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Quick Stats

Student Parking Lot? Yes
Freshmen Allowed to Park? No
Neither are sophomores
Approximate Parking Permit Cost $303 per year
Common Parking Tickets
  • Handicapped zone: $200
  • No decal: $25
  • No parking zone: $50
Best Places to Find a Spot Anywhere after 5:30 p.m. (all parking lots are open), back streets behind Overbrook, the dirt lot by Science Center, the ROTC St. Joe's lot.
Good Luck Getting a Spot Here Sourin Parking Lot

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

St. Joe’s has recently started addressing the lack of parking available to students. The school has stopped letting sophomores apply for parking passes, which has freed up spots for upperclassmen who live off campus. There is also a new parking garage and a new parking lot behind the new buildings. While neighbors were initially very hostile to the students in the new buildings, the school provided more parking for students in the buildings’ lot so they wouldn’t have to park in front of people’s houses. The Maguire Campus will no doubt help to continue improving the parking situation.

While St. Joe’s is actively working to improve the parking situation, it is far from being done. It’s relatively impossible to show up to campus during the middle of the day and stumble upon a spot in the first lot you pull into. Security guards have recently started cracking down on un-decaled cars in lots. Students living in the new buildings, Merion Gardens, and townhouses have the advantage of their own parking lots. Parking around campus on the streets is safe during the day and somewhat easy to find. At night, parking on the street can be a little risky the farther you get from campus, but there is almost always free parking to be had day and night around campus.

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Parking at Saint Joseph's University

j557081

Business Administration and Management '15

2.3
C

Parking Is Limited but Always a Side Street to Park on

With the expanding enrollment and limited space for parking, parking can be very difficult during normal hours. However, there is plenty of space on side streets to park, but the campus will have to address this problem. Especially with the new freshmen who will find a way to get a parking pass

Apr 29, 2012

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rst33

Finance and Accounting '12

4.6
A

Not Bad

Official school parking is a waste because it is $250 for the semester and the lots are always full between the hours of 8am and 9pm. However, street parking is always abundant in the surrounding neighborhoods. I would definitely suggest a car because then you do not have to be fully reliant on the Septa R5 or a cab. It will open you up to the ability to see the whole city.

Feb 15, 2012

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ses11sju

Psychology '14

1.9
C-

SJU Parking

You can't legally have a car if you are freshman or sophomore. If you are a freshman or sophomore and want a car you will have to find somewhere on a street to park it and that is usually unreliable or unsafe. When you are legally allowed to have a car at SJU you will have to buy a $300 parking pass in order to park it in a safe facility, otherwise you will have to continue to park on the street.

Nov 18, 2011

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User rating for Saint Joseph's University - Parking is 2.3 out of 5 based on 20 user reviews.

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Facts

Getting a Parking Permit

Faculty and grad students get priority selection for parking permits. Juniors and seniors can get parking passes, but they’re not necessary unless you live in Manayunk. Most upperclassmen undergraduates will get parking passes; they just need to remember to apply online early enough.

Did You Know? The number of tickets that earns you a boot is widely kept a secret, but some students have gotten as many as 15 and others as few as two. The more atrocious parking offenses are taken more seriously.

Parking ServicesWhat's This?

Office of Public Safety and Security
Barbelin/Lonergan, Room 13
(610) 660-1111
www.sju.edu/security/

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