My advice to parents and students when considering college ratings in various categories that are based on email responses…”interesting but not truth per se”.
Everything reported is probably true for some students, those who completed the survey…but an overnight stay on a Friday night will let YOU be the judge.

Exerpts from Inside Higher Education Article
Surviving the Party School Rankings
July 28, 2009

Summer means rankings season is upon us. On Monday, the Princeton Review unveiled its newest edition of the The Best 371 Colleges. Though the book has over 800 pages, one page in particular often sends university press relations staff into damage control mode — the top 20 “party school” rankings, the winner of which this year is Pennsylvania State University….
Annemarie Mountz, a spokeswoman for Penn State, was quick to dismiss the accuracy of these rankings, saying that, “This survey doesn’t have any bearing one way or the other.” When she checked Facebook this morning, she found 10 groups “pumping” other students to vote Penn State number one in the party school rankings. Her point was that the lists, which are completely based on the opinions of 122,000 students nationwide, have the potential for manipulation. On average, 325 respondents from each school take the 80-question survey, she said — that’s less than 1 percent of the total population at Penn State. For many students, attending the number one party school is a “badge of honor,” she said.