University students no longer attend the No. 1 party school in the nation.

But No. 2 is not too far down the list.

The Princeton Review released its rankings of universities on a wide range of issues Monday, including the party school ranking.

Students and guests talking at Bourbon Street on East Broad Street in downtown Athens. The number of bars surrounding the University contributed to its high “party school” ranking in an annual survey by the Princeton Review. Photo by ALLISON LOVE

The University also received a place on the Review’s Green Honor Roll, No. 15 among “jock schools,” No. 6 in best campus food and No. 5 in best public school value.

“If you want to brag about the good ones, you’ve got to take the bad ones,” said Tom Jackson, vice president for public affairs.

Jackson discounted the significance of the results.

“We also noted they have a tendency to shuffle around the top 10,” he said. “It’s not a surprise when the No. 1 and No. 2 schools switch.”

Jackson criticized the methodology of the survey, a self-submitted opinion survey by an average of 350 students per school. According to the Princeton Review website, 122,000 students were polled nationally.

“I can tell by the diference in my phone calls this year,” he said. “The school that gets No. 1, they just get inundated the first few days.”

Though students visit the Princeton Review website, which lists rankings and other statistics, most students express few concerns about the University’s loss of the No. 1 spot.

“I don’t really care,” said Andrew Healy, a junior finance major from Marietta. “I just hope the police presence downtown goes down a little bit. Last year it was higher than it’s ever been in past years.”

Regan Hovey, a senior from Atlanta majoring in psychology, said she thought losing the No. 1 ranking might better the University’s image.

“It’s probably a good thing not to be No. 1,” she said. “It’s good to be a fun school, but not No. 1 in the nation.”

Jackson said the No. 5 best value ranking was a good reflection of the University and put in perspective the cost of education at the University, especially in light of recent changes in cost of tuition.

“Even with the changes we’ve had with the HOPE scholarship and an increase in tuition,” he said, “UGA still remains one of the best public universities in the nation.”