UGA ranked 2nd in aspiring ‘Sugar Babies’
The University of Georgia, one of the oldest public universities in the U.S., has many noble, time-honored traditions.
This blog isn’t about one of them.
Once UGA topples Sugar Baby powerhouse NYU, it will indeed be No. 1.
Instead, a report issued today concludes potential gold-diggers have made Athens their second most popular higher education destination.
Georgia State is No. 11, which seems odd considering many could easily date walk down the safe streets of Atlanta and find an employable North Avenue Trade School grad.
The results of the report will be featured on ABC News’ 20/20, says SeekingArrangement.com, a dating site that helps moneyed men hook up with cash-strapped women looking for little more than a proper education.
The number of ladies seeking a free ride grew in 2011.
“In 2011, we saw an explosion in the number of college students seeking Sugar Daddies to help pay their college tuition”, says website founder and MIT graduate Brandon Wade. “One in every two Sugar Babies who join our website today are college students, and college Sugar Babies now make up 40% of our Sugar Baby population, up from 33% in 2010.”
Perhaps this explains why the original name of Sugar Daddy, the candy, not the man writing checks, was Papa Sucker.
Here’s the Top 20 list for 2011, ranked according to the number of Sugar Babies silly enough to use their school email address when signing up. Penn State rolls in at No. 13, but I’ll let you write your own jokes.
1. New York University (NYU) — 185
2. University of Georgia — 155
3. University of Phoenix — 144
4. Tulane University — 129
5. Temple University — 113
6. Virginia Community College — 108
7. University of Southern Florida — 93
8. Arizona State University — 85
9. Michigan State — 81
10. Ivy Tech Community College — 78
11. Georgia State University — 74
12. University of Wisconsin — 73
13. Penn State University — 72
14. University of Central Florida — 67
15. Kent University — 65
16. Maricopa Community College — 63
17. Indiana University — 62
18. University of California, Berkeley — 61
19. The Art Institutes — 60
20. Florida International University — 59
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92 comments Add your comment
MontyP
January 13th, 2012
5:23 pm
Athens will be number 1 next year now that all the Sugar Babies know that Mark Richt is slinging bonus money and handouts all over the place.
john
January 13th, 2012
5:25 pm
To uga34way and others who feel superior to someone from Alabama, I say all you need to know about Georgia’s supposed gretaer sophistication was summed up in “Deliverance.”
john
January 13th, 2012
5:27 pm
Whoops- make that “greater” instead of “gretaer.”
asd
January 17th, 2012
6:35 pm
I think this is just a marketing stunt by the ‘dating’ company to get some attention. Also with such huge population these numbers are not even representative. But how is it different than prostitution.
left/right? who cares?
January 18th, 2012
11:44 am
this is the weirdest blog is have ever read…what?? and yeah, what asd said.
doug4
January 24th, 2012
8:42 am
My understanding is that many of these sugar babies actually attend Gainesville St.
Daniel
January 26th, 2012
7:25 pm
Everyone is missing the point here, this is not funny. It is basically legalized prostitution
bigdawg
February 7th, 2012
6:34 pm
From what I see when I drive through Tech, I wonder if anyone is home in Asia!?!
bigdawg
February 7th, 2012
6:35 pm
How about doing a story on young studs who get put through school by cougars!?!
bigdawg
February 7th, 2012
6:37 pm
Daniel, women have been prostituting themselves for money since the beginning of time. Anytime anyone, male or female, says they’re “marrying for money,” they are confirming they are a prostitute.