Every August, The Princeton Review releases its survey of the Best 382 Colleges in America. Among the many categories is what they call “Reefer Madness” schools, which essentially means campuses with a strong affinity for marijuana. Northeast schools dominate the 2020 list, with 14 schools and Skidmore College returning to the top for the first time since 2014.
Due to students not being on campuses in 2020 during the first wave of Covid-19, The Princeton Review did not include a Reefer Madness list in their 2021 survey. This list is now for 2020 and 2021.
Top 20 "Reefer Madness" Colleges for 2020/2021
Ranking (Last Year) College Location
1 (5) Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY
2 (2) Pitzer College Claremont, CA
3 (4) Wesleyan University Middletown, CT
4 (6) Reed College Portland, OR
5 (3) University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI
6 (7) University of Maine Orono, ME
7 (1) University of Vermont Burlington, VT
8 (11) Warren Wilson College Asheville, NC
9 (12) Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY
10 (13) SUNY Purchase Purchase, NY
11 (-) Emerson College Boston, MA
12 (-) Eckerd College St. Petersburg, FL
13 (-) Goucher College Baltimore, MD
14 (10) UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
15 (19) Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
16 (17) Ithaca College Ithaca, NY
17 (-) Clark University Worcester, MA
18 (10) Colby College Waterloo, ME
19 (-) St. Lawrence University Canton, NY
20 (20) Hamilton College Clinton, NY
Off the List from 2019
8 (3) Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
9 (-) Marlboro College Marlboro, VT
14 (16) Champlain College Burlington, VT
15 (19) Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO
16 (5) University of Colorado Boulder, CO
18 (10) University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
Previous Top Colleges
2019 University of Vermont Burlington, VT
2018 University of Vermont Burlington, VT
2017 University of Vermont Burlington, VT
2016 Ithaca College Ithaca, NY
2015 Ithaca College Ithaca, NY
2014 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY
2013 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY
States with the Most Schools on the 2020 List
New York - 7
Vermont - 2
Maine - 2
California - 2
Massachusetts - 2
