Illinois Colleges: Pretty, Ugly, Sober, Drunk

By Margaret Lyons in News on Jul 29, 2008 8:50PM

Princeton Review released its college rankings yesterday, and some Illinois schools have a lot to be happy about. Others....not so much. The results are from student surveys, so you have no one to blame but the kids at your alma mater.

Bradley: 4th worst library

DePaul University: 10th most diverse student body, best college town

Illinois Institute of Technology: seventh least popular professors, second for least accessible professors, 11th for most red tape, seventh least politically active, 10th unhappiest, 11th least beautiful campus, 5th worst town-gown relations

Knox College: 16th in student satisfaction with financial aid, 9th most popular student radio station, 17th most popular student theater

Lake Forest College: 12th in student satisfaction with financial aid

Northwestern: 20th most popular student newspaper, 15th worst town-gown relations

University of Chicago: 9th for students studying the most, 9th best college library, 14th for sports being unpopular

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 18th for students studying the least, 18th most popular for Greek system participation, 16th biggest party school

Wheaton College: 16th most conservative student body, best food, 2nd most sober, 8th least drug use, 6th for future rotarians, best town-gown relations