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How Did Michigan Schools Rank on Healthy Sex Report Card?

When condom maker wrapped up its 2014 sexual health report card, the U-M topped MSU and other state schools.

The Michigan State University Spartans may be the favorite to win Saturday’s intrastate rivalry on the gridiron, but by one very healthy measure, the University of Michigan Wolverines are already the big man on campus.

The makers of Trojan brand condoms said U-M is the sixth-safest campus for students to have sex in its annual rankings in the 2014 Trojan Sexual Health Report Card. U-M was ranked 11th and 13th in the 2013 and 2012 rankings, respectively.

The rankings of 140 campuses in all 50 states and the District of Columbia were compiled and analyzed by researcher Bert Sperling and his Sperling’s BestPlaces independent research firm.

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Michigan State University moved ahead in its rankings, landing at No. 41 in the 2014 report card from the No. 45 and No. 48 spots in 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Three other Michigan schools were also ranked.

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Western Michigan University landed at No. 49, up from No. 57 in 2013 and No. 67 in 2012

Central Michigan University students are also practicing safer sex than in 2013 and 2012, where they were ranked at No. 111 each year. In the 2014 ranking, CMU landed at the No. 101.

The only Michigan school in the rankings that faltered was Eastern Michigan University, coming in No. 109, compared with No. 98 in 2013 and No. 103 in 2012.

Oregon State University is the safest place for college sex, making an unprecedented jump to No. 1 from No. 26 in 2013, to dethrone Princeton University, which dropped to No. 13 from No. 1 in 2013.

Here’s the top 10:

  1. Oregon State University
  2. University of Texas-Austin
  3. University of Maryland-College Park
  4. University of Arizona
  5. Stanford University
  6. University of Michigan
  7. Brown University
  8. Columbia University of the City of New York
  9. Syracuse University
  10. University of Wisconsin

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