A study released last week revealed that binge drinking has not decreased on college campuses since similar studies were conducted in 1993 and 1997.
A steady 44 percent of college students stated that they binge drink. The study collected data from 119 four-year colleges to monitor national alcohol consumption rates.
The study was conducted by Henry Wechsler in the Harvard School of Public Health.
Toben Nelson, who worked on the project with Wechsler, said the atmosphere on college campuses has not significantly changed in the past eight years.
"There has been relatively no change in the rates of binge drinking," he said. "There has been a small increase in the level of frequent binge drinkers but also an increase in the number of people abstaining from alcohol."
Nelson said the study considered binge drinking as consuming five or more drinks for men and four or more drinks for women on three or more occasions in a two-week period.
Nelson said he was most surprised by the significant increase in binge drinking at women's colleges.
According to the study, 32 percent of students at women's colleges binge drank last year, compared to 24 percent in 1993.
Nelson emphasized a polarization in binge drinking.