<p>^^^And then there are the universities at which students are expected–or required–to live on campus all four years. Example: Vanderbilt Univ. (although they do make a few exception for seniors, by application; my son made sure he was one of the exceptions.)</p>
<p>As was predicted above, there are no absolute rules to distinguish the two categories.</p>
<p>In our state, one of the public institutions is called a LAC, but includes the word ‘university’ in its name: Truman State University. It is, in fact, far more of a LAC than a university. Probably its only graduate program is education, and that only exists because Truman does not award a standard education degree to undergraduates.</p>