<p>Most colleges seem to have plenty of drinking, but at some there is really nothing else, which can isolate those who don’t participate. Staying overnight is a good barometer, but hard to do for everyplace you look at. Schools with residential honors dorms seem to have more sense of community based on something other than alcohol, although there is plenty of alcohol available there too, it seems. You might look, at state schools, at the living/learning communities that are formed around an interest.</p>