The 20 Best Graduate Schools For Your Social Life

For many people, college can be the best four years of their lives. It's a time to learn a lot, socialize, and make long lasting friendships.

But what about graduate school? Grad school is seriously hard work, but it can also be a great place to form new frienships and have tons of fun in a new city.

Graduateprograms.com ranked the most social graduate schools in the country based on votes from 40,000 students from more than 1,200 schools. To rank the schools, Graduate Programs assigns 15 categories such as academic competitiveness, quality of network, ability to make friends, and the dating scene.

A program's final ranking score is determined by averaging the 15 categories together across programs. The highest score is a 10.