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On-Campus Housing Available? Yes
Campus Housing Capacity 8,970
Average Housing Costs $3,046
Undergrads Living On Campus 39%
Number of Dormitories 27
Best Dorms
  • Cochrane
  • Harper
  • New Residence Hall East
  • Peddrew-Yates
Worst Dorms
  • Monteith
  • Thomas

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Virginia Tech has 27 dorms and 18 Greek houses for students. Freshmen are required to live on campus their first year. Many choose to make that their one and only year in a dorm. A lottery system is used to pick who stays on campus past freshman year, and space is limited, so getting a spot can be a challenge. The majority of dorms are large with small rooms, no air-conditioning, and hall bathrooms. The few dorms that are suite-style, carpeted, and air conditioned are reserved for upperclassmen or leadership students. While dorms may be lacking in style and comfort, living in them does have its advantages. If you live on campus, you can head back to your room for a quick nap between classes. Dorm living is also a great way to get to know people your first year at school. The dorms also offer extras, like shared kitchens, laundry rooms, and study lounges.

Resident Advisors (RAs) are assigned to halls in the dorms. They’re there to make sure students don’t get in trouble, but they tend to be pretty lenient. If they see something suspicious, they have to follow up on it, but they don’t police the halls. They also don’t enforce the opposite-sex visiting hours very strictly. Most dorms have visiting hours from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. for the opposite sex, but no one comes around to make sure all the girls or all the guys are out. Also, Main Campbell, Harper, Hillcrest, New Residence, Peddrew-Yates, and Payne all have 24-hour visitation policies, so visitors can stay as long as you’d like.

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Campus Housing at Virginia Tech

syallyk

Biology and Biological Sciences '13

3.8
B+

Depends on Which Dorm You Live in

The location of your dorm is key because they are either really far from the central area of campus (where student/lecture halls are easily accessible) or really close. Obviously you'd want to be in a dorm that was not as far from your lecture halls, but there are a good number of dorms that are closer to the best dining halls at VT. So it's your pick, closer to dining halls or closer to class. My recommendations were include west egg (co), main egg (females only), or pritchard (co).

May 24, 2012

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Campus Housing at Virginia Tech

awerner

Hospitality and Tourism Management '13

4.6
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On Campus Life

Living on campus at Virginia Tech was an experience I'll never forget. Classes, dining, and the social atmosphere was so easily accessed by being on campus, that I often miss the convenience of it all. The only time I ever found a downside to living on campus was when I wanted privacy. But, it isn't easy sharing a room with anyone all of the time. My on-campus experience at Virginia Tech was overall amazing and definitely unforgettable.

Apr 04, 2012

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naridano

Mechanical Engineering '15

3.8
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Campus Life

i am moving off campus for my sophmore year. the dorms are noisy and crowded and i think off campus will give me more time formy studies.

Feb 22, 2012

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User rating for Virginia Tech - Campus Housing is 3.5 out of 5 based on 41 user reviews.

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East Campbell Hall There is nothing more beautiful than the sights of the Virginia Tech campus. East Campbell Hall is a coed residential hall that lies right on the Drillfield.
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12 Floors Above The World As the tallest building in Blacksburg, Slusher Tower hosts 331 residents, typically freshmen, and offers breathtaking views of campus.
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Main Campbell Hall This residence hall is located directly adjacent to the Drillfield and hosts one of the two honors communities on campus.
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Facts

Room Types
  • Suite – Rooms are centered around a shared living room. Bathrooms are shared by 10 or fewer people.
  • Traditional – Students share a room and have their own sink. Bathrooms are shared by the hall.
Bed Types
  • Bunkable beds
  • Lofts
  • Twin extra-long
What You Get
  • Answering service
  • Bed (some loftable)
  • Cable TV
  • Closet
  • Desk and chair
  • Dresser
  • Ethernet access
  • Local telephone service
  • Mirror or medicine cabinet
  • Phone
  • Sink

Available for Rent

The VT Residence Hall Federation (RHF) offers lofts, mini-fridges, and electronic safes for rent to students at the beginning of the year. While some may still be available during move-in, it’s best to order online ahead of time. Students can also purchase many dorm room accessories through the RHF, including carpets, linens, hutches, and mattress toppers.

Cleaning Service

Public areas (lounges, halls, kitchens) and shared bathrooms are taken care of by the cleaning staff.

Did You Know?
  • All dorms provide Ethernet access to students.
  • When the weather gets warm, head out to "Slusher Beach," the grassy area behind Slusher Tower and Slusher Wing. Why is it called the beach? Because that's where everyone goes to get some sun.
  • All dorms provide Ethernet access to students in individual dorm rooms, as well as wireless access in most lounges.
  • Slusher Tower is the tallest residential building on campus; it can sway up to six inches in the wind.

DormitoriesWhat's This?

Barringer Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 220
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: No, men only
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Community kitchen, in-room sink, laundry facilities, study lounges, TV lounge, vending machines, Visitation 3. President's Quad.

Brodie Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 291
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Corps of Cadets
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: In-room sink, study lounge, TV lounge, visitation regulated by Corps of Cadets. Upper Quad.

Cochrane Hall
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: 333
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites (doubles)
Special Features: Community kitchen, elevators, study lounges, TV lounge, vending machines, Visitation 3. Summit Community.

East Ambler Johnston Hall
Floors: 6
Number of Occupants: 408
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Traditional
Special Features: 24-hour computer lab, community kitchen, elevators, laundry facilities, social lounges, study lounges, Visitation 3. Summit Community.

East Campbell Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 163
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: No, women only
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Community kitchen, in-room sink, laundry facilities, study lounges, vending machines, Visitation 3. Drillfield Community.

Harper Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 249
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites
Special Features: Air conditioning, carpeted rooms, community kitchen, elevator, laundry facilities, seminar room, study lounges, TV lounge, vending machines, Visitation 4. Summit Community.

Hillcrest Hall
Floors: 2
Number of Occupants: 108
Bathrooms: Suite-style, private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites (doubles)
Special Features: Community kitchen, laundry facilities, study lounges, vending machines, Visitation 4; home to Hillcrest Community honors program.

Johnson Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 180
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: No, women only
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Community kitchen, in-room sink, laundry facilities, study lounges, TV lounge, vending machines, Visitation 1 & 2. President's Quad.

Lee Hall
Floors: 8
Number of Occupants: 824
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Community kitchen, elevators, in-room sink, laundry facilities, study lounges, TV lounges, vending machines, Visitation 3; home to Galileo and Biological and Life Sciences learning communities. Prairie Community.

Main Eggleston Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 210
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: No, women only
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Community kitchen, in-room sink, laundry facilities, study lounges, vending machines, Visitation 3. Drillfield Community.

Miles Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 216
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: No, men only
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Billiards room, community kitchen, in-room sink, laundry facilities, study lounges, vending machines, Visitation 3. President's Quad.

Monteith Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 202
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen, Corps of Cadets
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Community kitchen, study lounges, TV lounge, vending machines, Visitation 3 or as regulated by Corps of Cadets. Upper Quad.

New Hall West
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 266
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Air conditioning, carpeted rooms, community kitchen, elevator, laundry facilities, study lounges, vending machines, Visitation 4. Summit Community.

New Residence Hall East
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 215
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites (doubles)
Special Features: Air conditioning, carpeted rooms, community kitchen, elevators, fitness center, laundry facilties, seminar room, study lounges, TV lounge, vending machines, Visitation 4. Drillfield Community.

Newman Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 273
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Community kitchen, in-room sink, laundry facilities, study lounges, vending machines, Visitation 3; home to WORLD learning community. President's Quad.

O’Shaughnessy Hall
Floors: 8
Number of Occupants: 355
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Community kitchen, elevators, in-room sink, laundry facilities, pool table, study lounges, TV lounge, vending machines, Visitation 3. President's Quad.

Oak Lane Community
Floors: 2 in each of 18 buildings
Number of Occupants: 616
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes, but single-sex by house
Residents: Fraternity and sorority members
Room Types: Suites (doubles)
Special Features: Basketball courts, community kitchen, in-room sink, laundry facilities, lounge, pavilion, rec fields, study room, volleyball courts.

Payne Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 217
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites (doubles)
Special Features: Air conditioning, carpeted rooms, community kitchen, laundry facilities, seminar room, study lounges, TV lounges, vending machines, Visitation 4. Drillfield Community.

Peddrew-Yates Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 215
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Suites (doubles)
Special Features: Air conditioning, carpeted rooms, community kitchen, elevators, fitness center, laundry facilties, seminar room, study lounges, TV lounge, vending machines, Visitation 4; home to Residential Leadership Community. Drillfield Community.

Pritchard Hall
Floors: 7
Number of Occupants: 1000
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: community kitchen, elevators, fitness room, in-room sink, laundry facilities, multipurpose room, study lounges, TV lounges, vending machines, Visitation 3. Prairie Community.

Rasche Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 301
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Corps of Cadets
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: In-room sinks, study lounges, TV lounge, visitation regulated by Corps of Cadets. Upper Quad.

Slusher Tower
Floors: 12
Number of Occupants: 331
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Community kitchen, in-room sink, laundry facilities, study lounges, TV lounge, vending machines, Visitation 3. Drillfield Community.

Slusher Wing
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 303
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Community kitchen, in-room sink, laundry facilities, seminar room, study lounges, vending machines, Visitation 3; home to WING First-Year Experience and Hypatia Women in Engineering learning communities. Drillfield Community.

Thomas Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 355
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: In-room sink, study lounges, Visitation 3. Upper Quad.

Vawter Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 327
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: No, men only
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: In-room sink, laundry facilities, study lounges, TV lounge, vending machines, Visitation 3. President's Quad.

West Ambler Johnston Hall
Floors: 7
Number of Occupants: 895
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Community kitchen, elevators, fitness room, laundry facilities, study lounges, vending machines, Visitation 3; home to the Wellness Environment for Living and Learning (WELL). Summit Community.

West Eggleston Hall
Floors: 3
Number of Occupants: 198
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Community kitchen, in-room sink, laundry facilities, study lounges, vending machines, Visitation 3. Drillfield Community.

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