If you want to go to a college where the students are happy, then head to Rice University in Houston, Texas. Rice, followed by Vanderbilt University and the University of Dayton, are the colleges where students are happiest, according to the Princeton Review's 2017 college rankings that were based on an 80-question survey completed by 143,000 students on 381 campuses nationwide.

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Students buckle down and study the most at the United States Military Academy (West Point), Harvey Mudd College, Reed College, the University of Chicago and Carleton College.

If you want a school where the students (almost) never study, here's your list: Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), Kansas State University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Party! They know how to party hearty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, West Virginia University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, while the stone-cold sober schools are Brigham Young University, College of the Ozarks and Wheaton College.

Following are the No. 1 rankings in selected categories:

I Only Want the Best

• Best Classroom Experience: Sarah Lawrence College
  
• Best Science Lab Facilities: Harvey Mudd College
  
• Professors Get High Marks: Wellesley College
  
• Professors Get Low Marks: New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
• Most Accessible Professors: United States Military Academy
  
• Least Accessible Professors: United States Merchant Marine Academy
  
• Best Career Services: Bentley University

All I Ever Do Is Study!

• Students Study the Most: United States Military Academy (West Point)
  
• Students Study the Least: Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
  
• Best College Library: University of Chicago
  
• This Is a Library?: Bradley University

The Smiley Face Factor

• Happiest Students: Rice University
  
• Least Happy Students: Montana Tech of the University of Montana
  
• Best College Dorms: Washington University in St. Louis
  
• Is That a Dorm?: College of the Ozarks
  
• Best Campus Food: University of Massachusetts Amherst
  
• Is It Food?: Hampden-Sydney College
  
• Most Beautiful Campus: Rhodes College
  
• Least Beautiful Campus: University of Dallas
  
• Best Quality of Life: Virginia Tech

Where's the Game?

• Best Athletic Facilities: Pennsylvania State University
  
• Students Pack the Stadiums: Syracuse University
  
• There's a Game?: College of the Atlantic
  
• Everyone Plays Intramural Sports: University of Dayton
  
• Nobody Plays Intramural Sports: Sarah Lawrence College

Animal House

• Top Party School: University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
• Reefer Madness: Ithaca College
  
• Lots of Hard Liquor: Tulane University
  
• Lots of Beer: University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
• Lots of Greek Life: Bucknell University

They Never Wear Togas Here

• Stone Cold Sober School: Brigham Young University
  
• Most Religious Students: Thomas Aquinas College
  
• They Don't Inhale: United States Coast Guard Academy
  
• Scotch and Soda, Hold the Scotch: Brigham Young University
  
• Got Milk? Brigham Young University

Politically Correct

• Most Politically-Active Students: The George Washington University
  
• Election? What Election?: Becker College
  
• Most Conservative Students: Brigham Young University
  
• Most Liberal Students: Sarah Lawrence College

I'm Okay, You're Okay

• Lots of Race/Class Interaction: Rice University
  
• Little Race/Class Interaction: Catholic University of America
  
• LGBT-Friendly: Sarah Lawrence College
  
• LGBT-Unfriendly: Wheaton College

Red Tape, Green Money

• Best-Run College: Elon University
  
• Administrators Get Low Marks: Hanover College
  
• Great Financial Aid: Vassar College
  
• Financial Aid Not So Great: State University of New York-Purchase College

About the book: "The Best 381 Colleges" ranks schools in dozens of categories, including admissions, financial aid, best professors, happiest students, best dorms and a "green" rating for environmentally-friendly practices.

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