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On-Campus Housing Available? Yes
Campus Housing Capacity 7,198
Average Housing Costs $6,680
Undergrads Living On Campus 39%
Number of Dormitories 12
Number of Campus-Owned Apartments 32
Best Dorms
  • Cardinal Gardens
  • Fluor Tower
  • New/North Residential Hall
  • Pardee Tower
  • Parkside Residence Hall
  • Webb Tower
Worst Dorms
  • Marks Hall
  • Trojan Hall

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All freshmen are required to live on campus. Of all the places to live, the adjacent New and North Residence Halls are the most sought after by incoming students and remain the most popular throughout the year. New and North are not the most modern dorms on campus, and their EVK dining hall is not the best place to eat, but they are popular because of the coed floors separated into wings for guys and girls, along with the largest concentration of first-year students on campus, which creates a great party environment. Parkside Arts & Humanities is the newest residence hall on campus, and since the food at Parkside is the best on campus, this new dorm has a good reputation. The trouble with Parkside, also known as “Darkside,” is its distance from classes and others dorms. Still, most students who live at Parkside seem to be happy with the organized events and good food, and they learn to love it.

Of the campus apartments, Cardinal Gardens is preferred over Century due to cleanliness and space. Cardinal Gardens is the most private place for on-campus housing and is considered the best place to live by students who prefer peace and quiet with some partying on weekends. Ironically, the Honors dormitories, Trojan Hall and Marks Hall, are the only two buildings on campus that get poor reviews. These dorms have no air-conditioning, poor lighting, and are old and dirty.

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Campus Housing at University of Southern California

stoter87

Psychology '11

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Not Applicable

Due to the fact that the University of Southern California has such limited housing, I did not experience the dorm experience. Thus, I cannot comment on it

Apr 04, 2012

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alex_04

Social Sciences '15

4.2
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Almost Only Freshman Live on Campus

Best dorm is New/North is you are social and want to have fun. Pardee and Birnkrant are a good mix of study and fun. Marks and Trojan Hall suck. Fluor is out of the way and annoying.

Feb 24, 2012

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vihveeahnuh

Biology and Biological Sciences '15

3.8
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Housing

Upperclassmen get reasonable and comfortable housing. Trojan Hall is the worst dormitory, try not to request that one. The housing application process is well explained and easy. The best housing options are the apartments: Troy Hall, Troy East, and Webb Tower.

Jan 26, 2012

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User rating for University of Southern California - Campus Housing is 3.5 out of 5 based on 39 user reviews.

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Room Types
  • Apartment-Style Rooms – One or more bedrooms with one or more students per room.
  • Dormitory-Style Rooms – one or two students in a hall with separate men's and women's rest rooms.
  • Residence rooms – include dormitory-style, apartment-style, and suite-style units.
  • Suite-Style Rooms – Three to five bedrooms shared by two students with a small common area and two bathrooms
Bed Types Twin extra-long
What You Get
  • Bed
  • Bookshelf
  • Cable TV
  • Closet or wardrobe
  • Desk and chair
  • Dresser
  • Ethernet access
  • Microwave (sometimes)
  • Minifridge
  • Trash can
  • Window coverings
Also Available Special-interest housing

Cleaning Service

Only in on-campus residence halls

Did You Know? All campus residents get free cable, including USC's own station, TrojanVision (channel 8).

DormitoriesWhat's This?

Arts & Humanities Residential College at Parkside
Floors: 4
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Single and double suites
Special Features: Customer service center, fully furnished lounges with TVs, game room, laundry room, music practice rooms, Performance Café, study rooms.

Birnkrant Residential College
Floors: 7
Number of Occupants: 223
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Special Features: Music practice room, pool table, study area, television room, Trojan Grounds, next door to Leavey Library

Fluor Tower
Floors: 11
Number of Occupants: 328
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Single and double suites
Special Features: Three special interest communities, customer service center, Lyon Center and Café 84 are close by, pool table, television area

Honors House
Floors: 1
Number of Occupants: 36
Bathrooms: Private or shared, depending on your room
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Common area, library, pool table, separate dining room with several vegetarian meals, television and DVD player

International Residential College at Parkside
Floors: 4
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Single and double suites
Special Features: Group study room, lounges, meeting and seminar spaces, music room, Parkside Restaurant, recreation room, special interest community for international students

Marks Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 88
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Ground Zero Coffeehouse is close by, laundry room, pool table, piano, study rooms, two lounges

Marks Tower
Floors: 8
Number of Occupants: 196
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Adjacent to Ground Zero Coffeehouse, lounge with pool table and television area

New Residential College (NRC)
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 288
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Singles, singles with a sink, doubles, doubles with a sink
Special Features: Large lounge with pool and ping-pong tables, several special interest communities, close to Leavey Library and Trojan Grounds

North Residential College (NEW)
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 270
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Singles, singles with a sink, Doubles, and Doubles with a sink
Special Features: Large enclosed patio area, several special interest communities, close to Leavey Library, Trojan Grounds, and EVK Residential

Pardee Tower
Floors: 8
Number of Occupants: 286
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Customer service center, large lounge with TV, sitting area, and a kitchenette that can be reserved, music practice lounges, study lounges, special interest community concerned with the outdoors

Radisson Hotel
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: Varies per semester
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: comfort and amenities of the hotel, private bathrooms, swimming pool, workout room

Trojan Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 208
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Laundry area, lounge, TV area, study rooms, laundry room, close to Ground Zero Coffeehouse

Campus-Owned ApartmentsWhat's This?

Annenberg House
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 180
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Special-interest Multimedia Program, air-conditioning, parking, computer room, TV room, tram access, laundry

Bel Air
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 12
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Families
Room Types: One- and two- bedroom apartments
Special Features: Housing for families, air-conditioning, parking, laundry

Cardinal ‘n Gold
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 27
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: Room Types One-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Furnished, swimming pool, parking, laundry

Cardinal Gardens
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 661
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen, and transfer students
Room Types: One- and two- bedroom apartments
Special Features: Customer service center, TV/piano/billiards lounge, sand volleyball court, basketball court, parking, laundry

Centennial
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 75
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Parking, air-conditioning, sand volleyball, special-interest occupation therapy program, tram stop, laundry

Century
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 457
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Swimming pool, parking, sand volleyball, basketball court, air-conditioning, customer service center, laundry

Fairmont
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 54
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Graduate housing, recreational facilities, parking, cost-efficient, laundry

Founders
Floors: 4
Number of Units: 164
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Parking, air-conditioning, customer service center, recreational facilities, workout room, laundry

Helena
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 36
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Studio, and one-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Graduate students, parking, recreational facilities, tram stop, laundry

Hillview
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 56
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Resident faculty community, parking, tram stop, air-conditioning, laundry

La Sorbonne
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 54
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen, and transfer students
Room Types: Studio, and one-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Parking, recreational facilities, air-conditioning, laundry

Manor
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 34
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen, and transfer students
Room Types: One- and two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Parking, recreational facilities, swimming pool, sun deck, laundry

Max Kade House
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 3
Bathrooms: Shared by house
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Single, doubles
Special Features: Dining area, full kitchen, living room with TV, two and a half bathrooms in house

Pacific Apartments
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 67
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Parking, tram stop, air-conditioning, laundry

Parkside Apartments
Floors: 5
Number of Units: 260
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen, transfer students, and grad students
Room Types: Studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Recreational facilities, tram stop, special interest Muslim housing, special interest Shalom housing, customer service center, laundry, part of the International Residential College at Parkside

Regal Trojan
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 124
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: One- and two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Tram stop, parking, air-conditioning, laundry

Regent
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 15
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Families
Room Types: One-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Ideal for couples or families with a single child. The apartments have recently been renovated with new bathrooms and kitchens. New furniture, carpeting, interior painting and window treatments completed the remodeling. Limited parking, tram stop, five- to ten-minute walk to campus

Senator
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 27
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students, and families
Room Types: One-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Family housing, graduate housing, parking, laundry

Seven Gables
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 19
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Studios
Special Features: Graduate housing, parking, laundry

Severance Street Apartments
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 16
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: One- to four-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Parking, air-conditioning, laundry

Sierra
Floors: 4
Number of Units: 106
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: One- and two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Parking, tram stop, air-conditioning, special interest housing, laundry

Stardust
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 33
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: One- and two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Parking, recreational facilities, tram stop, air-conditioning, laundry

Sunset
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 19
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: One-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Air-conditioning, parking, tram stop, laundry

Terrace
Floors: 4
Number of Units: 73
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Graduate housing, air-conditioning, parking, tram stop, special interest law program, laundry

Troy Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 394
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: One- to three-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Recreational facilities, air-conditioning, Internet, parking, laundry

Troy Hall East
Floors: 4
Number of Units: 319
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen, and transfer students
Room Types: One- and two- bedroom apartments
Special Features: Customer service center, recreational facilities, air-conditioning, tram stop, parking, laundry

Troyland
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 38
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Studios and one-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Graduate Housing, recreational facilities, parking, laundry

Twin Palms
Floors: 27
Number of Units: 15
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: One- and two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Laundry, parking

University Regent
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 29
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Studios
Special Features: Parking, tram stop, recreational facilities, laundry

Vista
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 30
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: One- and two- bedroom apartments
Special Features: Parking, air-conditioning, tram stop, recreational facilities, laundry

Webb Tower
Floors: 14
Number of Units: 328
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: Studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Air conditioning, computer lab next door, laundry

Windsor
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 24
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: One-bedroom apartments
Special Features: Tram stop, parking, air-conditioning, laundry

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