If sport, sex and nightlife are the most important things to learn about at university, Virginia is the place to go.
Playboy magazine has just judged the University of Virginia the best college in the U.S. for partying.
The organization ranked the Charlottesville facility top in its 2012 Top Party Schools list of the best places for students to have good time.
Not surprisingly the adult entertainment company reached its decision by looking at students’ sex lives as well as university nightlife.
On its website Playboy said: ‘Raise a glass to UVA [University of Virginia], whose students know a thing or two about raising glasses and everything important to this list.
‘The Cavaliers placed an uninspiring 16th in sports but more than made up for it in nightlife and sex, finishing number three and number two, respectively. According to our math, two plus three equals one.’
The University of Southern California came in second in the list with the University of Florida claiming the third place spot.
Last year’s winner, Boulder has seemingly got a little boring over the course of the last 12 months as it features nowhere in this year’s list.
The winners who are named in the special October College edition of Playboy were chosen by the magazine’s editors, based on feedback from readers, students, alumni and campus representatives.
They also looked at factors like male-female ratios on campus, academics, athletic records and proximity to recreational hot spots.
A spokesman for Playboy said universities were measured on 900 data points in three categories: Sex, Sports and Nightlife.
However, according to NBC News, while students may have been delighted with the result, officials at the 200-year-old Virginia university were not so pleased.
A spokesman for the college said: ‘We are demanding a recount.
‘It’s far more important for the university to be known for our academic achievements in teaching and research.’
However, Kay Greenlee, who runs a hamburger restaurant based near ninth placed Texas Christian University said Virginia was worthy of the top spot.
She said sports fans from Virginia who had come to watch the College’s Cavaliers team play in the town recently were a ‘rowdy’ crowd.
PLAYBOY’S TOP TEN PARTY UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S.
1. University of Virginia
2. Southern California
3. University of Florida
4. University of Texas
5. University of Wisconsin
6. University of Georgia
7. Vanderbilt
8. Tulane
9. Texas Christian
10. Ohio State
