<p>What colleges have a sense of community? I'm looking for around 5,000 students and up. </p>
<p>Example: U of Dayton...7,000kids...great community. 89% of people live on campus, everyone parties together in the "ghetto," and campus itself is on just a couple hundred acres. people say its a real "family" atmosphere.</p>
<p>any other colleges with this?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Try looking at schools with residential colleges:</p>
<p><a href="http://collegiateway.org/colleges/%5B/url%5D">http://collegiateway.org/colleges/</a></p>
<p>I would definitely agree with the residential college idea. Although Rice is a bit smaller than you want from a school, I really think the residential college system here gives an unparalleled sense of community, and I would hope some other, larger schools might offer a similar experience.</p>