Sophia Tulp

USA TODAY

For the 26th year, The Princeton Review has released its annual “Best Colleges” rankings*, including over 382 schools and 62 lists of rankings from "best classroom experience" to "biggest party school."

Here are some of the 2018 list superlatives, ranging from the most beautiful campuses to the happiest student bodies to the biggest party schools.

Academics

Great financial aid







Bowdoin College Vanderbilt University Colgate University





Professors get high marks







Sarah Lawrence College St. John's College Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering





Best-run college







University of Richmond Washington University in St. Louis Stanford University





Best classroom experience







United States Military Academy Mount Holyoke College Sarah Lawrence College

Aesthetics

Most beautiful campus

https://www.instagram.com/p/BW-p4ZKlOYY/





University of San Diego Bucknell University Bryn Mawr College







University of Massachusetts-Amherst Bowdoin College Washington University in St. Louis





Best athletic facilities







Auburn University Kansas State University Grinnell College





Best college newspapers

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTIqoTUlmWm/





Syracuse University Columbia University Ithaca College

Student Life

Happiest students

https://www.instagram.com/p/BT_0oaJhguE/





Vanderbilt University Rice University University of Oklahoma



Reed College Bennington College Pitzer College







University of Dallas Hillsdale College Thomas Aquinas College





Most politically active students







Columbia University Pitzer College Reed College





Most LGBTQ-friendly







Bryn Mawr College College of the Atlantic Emerson College





Most race/class interaction







Rice University United States Military Academy College of William and Mary

Social Scene

Students pack the stadiums the most





Syracuse University Clemson University Kansas State University







University of Vermont Ithaca College Bard College





Biggest party schools











Tulane University West Virginia University Bucknell University





Most sober schools







Brigham Young University College of the Ozarks Baruch College, City University of New York





*Methodology:

compiled





Sophia Tulp is an Ithaca College student and a USA TODAY College intern.

This story originally appeared on the USA TODAY College blog, a news source produced for college students by student journalists. The blog closed in September of 2017.