL
  2. Tulane University · LA
  3. University of Wisconsin–Madison · WI
  4. University of Dayton · OH
  5. University of Southern California · CA
  6. Penn State, University Park · PA
  7. Ohio State University · OH
  8. University of Georgia · GA
  9. West Virginia University · WV
  10. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · IL

11 to 100

  1. Morgan State University · MD
  2. University of Texas at Austin · TX
  3. University of Alabama · AL
  4. Syracuse University · NY
  5. Howard University · DC
  6. Texas Southern University · TX
  7. Michigan State University · MI
  8. San Diego State University · CA
  9. Indiana University Bloomington · IN
  10. Ohio University · OH
  11. Miami University · OH
  12. University of Miami · FL
  13. Clark Atlanta University · GA
  14. Florida A&M University · FL
  15. University of Colorado Boulder · CO
  16. University of California, Santa Barbara · CA
  17. University of Mississippi · MS
  18. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · MI
  19. University of Iowa · IA
  20. Tennessee State University · TN
  21. University of Tampa · FL
  22. University of Pennsylvania · PA
  23. Lehigh University · PA
  24. Providence College · RI
  25. University of South Carolina · SC
  26. Clemson University · SC
  27. University of Virginia · VA
  28. Washington State University · WA
  29. University of Kansas · KS
  30. Temple University · PA
  31. Morehouse College · GA
  32. James Madison University · VA
  33. University of Delaware · DE
  34. North Carolina A&T State University · NC
  35. University at Albany, SUNY · NY
  36. Texas Tech University · TX
  37. University of Florida · FL
  38. Texas State University · TX
  39. Vanderbilt University · TN
  40. University of Arizona · AZ
  41. East Carolina University · NC
  42. Rutgers University–New Brunswick · NJ
  43. University of Tennessee, Knoxville · TN
  44. University of California, Los Angeles · CA
  45. University of Massachusetts Amherst · MA
  46. University of Oklahoma · OK
  47. Southern University and A&M College · LA
  48. University of Missouri · MO
  49. Binghamton University, SUNY · NY
  50. Yale University · CT
  51. University of Arkansas · AR
  52. Arizona State University · AZ
  53. California State University, Chico · CA
  54. Virginia Tech · VA
  55. Jackson State University · MS
  56. Mississippi State University · MS
  57. Spelman College · GA
  58. University of Cincinnati · OH
  59. University of Minnesota Twin Cities · MN
  60. Bowling Green State University · OH
  61. Southern Methodist University · TX
  62. Prairie View A&M University · TX
  63. Bethune-Cookman University · FL
  64. Louisiana State University · LA
  65. Norfolk State University · VA
  66. Indiana University of Pennsylvania · PA
  67. Coastal Carolina University · SC
  68. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · NC
  69. University of Wisconsin–La Crosse · WI
  70. Colgate University · NY
  71. University of Central Florida · FL
  72. North Carolina Central University · NC
  73. Illinois State University · IL
  74. Texas Christian University · TX
  75. Georgia State University · GA
  76. University of California, Berkeley · CA
  77. Albany State University · GA
  78. North Dakota State University · ND
  79. Kansas State University · KS
  80. Pittsburg State University · KS
  81. University of Maryland, College Park · MD
  82. University of Kentucky · KY
  83. University of Louisville · KY
  84. SUNY Oneonta · NY
  85. Elon University · NC
  86. Auburn University · AL
  87. South Carolina State University · SC
  88. Western Michigan University · MI
  89. Old Dominion University · VA
  90. Georgia Southern University · GA

Where the ranking comes from

The order is Niche's 2027 ranking of the top party schools, built from student reviews and nightlife statistics. It is the reputation, not the whole story.

On the Purity Test the ranking is the starting point: until a campus has 20 scores of its own, its average follows this list. Once 20 students have taken the test, the real average takes over, and the board moves with every new score.

FAQ

How is the party school ranking decided?

Niche ranks party schools every year from student reviews about the party scene and nightlife, plus statistics on Greek life and nearby bars and clubs. This page reproduces the 2027 order.

Does the Purity Test use this ranking?

Yes, as the placeholder: a college's average wild score follows its rank here until 20 students from that college have taken the test. After that the real average replaces it.

How do I get my school on the board?

Take the test, pick your college in the profile, and share the challenge link with friends. Twenty scores put a school on the board with its real average.