The Impact of Being Named a Top Party School on the Peer Rankings and the Academic Profile of a University

Abigail Cormier, Austin F. Eggers, Peter Groothuis and Kurt W. Rutthoff

No 21-06, Working Papers from Department of Economics, Appalachian State University

Abstract: We explore how being named the top party school by the Princeton Review affects the U.S. News and World Report peer rankings as well as the academic profile of a university. We find that being named the top party school lowers peer rankings, freshman retention, and the academic quality of incoming students at a university. However, we also find that being named a top party school has no effect on an institution’s acceptance rate. These results suggest that the publicity of being named the top party school in the nation enhances a school’s undesirable reputation as measured by peer ranking, and also negatively influences student enrollment decisions, particularly among top academic performing students. Key Words: Higher Education, Academic Ranking, Party School

Date: 2020
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