Naval Academy Third Most Sober College Campus
The Princeton Review of party schools and their counterparts for 2013 places the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis near the top of the stone cold sober category.
The U.S. Naval Academy is the third most sober college campus in the country, according to the Princeton Review of Schools.
Each year the review surveys thousands of college kids about a range of issues to determine things like which campuses are the most religious, have the best dorms and the largest number of Greeks.
The 2013 edition of “The Best 377 Colleges" goes on sale Tuesday, and it places the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis as number three on its stone cold sober list.
“We’re proud of being ranked number three in the nation. When your goal is to develop the next generation of leaders for our nation, that’s right where we want to be.” said Cmdr. William Marks, a spokesman for the U.S. Naval Academy.
Brigham Young University in Provo, UT comes in number one on the sobriety list, and Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill is number two, according to The Washington Post.
The academy's high ranking could be due in part to its breathalyzer program. Midshipmen are randomly tested about twice a month when returning to their dorms on a Friday or Saturday night.
The use of breathalyzers has been so successful in curbing infractions at the Naval Academy that it is being rolled out fleetwide this year.
At the opposite end of the spectrum the University of Maryland in College Park ranked number 16 on the list of party schools. West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV came in at number one.