On-Campus Housing Available?
Yes
Campus Housing Capacity
12,708
Average Housing Costs
$5,306
Types of Housing Offered
- Apartments for married students
- Apartments for single students
- Coed dorms
- Fraternity/sorority housing
- Men's dorms
- Special housing for disabled students
- Special housing for international students
- Theme housing
- Wellness housing
- Women's dorms
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus?
Yes
Undergrads Living On Campus
61%
Freshmen Living On Campus
100%
Number of Campus-Owned Apartments
2
Best Freshman Dorms
- Any of the freshman-only dorms in Southwest Residential Area
- Dickinson or Webster halls in Orchard Hill Residential Area
- Van Meter Hall in Central Residential Area
Best Upperclassman Dorms
- Baker or Gorman halls in Central Residential Area
- Grayson or Field halls in Orchard Hill Residential Area
- North Apartments
Worst Freshman Dorms
- Southwest Residential Area towers
- Sylvan Residential Area
Worst Upperclassman Dorms
- Southwest Residential Area
- Sylvan Residential Area
What You Get
- Bed
- Bookcase
- Cable TV
- Closet or wardrobe
- Desk and chair
- Dresser
- Ethernet access
- Recycling bin
- Trash can
- Window coverings
Also Available
- Brett, Lewis, and Prince halls are nine-month residency dorms, which means residents here can stay over breaks. Cashin is a 12-month hall. There is an extra fee for these halls, but they are great options if you are unable to go home on a major break when the other residence halls close.
- Coed suites are available in McNamara. Students in each double must be the same gender, but the suite can house both guys and girls, who will share the common room and bathroom.
- Family housing apartments are available.
- Gender-free housing is available for students who are transitioning genders or who do not identify with one.
- Many dorms have living and learning communities that focus on a theme, such as diversity, major, politics, sustainability, among many others.
Available for Rent
MicroFridges
Did You Know?
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