The need to understand the settings in which students drink represents an ongoing challenge for universities. Undergraduate students (N = 2,146) completed an online multicampus survey to capture the perceptions of off-campus party guests regarding common party behaviors and events. Results indicate that students frequently attend off-campus parties, with males, students under 21, and students living on-campus attending at higher rates than females, students 21 and older, and off-campus students. Students attend off-campus parties for social reasons; strict on-campus policies do not appear to push parties to off-campus settings. Students hold high expectations that risky forms of alcohol consumption will occur at off-campus parties. These findings confirm that off-campus parties are high-risk settings and offer insight for institutional policies and education strategies.