MADISON, Wis. -- The University of Florida ranks in the top 20 among the scores of universities in the United States in at least one category -- that of party schools.

PRINCTON REVIEW TOP 20 'PARTY SCHOOLS' University of Wisconsin-Madison Ohio University-Athens Lehigh University University of California-Santa Barbara SUNY at Albany Indiana University - Bloomington University of Mississippi University of Iowa University of Massachusetts-Amherst Loyola University New Orleans Tulane University University of Georgia Penn State University Park West Virginia University The University of Texas at Austin University of Tennessee - Knoxville University of New Hampshire University of Florida Louisiana State University University of Maryland-College Park

The University of Florida is ranked 18th in the annual list by the Princeton Review, continuing to drop after being ranked fifth three years ago.

University of Georgia, which was No. 8 in the 2004 list, was ranked 12th this year. Florida State University, which ranked sixth in the 2004 list, has dropped out of the top 20 list.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison topped the list despite a decade-long effort by school officials to reduce its reputation for heavy drinking.

Meanwhile, Brigham Young University was tops among "stone-cold sober" schools for the eighth straight year.

The list isn't affiliated with Princeton University, but based on online surveys of more than 110,000 college students and is included in the Princeton Review's "Best 361 Colleges."

The top party schools rankings are based on survey responses regarding alcohol and drug use, hours of study each day, and the number of students in fraternities and sororities.

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