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Campus Housing:

B-

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Quick Stats

Undergrads Living on Campus

51 %

Number of Dormitories

8

Number of Campus-Owned Apartments

6

Best Dorms

  • Mashuda
  • Straz Tower

Worst Dorms

  • O'Donnell

College Prowler Take

Dorm preference at Marquette is a toss-up. The school provides places from down-and-dirty to clean-and-classy, so there are dorms to suit any student’s needs or interests. Options include coed, single-sex, private bathrooms, and specialty housing floors for nursing, engineering, and honors students. Though most students complain about dorm life, studies have shown that students who live on campus tend to achieve higher grades, become more involved, and flat-out have a more pleasant college experience than those who live off campus.

Since freshman and sophomores are required to live on campus in Marquette residence halls, it might be more difficult to get into some halls, such as McCormick. Although slightly run-down and cramped, the majority of incoming students prefer McCormick as their number one choice, since it is coed and all freshmen (an excellent way to start your first year of college with a bang). If a party atmosphere is not your scene, O’Donnell and Cobeen house single-sex first-year students, and honors floors are located in the best rated dorm on campus, Straz Tower (East). So dorms have their ups and downs, but all fellow first- and second-year students are in the same boat, so you just have to make the most of it.

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Anonymous says:

The MU dorms are cool. I had fun...

The MU dorms are cool. I had fun in the all-guys dorm, but I don’t know what living in an all-girls dorm is like. All the dorms are nice, though. McCormick is the dorm that most freshmen live in—it’s pretty cool because you get to meet a ton of people, but the rooms are kind of small.

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PaulMonsen05 says:

Marquette University 2012

Business

Dorm Life

C

The dorm life at Marquette University is fantastic, but the practices of the university in regulating students is terrible. The visitation hours is a good idea but of fellow students there is no respect or privacy given.

Campus Housing: February 08, 2010
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funlovin3349 says:

Marquette University 2008

Rules are strict in dorms

B

Living in dorms is a nice way to meet people but the rules are a little strict. You have to live in a dorm your freshman and sophomore years, but upperclass dorms are nicer than freshman ones. Off-campus housing is awesome, and there is something for everyone.

Campus Housing: November 17, 2009
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Math_Camel says:

Marquette University 2011

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Uck. Don't listen to these crazy...

Uck. Don't listen to these crazy fools - Cobeen is the best. It's all girls, so it stays clean and quiet. You know those stories of someone geting woken up at 2 a.m. by some drunk peeing on their door? Won't happen in the 'Been, and our rooms are very nice with the best dining hall on campus. And you can get to Milwakee Public Library and the Rec at Straz in like 2 minutes.

Campus Housing: March 06, 2009
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Anonymous says:

East Hall is by far the nicest...

East Hall is by far the nicest dorm to live in. That’s where I stayed last year, but the only way that you can get in as a freshman is to be in the honors program. Otherwise, your choices will most likely be Cobeen or McCormick. Cobeen is all-girls dorm, but the rooms are nice. At McCormick, the rooms are tiny, almost like a dungeon, but if you don’t mind the small rooms and want to be in a place where there is non-stop action, that’s the place to be. You’ll meet a ton of people very quickly there. Orientation week will help with that, too.

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Facts

What You Get

  • Bed
  • Cable TV and phone jacks
  • Closet or wardrobe
  • Desk and chair
  • Dresser
  • Ethernet connection
  • Free campus and local phone calls
  • Mirror
  • Study lamp
  • Window coverings

Room Types

  • 1–4 Bedroom Apartments
  • Doubles
  • Quads
  • Singles
  • Studio/Efficiency
  • Triples

Bed Types

  • Bunkable beds
  • Twin extra-long

Also Available

  • Specialty Housing Floors – Some Marquette residence halls offer specialty housing options for students in the same department programs. Carpenter Tower offers engineering floors, Cobeen Hall offers nursing floors, and honors program floors are available in various dorms. On these floors, students can live with people who are taking similar classes and who are going through similar academic rigors. In addition to this camaraderie, these specialty housing floors offer specialized programming and specially selected student staff members.

Available for Rent

Bed lofts, Minifridge, microwave

Cleaning Service

Custodial services are responsible for maintaining a clean and healthy environment in all campus academic buildings, as well as residence halls, with the exception of private bathrooms within residence halls.

Dormitories

Abbottsford
Floors: 8
Number of Occupants: 218
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Triples

Carpenter Tower
Floors: 17
Number of Occupants: 300+
Bathrooms: In-room
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, sophomores
Room Types: Single, double
Exercise room, hall store, laundry facility, game room, Macintosh computer lab/Internet access, large basement study area, cable television, engineering floor

Cobeen Hall
Floors: 8, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 350
Bathrooms: Common, in-room
Coed: No, women only
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Single, double (common bathroom), quad (in-room bathroom)
Carpeting, exercise room, first-floor dining facilities, hall store, laundry facility, Macintosh computer lab/Internet access, second-floor common lounge (with a grand piano), cable television, specialty nursing dorm

Mashuda Hall
Floors: 7, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 400+
Bathrooms: In-room
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and sophomores
Room Types: Double, triple, and quad
Air conditioning, carpeting, weight room, laundry facility, first-floor dining room, hall store, game room, Macintosh computer lab/Internet access, meeting rooms, cable television, new furniture

McCormick Hall
Floors: 12, plus mezzanine and basement
Number of Occupants: 725
Bathrooms: Common, in-room
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Double and triple
Room carpeting, large game room (with a big-screen TV), exercise and weight room, chapel, two dining facilities, hall store, computer lab/Internet access, music room, reading room, kitchenette, laundry facility, cable television, cross-cultural leadership hall

O’Donnell Hall
Floors: 3, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 300+
Bathrooms: Common
Coed: No, men only
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Single, double, triple, quad
Weight room, dining room, laundry facility, prayer room, hall store, game room, several conference rooms, computer lab/Internet access, cable television

Schroeder Hall
Floors: 10, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 650
Bathrooms: Common
Coed: Yes
Residents: Sophomores
Room Types: Double, triple
Carpeting, exercise room, laundry facility, dining facilities, hall store, music room, large multipurpose room, computer lab/Internet access, cable TV

Straz Tower
Floors: 18
Number of Occupants: N/A
Bathrooms: In-room
Coed: Yes
Residents: Honors program students
Room Types: Single, double, triple
Air conditioning, laundry facility, computer lab/Internet access, honors program floors, houses Rex Plex

Campus-Owned Apartments

Abbottsford Apartments
Floors: 9
Number of Units: 106 Units
Bathrooms: In-room
Coed: Yes
Residents: Graduate students, married students, and students who are parents
Room Types: Efficiency, 1 bedroom
Phone with local calls/voice mail/call waiting, basic cable, high-speed Internet access, quiet/comfortable living environment, study room, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, front desk staffed 24 hours a day by University personnel, EntraGuard controlled entrance, all utilities except electricity included in the rent, storage locker located on the lower level, coin and MarquetteCASH-operated laundry facilities

Campus Town Apartments (East and West)
Number of Units: 223 units
Bathrooms: In-room
Coed: Yes
Residents: Juniors, seniors, graduate students
Room Types: 1, 2, and 3 bedroom, townhouse and coop (split-level design)
Phone with local calls/voice mail/call waiting, basic cable, high-speed Internet access, fully carpeted and furnished with dishwasher, microwave, electric stove, and refrigerator, central air and heat, secure ID card entry system, security cameras located in the lobby and common areas monitored by the DPS, coin-operated laundry facility, all utilities except electricity are included in rent

Carmel Apartments
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 60
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Efficiency, 1 bedroom
Phone with local calls/voice mail/call waiting, basic cable (approximately 90 channels), high-speed Internet access, units furnished with a bed, dresser, refrigerator, and gas stove, fully carpeted, EntraGuard controlled entrance, all utilities included in rent, coin- and MarquetteCASH-operated laundry facilities

Frenn Building
Floors: 1 (located on the top floor of this two-story building in Campus Town)
Number of Units: 4 units
Bathrooms: In-room
Coed: Yes
Residents: Juniors and seniors
Room Types: Two 2 bedroom, two 3 bedroom
Phone with local calls/voice mail/call waiting, basic cable (approximately 90 channels), high-speed Internet access, equipped with a stove, refrigerator, and dishwasher, central air and heat, high ceilings, key entry and buzzer system, all utilities except electricity included in the rent

Gilman Building
Number of Units: 43 units
Coed: Yes
Residents: Juniors, seniors, and graduate students
Room Types: Studio, 1 bedroom apartments
Phone with local calls/voice mail/call waiting, basic cable (approximately 90 channels), high-speed Internet access, key entry and buzzer system, units furnished with a refrigerator and stove, all utilities except electricity included in the rent, coin-operated laundry facility

Humphrey Apartments
Floors: 6
Number of Units: N/A
Bathrooms: In-room
Coed: Yes
Residents: Juniors and seniors
Room Types: 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom
Phone with local calls/voice mail/call waiting, basic cable (approximately 90 channels), high-speed Internet access, rooms furnished with extra-long beds, dressers, refrigerator, and electric stove, fully carpeted, front desk staffed 24 hours a day, EntraGuard controlled entrance, all utilities included in the rent, coin- and MarquetteCASH-operated laundry facilities, 24-hour computer lab access, game room with vending machines, video games, dart machine, and billiards table, free movies and weekly events held in the auditorium, piano room

Did You Know?

All campus residents get free cable and Internet, as well as the Marquette TV channel, which plays recent movies seven nights a week.

On a daily basis, the custodial service cleans almost four million square feet of room space.

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