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Comparable Schools'
Campus Housing Grades:
Quick StatsUndergrads Living on Campus
39 %
Best Dorms
- Cardinal Gardens
- Fluor Tower
- New/North Residential Hall
- Pardee Tower
- Parkside Residence Hall
- Webb Tower
Number of Campus Owned Apartments
32
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus
No - No
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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. Students Speak Out
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Freshman dorms are good. I lived...
Freshman dorms are good. I lived in on-campus apartments, Parkside to be precise. Parkside now has a brand new international student dorm, and it’s beautiful! If you can get in, I’d say go there. Also New/North residential colleges are both newer and spacious. They’re where you’ll meet lots of people. I don’t think any of the dorms are too bad. |
Anonymous says: |
New/North are great dorms; they’re...
New/North are great dorms; they’re very social. I recommend dorms over apartment or suite-style units. If you can’t get dorm-style, suite is the next best. Don’t live in the off-campus apartment; you’ll feel segregated. Marks and Pardee Tower also has good dorms, although they’re not as much fun as New/North. Honors dorms are not nicer than regular dorms. |
Anonymous says: |
Dorm life is great. I lived in the...
Dorm life is great. I lived in the Parkside International Residential College; it is a suite-type dorm. I highly recommend living either there or in the ever-popular New/North. New/North is very social and the rooms are fairly big. Try to avoid Century and Webb; they’re the old, old apartment style. Birnkrant, Pardee, and Marks have very small rooms. |
Anonymous says: |
If you want a great social dorm,...
If you want a great social dorm, live in New/North. Everyone that lives in that dorm is Greek. If you want a great on-campus apartment, live in Cardinal. |
Anonymous says: |
I think USC has really nice dorms....
I think USC has really nice dorms. If you’re a freshman, I recommend freshman housing like Fluor and Pardee. |
FactsWhat You Get
- Bed
- Bookshelf
- Cable TV
- Closet or wardrobe
- Desk and chair
- Dresser
- Ethernet access
- Microwave (sometimes)
- Minifridge
- Trash can
- Window coverings
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
Cleaning Service
Only in on-campus residence halls
Dormitories
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
Large enclosed patio area, several special interest communities, close to Leavey Library, Trojan Grounds, and EVK Residential
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
Large lounge with pool and ping-pong tables, several special interest communities, close to Leavey Library and Trojan Grounds
Marks Tower
Floors: 8
Number of Occupants: 196
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
Adjacent to Ground Zero Coffeehouse, lounge with pool table and television area
Trojan Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 208
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
Laundry area, lounge, TV area, study rooms, laundry room, close to Ground Zero Coffeehouse
Radisson Hotel
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: Varies per semester
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
comfort and amenities of the hotel, private bathrooms, swimming pool, workout room
Pardee Tower
Floors: 8
Number of Occupants: 286
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
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
Fluor Tower
Floors: 11
Number of Occupants: 328
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Single and double suites
Three special interest communities, customer service center, Lyon Center and Café 84 are close by, pool table, television area
Birnkrant Residential College
Floors: 7
Number of Occupants: 223
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Music practice room, pool table, study area, television room, Trojan Grounds, next door to Leavey Library
Arts & Humanities Residential College at Parkside
Floors: 4
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Single and double suites
Customer service center, fully furnished lounges with TVs, game room, laundry room, music practice rooms, Performance Café, study rooms.
Marks Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 88
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
Ground Zero Coffeehouse is close by, laundry room, pool table, piano, study rooms, two lounges
International Residential College at Parkside
Floors: 4
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Single and double suites
Group study room, lounges, meeting and seminar spaces, music room, Parkside Restaurant, recreation room, special interest community for international students
Honors House
Floors: 1
Number of Occupants: 36
Bathrooms: Private or shared, depending on your room
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Common area, library, pool table, separate dining room with several vegetarian meals, television and DVD player
Campus Owned Apartments
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
Parking, tram stop, air-conditioning, special interest housing, 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
Parking, 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
Air-conditioning, parking, tram stop, 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
Parking, recreational facilities, tram stop, air-conditioning, laundry
Regent
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 15
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Families
Room Types: One-bedroom apartments
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
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
Tram stop, parking, air-conditioning, laundry
Seven Gables
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 19
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Studios
Graduate housing, parking, laundry
Senator
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 27
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students, and families
Room Types: One-bedroom apartments
Family housing, graduate housing, parking, 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
Parking, air-conditioning, tram stop, recreational facilities, laundry
University Regent
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 29
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Studios
Parking, tram stop, recreational facilities, laundry
Windsor
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 24
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: One-bedroom apartments
Tram stop, parking, air-conditioning, 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
Air conditioning, computer lab next door, 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
Recreational facilities, air-conditioning, Internet, parking, laundry
Terrace
Floors: 4
Number of Units: 73
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Graduate housing, air-conditioning, parking, tram stop, special interest law program, laundry
Troyland
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 38
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Studios and one-bedroom apartments
Graduate Housing, recreational facilities, 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
Customer service center, recreational facilities, air-conditioning, tram stop, parking, laundry
Centennial
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 75
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Parking, air-conditioning, sand volleyball, special-interest occupation therapy program, tram stop, 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
Customer service center, TV/piano/billiards lounge, sand volleyball court, basketball court, parking, 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
Graduate housing, recreational facilities, parking, cost-efficient, laundry
Century
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 457
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Swimming pool, parking, sand volleyball, basketball court, air-conditioning, customer service center, laundry
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-interest Multimedia Program, air-conditioning, parking, computer room, TV room, tram access, 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
Laundry, parking
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
Furnished, swimming pool, parking, laundry
Bel Air
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 12
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Families
Room Types: One- and two- bedroom apartments
Housing for families, air-conditioning, parking, laundry
Pacific Apartments
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 67
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Parking, tram stop, 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
Parking, recreational facilities, swimming pool, sun deck, 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
Recreational facilities, tram stop, special interest Muslim housing, special interest Shalom housing, customer service center, laundry, part of the International Residential College at Parkside
Max Kade House
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 3
Bathrooms: Shared by house
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Single, doubles
Dining area, full kitchen, living room with TV, two and a half bathrooms in house
Helena
Floors: 2
Number of Units: 36
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Studio, and one-bedroom apartments
Graduate students, parking, recreational facilities, tram stop, laundry
Founders
Floors: 4
Number of Units: 164
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and transfer students
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Parking, air-conditioning, customer service center, recreational facilities, workout room, 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
Parking, recreational facilities, air-conditioning, laundry
Hillview
Floors: 3
Number of Units: 56
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Grad students
Room Types: Two-bedroom apartments
Resident faculty community, parking, tram stop, air-conditioning, laundry
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