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On-Campus Housing Available? Yes
Campus Housing Capacity 1,253
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus? Yes
Undergrads Living On Campus 98%
Number of Dormitories 15
Number of Campus-Owned Apartments 7
Best Dorms
  • Hillside Apartments
  • Pearl Hall
Worst Dorms Old Quad (Cooper, Ganfield, Lamotte, Tyler, Stevenson, and Vinson)

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Campus housing is one of those experiences that everyone needs to have, and as they say, misery begets camaraderie. Suffering through early roommate wake-ups, fire drills, farm animal appearances on your hall, and breaking visitation rules are part of the college experience. You’ll learn to either hate your RA’s guts or, in what tends to be the norm, you’ll love them and be best friends by the end of the first semester. Your freshman hallmates are also quintessential in defining your college experience, and you’ll be friends with most of them throughout your four years. Centre’s small size is beneficial to the close friendships that are created, especially during group all-nighters or cram sessions.

While it seems odd that such a large percentage of students live on campus, the reason is because everyone is required to, but the College compensates upperclassmen with sweet pads. Seniors and juniors commonly have facilities on par with what one could rent in Danville, but are on campus. The freshman dorms are a unique experience, especially Nevin which is a love-it, hate-it rite of passage for guys, but the girls’ dorms tend to be more low-key and similar. Yerkes is an all-girls freshman dorm with larger halls than Cheek/Evans. Living on campus is the cool thing to do, and while the buildings aren’t the Hilton, the atmosphere that Centre manages to create on each hall is very “college,” as well as character-defining.

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Campus Housing at Centre College

collegecc

'11

Political Science and Government

4.2
A-

Wide Variety

There is a wide range in quality of dorms. The best dorm is like a resort. The housing process is easy

Aug 25, 2010

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Campus Housing at Centre College

getgame524

'12

Biological Sciences

4.2
A-

Upperclassman dorms are great

Depending on what dorm you get, living on campus is great. Upperclassman dorms (PEARL!) are wonderful. The Greek houses also have really large rooms. The dorms in the old quad... not so much..

Dec 15, 2009

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Campus Housing at Centre College

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Dorms are your standard...

Dorms are your standard cinderblock prisons that all college students must experience at some point in their lives. Most have undergone renovations in the past few years, but the rooms are still too small to live in. Honestly, though, it’s college—what do you expect, the Ritz? You can also get housing that’s technically school-owned but more like apartments or single rooms.

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Student Survey Poll ResultsWhat's This?

Rate campus housing on the following subjects

Facts

Room Types
  • Apartments
  • Doubles
  • Houses
  • Singles
  • Suites
  • Triples
Bed Types
  • Bunkable beds
  • Twin extra-long
What You Get
  • Bed
  • Cable TV jack
  • Closet or wardrobe
  • Desk and chair
  • Dresser
  • Free cable and access to the Centre movie channel
  • Free campus and local phone calls with voicemail
  • High-speed Internet access
  • Mirror
  • Window coverings
Also Available Interest or theme housing, substance-free housing

Cleaning Service

Yes, Monday through Friday in public areas and bathrooms

Did You Know?

All of Centre’s housing options and living spaces are smoke-free.

Centre has a quirky housing tradition that forbids freshmen girls and boys to have members of the opposite sex in their room for the first six weeks; if caught, violators pay a $25 fee.

DormitoriesWhat's This?

Wiseman Hall
Floors: 1
Number of Occupants: 20
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: No
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Houses the offices of registrar, diversity education, and religious life

Acheson Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 43
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes, by hall
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, Doubles
Special Features: Study/TV lounge, kitchen

Bingham Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 50
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, study lounge, elevator, laundry room, computer room, handicapped rooms, kitchen

Breckinridge Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 106
Bathrooms: Bathrooms:Shared by floor
Coed: No, women only
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, one suite
Special Features: Recreation area, laundry facilities

Caldwell House
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 42
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: No, men only
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Study ounge, computer lab, laundry facilities

Cheek Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 55
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: No, women only
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, suites
Special Features: Study lounge, kitchenette, TV lounge

Evans Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 54
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: No, women only
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, suites
Special Features: Study lounge, kitchenette, TV lounge

Grant Street Houses
Floors: 1
Number of Occupants: 7 per house
Bathrooms: Shared by house
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, kitchen

Greek Park Fraternity/Sorority Houses
Floors: 3 per house
Number of Occupants: 10 per house
Bathrooms: Shared by house
Coed: No
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Special Features:: Recreation area, kitchen, study, dining area, living room

International House
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 8
Bathrooms: 2
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, kitchen, dining area, laundry

McReynolds
Floors: 1
Number of Occupants: 23
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: No, women only
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Kitchen

Nevin Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 117
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Mostly freshmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, kitchen, laundry, study lounge, computer lab, TV room

Old Quad (Cooper-Ganfield House, LaMotte-Tyler House, Stevenson-Vinson House)
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 48 per house
Coed: No, men only
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Named for famous past alumni, formerly housed the College’s fraternities

Pearl Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 147 (4 per apartment)
Bathrooms: Shared with apartment
Coed: Yes, by apartment
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, kitchen

Yerkes Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 92
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: No, women only
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Study lounge, kitchen, dining area, computer lab, laundry facilities, writing center

Campus-Owned ApartmentsWhat's This?

122 St. Mildred’s Court
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 6, 3 per apartment
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes, by apartment
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, kitchen

Cheek Emeritus Housing
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 8
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes, by apartment
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: One bedroom, two bedroom
Special Features: Recreation area, kitchen, dining area

Fifth Street Apartments
Floors: 1
Number of Units: 24
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, kitchen, dining area

Fox Hall
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 12
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes, by apartment
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, kitchenette

Hillside Apartments
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 28 (8 per apartment)
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles, triples
Special Features: Area, Two bathrooms per apartment

Old Rodes Apartments
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 12
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes, by apartment
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, kitchen

Walnut House Apartments
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 15
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: No, all men
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles

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