These Are The Top Party Schools In Connecticut: List

CONNECTICUT — Students with a tendency to stay out late and skip their studies to spend more time living an active social life may want to avoid the following schools in Connecticut. Their lively party scenes might prove to be much of a temptation.

According to Niche.com, Yale University in New Haven is the top "party school" in the state. It's also the 78th-best party school in the nation, according to the report.

Niche's rankings are based on student surveys, access to bars and restaurants, campus Greek life, and the school's athletics. Read the full methodology here.

While Yale ranks high in Connecticut for its party scene, it also ranks first on Niche's list of top colleges in America, making it #1 in the nation. It also ranks first in a number of other categories, including colleges with the best professors in America and and colleges with the best academics in America.

Below are the top five party schools in Connecticut:

1. Yale University (New Haven)
2. Trinity College - Connecticut (Hartford)
3. University of Connecticut (Storrs)
4. Quinnipiac University (Hamden)
5. Sacred Heart University (Fairfield)

According to Niche, these are the best party schools in the nation:

1. University of California - Santa Barbara
2. Florida State University
3. Tulane University
4. The University of Alabama
5. Syracuse University
6. University of Southern California
7. University of Georgia
8. University of Wisconsin
9. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
10. Howard University

Check out the entire list here.