Los Angeles – Aug. 26, 2015 – Tinder, the world’s most popular social app for meeting new people, has just released its list of “Most Right-Swiped” U.S. campuses. According to Tinder’s proprietary data, the list was compiled based on male and female students enrolled in a college or university who received the most right swipes, indicating collectively which schools had the most desirable student body.
Summary of Insights
• Top 10 campuses for females and males who received the most right swipes are widely dispersed, not similar
• University of Mississippi made the top 10 most right-swiped male and female lists
• Top 10 campuses with the most popular females are all public schools
• The majority of campuses with the most popular males are private schools, with the 5th most right-swiped being a military academy
• Top 4 most right-swiped males attend a religiously affiliated university
• Top 25 males: ACC Schools lead with 7; Ivy League came in second with 4 schools
• Top 25 females: SEC schools lead with 5; Big 12, ACC came in second with 4 schools
• Profiles with the most right swipes all contained bios
Top 25 List: Campuses with Most Swiped Right Females
1. Florida State University
2. University of Miami
3. University of Mississippi
4. University of Colorado Boulder
5. University of Alabama
6. Colorado State University
7. Boise State University
8. Iowa State University
9. University of Arizona
10. University of Iowa
11. Kansas State University
12. Indiana University
13. Texas Christian University
14. San Diego State University
15. Virginia Tech
16. Miami University (Ohio)
17. Clemson University
18. Ohio University
19. University of Florida
20. University of Kentucky
21. Auburn University
22. Texas Tech University
23. Pennsylvania State University
24. West Virginia University
25. Southern Methodist University
Top 25 List: Campuses with Most Swiped Right Males
1. Georgetown University
2. Brigham Young University
3. University of Notre Dame
4. Texas Christian University
5. Air Force Academy
6. Yale University
7. Dartmouth College
8. University of Virginia
9. University of Mississippi
10. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
11. United States Naval Academy
12. Brown University
13. Rice University
14. Tulane University
15. University of Vermont
16. Wake Forest University
17. Cornell University
18. University of Tennessee
19. Ohio University
20. Loyola Marymount University
21. Miami University (Ohio)
22. United States Military Academy (West Point)
23. Mississippi State University
24. Clemson University
25. Boston College
See the full Top 50 list published on Tinder’s blog. Data is based on the ratio of right swipes received by students attending each university, ages 18-23 in the spring of 2015.
About Tinder
Launched in 2012, Tinder is the world’s leading social app for meeting new people. With its global reach, people in all 196 countries around the world are swiping right to connect with others, making it a top 10 lifestyle app in more than 70 countries. In 2015, the company introduced Tinder Plus, giving users access to premium features, Rewind and Passport. Each day, 26 million matches are made on Tinder with more than eight billion matches made to date.
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