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Two Tenn. Colleges Make List Of Top Party Schools

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Two Tennessee colleges have made the Princeton Review's Top 20 list of the top party schools in the country.

The University of Tennessee and Sewanee: University of the South ranked 16^th and 17^th respectively in the 2009 list.

The annual survey said Penn State University is the nation's No. 1 party school.

The school known partly for its football tailgate weekends and fraternity and sorority scene snatched the title away from last year's winner, the University of Florida, which finished second in the survey of 122,000 students released Monday.

It's the first time Penn State has finished first in the dubious category. The school has been on the list the last seven years, and finished third in 2008. The listing covers Penn State's main University Park campus in State College.

The annual rankings also highlight the country's "Stone-Cold Sober Schools." Brigham Young University in Utah topped that list for the 12th straight year.

The nation's top party schools, according to Princeton Review's 2009 survey of 122,000 students:

1. Penn State University, State College, Pa.
2. University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
3. University of Mississippi, University, Miss.
4. University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
5. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
6. West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.
7. University of Texas, Austin, Texas
8. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
9. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.
10. University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif.
11. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
12. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
13. Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.
14. Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
15. DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.
16. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.
17. Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.
18. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.
19. Tulane University, New Orleans, La.
20. Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)