Two colleges in Central New York are among the top 10 party schools.

The Princeton Review has named Syracuse University the No. 4 party school in America for the second year in a row. It's SU's seventh year in a row in the top 10; the school was No. 1 in 2014.

The Princeton Review's 2018 party school rankings, released Monday, also include Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y. Colgate ranked ninth overall, down one spot from No. 8 last year.

Based on a survey of 138,000 students at 384 schools across the country, The Princeton Review chooses its top party schools annually based on questions about drug and alcohol use, hours of study each day, and the popularity of fraternities and sororities. One thing that helped Syracuse score highly is also sports fans, such as for tailgating at Syracuse basketball and football games.

The SU campus is "the most fun place on the planet when the basketball team is doing well," one respondent said.

Syracuse also ranked No. 1 in the nation for school spirit, No. 9 for intramural sports, No. 5 for best college radio station, No. 2 for best college newspaper, and No. 18 for Greek life.

SU has often also ranked in the top 10 for "lots of beer" and "hard liquor," but the school cracked down of some of the partying aspects after Syracuse was named the No. 1 party school in 2014. The university released a statement saying it was "disappointed" with the top spot that year.

Still, Syracuse has ranked in the top 10 party schools every year since 2012. SU was No. 1 in 2014, No. 5 in 2015, No. 8 in 2016, and No. 4 in 2017.

This is Colgate's fourth year in a row in the top 10. Colgate was No. 10 in 2015 and 2016, and No. 8 in 2017.

Colgate alumnus Jay Chandrasekhar, who formed the Broken Lizard comedy troupe with friends while attending the Hamilton school, often credits Colgate's hard-partying reputation for his success. Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske co-wrote and starred in "Beerfest" and the "Super Troopers" movies.

"Colgate is the epitome of having it both ways," Chandrasekhar wrote in a 2017 biography. "Academically, it ranks in the top twenty schools in the country, but it is also a famous party school. As the legend goes, in the seventies, Playboy ranked the top party schools in America. Florida State was ranked number one. Next to it was listed Colgate*, with the asterisk explaining, 'Colgate is the real number one, but it's a professional drinking school, so it can't officially top our list.'"

Top Party Schools - Princeton Review 2018 rankings

1. University of Delaware - Newark, DE

2. West Virginia University - Morgantown, WV

3. Tulane University - New Orleans, LA

4. Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY

5. Bucknell University - Lewisburg, PA

6. Lehigh University - Bethlehem, PA

7. University of California-Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara, CA

8. University of Wisconsin-Madison - Madison, WI

9. Colgate University - Hamilton, NY

10. University of Rhode Island - Kingston, RI