Economics and accounting students are some of the biggest drinkers in Britain’s universities, according to a new survey from StudentBeans.com. The student deals website asked nearly 2,000 students from seventy-four universities how many units of alcohol they generally drink per week and ranked the results by course.

Accounting and finance students came top of the table, reporting that they consumed 30.6 units of alcohol on average each week, nearly 50% more than the Royal College of Physicians’ recommended weekly limit for men and double that for women. Economics students, perhaps taking to heart Keynes’ reminder that in the long run we are all dead, came in second in the survey, with a reported average consumption of 27.3 units per week.

Commenting on the results, Oliver Brann, editor of StudentBeans.com, said, “It seems these turbulent financial times are stressing the accountants and economists out before they’ve even entered the working world.”

Close behind were chemistry students, with a reported 26.2 units per week, equivalent to around 13 pints. Geographers claimed to drink an average of 22.5 units per week, just above the weekly recommended limit for males, while most of those taking humanities and social science courses reported consuming between 17 and 20 units.

Medics told the website they drink around 17 units a week, while English students reported some of the lowest levels of alcohol consumption, claiming to consume an average of 14.7 units per week. Bottom of the table were students studying nursing, midwifery and health care, who told the survey they drink just over 12 units per week, about five and a half glasses of wine.