DD may be interested in residential college at University of Michigan-- small college within larger university. Are there similar programs at other large universities? thanks!
My D looked at that program. I thought it looked really cool. Ultimately didn’t apply to Michigan.
I did some research and apparently Miami of OH used to have similar but no more.
I think some Honors colleges in large publics would fit that model so I’d look into them. There’s a difference between an Honors College and an Honors Program, with the former being more self-contained like the residential college at Michigan.
I have seen a references to U South Carolina being a good example. And perhaps UGA? If you google honors colleges at public universities you’ll find some good references.
Good luck!
Every large school has a smaller school. This is like living in a large city. For the most part, you remain in a circumscribed area. Students on campuses of 30000+ will go to building where the major is located, the liberal arts college for basic requirements. There will be many buildings and thousands of students that a student will never enter or encounter. There may be thousands of students attending my university, but the vast majority are irrelevant to me personally. While there may be a small internal college, that is not necessary to do well and be happy at a big school.
Rice University actually has residential colleges, modelled on the Ivies.
Yes, many large universities offer residential theme house living options as well as Honors Colleges & Honors Programs. In theory, students enjoy the best of both worlds (large university options with LAC comforts).
It is difficult to beat the quality of life offered by the University of Michigan in a public university setting.
The University of Alabama & Arizona State University offer Honors College living options, privileges & scholarships that are worth investigating as a good starting point.
A couple of large schools my kids looked at that I believe offer residential colleges:
Ole Miss
Alabama (Blount)
South Carolina (Preston)
If your D is competitive for Michigan she will likely qualify for nice schlorships at these schools.
I encouraged my 2014 S to look at residential colleges to make the big schools more manageable. Turned out he found his crowd almost immediately in his traditional dorm (old rooms, shared bathroom down the hall) at Kentucky.
Purdue has a residential honors college and lots of other living/learning communities. UMD - CP does as well.
One of our kids is a junior at U of Kentucky. UK has an Honors college, fancy Honors dorms, and a undergrad Fellowship program — but our kid has found her “home” to be her department in her major & the friends she lives with off-campus.
thanks-- looking for a residential type program where for first year or so the kids are grouped together for many classes etc making the college seem a bit smaller. thanks
Residential college at MSU too 
@romanigypsyeyes
Residential College in the Arts and Humanities at MSU. I’m an alum from that program and happy to answer any questions.
@parent1973 – Many Honors Colleges and Programs do have residential living as part of them. Students may not stay all 4 years --but typically one or two.
What I recall as unique about Michigan’s residential college is the dorm and classroom building was pretty much the same and that’s not common. Maybe some others do have that too…
The one I always hear about is Schreyer Honors College at Penn State.
Ohio State has several different programs to group students in housing and classes with similar academic interests together.
https://housing.osu.edu/learning-communities/
https://honors-scholars.osu.edu/scholars/programs
https://honors-scholars.osu.edu/honors
As well as housing some scholarship recipients together like Eminence, Stadium, etc.
@parent1973 Barrett Honors College at ASU - also offers good merit scholarships for OOS students with strong stats.