UPDATED: Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 at 8:43 p.m.

Syracuse University has been named the No. 8 party school by the Princeton Review, three spots lower than last year’s  No 5. ranking.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison topped the chart, with West Virginia in second and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in third. The fourth and fifth spots were claimed by Lehigh University and Bucknell University, respectively. Rounding out the top 10 were the University of Iowa, the University of Mississippi, SU, Tulane University and Colgate University.

Rankings for the 62 lists the site publishes are determined based on surveys administered to 143,000 students at 381 schools, according to The Princeton Review.

SU was  rated the No. 1 party school  in 2014, which prompted Chancellor Kent Syverud to reach out to the university community, stating the ranking was a “wake-up call.”

In mid-August 2014, Castle Court mega parties, one of the SU community’s favorite drinking spots,  were shut down. Since then, however,  rules have been relaxed  in the eyes of the Syracuse Police Department. 

SU also made the cut in a number of the Princeton Review’s other rankings released Monday. The university was ranked No. 1 in “Students Pack the Stadiums,” No. 9 in “Lots of Beer” and No. 9 in “Lots of Hard Liquor.”

Additionally, SU ranked No. 6 in best college radio station, No. 13 in undergraduate entrepreneurship programs, No. 16 in “Lots of Greek Life” and No. 19 in “Most Popular Study Abroad Program.”

—Michael Burke, asst. news editor, contributed reporting to this article.

Published on August 29, 2016 at 12:19 pm

Contact Rachel: rcgilber@syr.edu