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On-Campus Housing Available? Yes
Campus Housing Capacity 6,864
Average Housing Costs $8,405
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus? Yes
Undergrads Living On Campus 73%
Number of Dormitories 25
Best Dorms
  • Danforth
  • Hitzeman
  • Hurd
  • Koenig
  • Liggett
  • Myers
  • The Village
Worst Dorms
  • Gregg
  • Lien
  • Nemerov

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Each of the dorms clustered on the cozy residential campus known as the South 40 has its own distinctive flavor and atmosphere. These particularities often produce fierce loyalties and rivalries between the students who live there—especially between the residents of the old dorms and new dorms. Proponents of the old dorms hold that the social interaction, sense of floor unity, and genuine gritty college experience they find in their halls cannot be matched by the posh, but sterile new towers nearby. The new dorms have what seem like material benefits, like semi-private bathrooms, elevators, and floor kitchens, but sharing a common bathroom in the old dorms means two kids can strike up a conversation while brushing their teeth. The narrow halls and low lighting of the old dorms give a conspiratorial aura to floor life, a sort of “we’re all in this together” vibe that contrasts starkly with the “we’re all just paying rent here” vibe of the new dorms.

For first-year students in particular, the old dorms (especially Liggett, Umrath, and Rubelmann) foster a terrific atmosphere for meeting people and becoming acclimated to a new environment. The only downside to the old dorms is the lack of amenities. It’s next to impossible to do any kind of cooking in the old buildings, and none of the old freshman dorms have piano practice rooms or pleasant study lounges as the new dorms do. After freshman year, the old dorms still remain a good option, though. The sophomore suites (Hurd, Hitzeman, Myers, Rutledge, Shanedling, and Dauten), which are equipped with balconies, furniture, and a huge common room, must have been designed with college parties in mind.

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Campus Housing at Washington University in St. Louis

bubbles0123

Economics and Econometrics '16

5.0
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Dorms Are Great!!

The dorms are huge and have beautiful, wooden meeting rooms. Some of the best dorms in the country.

Apr 23, 2012

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Campus Housing at Washington University in St. Louis

rbednar4

Mechanical Engineering '15

4.6
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The South 40

It is a very interesting atmosphere. Bear's Den is the central dining area and central social place. Lots of places to study throughout the South 40. Most groceries, school supplies can be found at stores on the South 40, but are more expensive than they should be.

Mar 05, 2012

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Campus Housing at Washington University in St. Louis

fensteressen

Computer Science '15

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Excellent Housing Options

Even WashU's worst dorms are nicer than the dorms at many colleges. WashU does a great job of making sure their students are well taken care of. The rooms, on average, are also very spacious, comfortable, and well furnished (some even come with tempurpedic matresses).

Jan 29, 2012

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User rating for Washington University in St. Louis - Campus Housing is 4.6 out of 5 based on 30 user reviews.

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Freshman housing Freshman housing comes in two varieties. The first: modern housing for students in rooms connected by a bathroom. The second: traditional housing with communal bathrooms. Dorm rooms contain a standard twin bed, desk, and medium-sized closet.
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Washington University in St. Louis - The South 40The South 40
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The South 40 This is where the freshmen and sophomores live. On the right side is the Bear's Den (dining area), and the rest of the buildings house the students.
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Dorm environment Dorms serve as more than a place to live. Dorms operate in residential colleges and provide constant activity, ranging from floor dinners to college Olympics.
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Facts

Room Types
  • Doubles
  • Singles
  • Suite-style units with a semi-private bathroom and a common living area
  • Triples/forced triples
Bed Types
  • Bunkable beds
  • Lofts
  • Twin extra-long
What You Get
  • Bed
  • Closet or wardrobe
  • Desk and chair
  • Dresser
  • Ethernet access
  • Shelf
  • Window coverings
Also Available
  • Cable TV in all suites and most rooms.
  • Special-interest housing (in Small Group Housing)
  • Substance-free living option

Available for Rent

Minifridges and microwaves

Cleaning Service

Professional cleaning is available in public areas. Community and semi-private bathrooms are cleaned by staff approximately once a week.

Did You Know?
  • Every year, the South 40 hosts the Residential College Olympics, a fierce sporting extravaganza in which dorms square off in football, soccer, ping-pong, ultimate Frisbee, chess, a 5K run, pool, and other sporting events for the honor of being named "Best Residential College."
  • Wash U's main residential campus, the South 40, is divided between traditional housing complexes with shared bathrooms and few amenitiesas known as the "old dorms", as well as several recently constructed, more luxurious facilities known as the "new dorms." There is a popular rivalry on campus as to which dorms are superior.
  • Old dorms include Beaumont, Dauten, Hitzeman, Hurd, Lee, Liggett, Myers, Rubelmann, Rutledge, Shanedling, and Umrath. New dorms include Danforth, Eliot, Forsyth, Gregg, Koenig, Lien, Nemerov, and Wheeler.
  • Wash U dorms are arranged in residential colleges—a grouping of two or more halls which combine as one community to promote personal growth for students. However, as you'll see, each individual hall is very different from the next.

DormitoriesWhat's This?

Beaumont Hall
Floors: 3, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 150
Bathrooms: Shared with floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: All freshmen
Room Types: Doubles, singles, triples
Special Features: Laundry room, study room, TV lounge, computer cluster, substance-free building

Danforth Hall
Floors: 4, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 196
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: All freshmen
Room Types: Doubles, triples, forced-triples, suites
Special Features: Laundry room, TV lounge, study lounges, library, multipurpose room, computer cluster

Dardick Hall
Floors: 4
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes, by suite
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: 2- and 3-person suites
Special Features: First floor is substance-free. Laundry facilities, computers lab, full kitchen on 1st floor, seminar, multipurpose, common, and study rooms.

Dauten Hall
Floors: 4, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 90
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Mostly sophomores
Room Types: 15 six-person suites with 2 singles and 2 doubles
Special Features: Laundry room, computer cluster, study lounge, piano practice rooms, balconies

Eliot Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 156
Bathrooms: Shared between suites, triples have private ones
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples—all suites
Special Features: Laundry room, computer cluster, study/TV lounges, living rooms, multipurpose room, kitchenette

Forsyth House
Floors: 4, plus health center
Number of Occupants: 169
Bathrooms: Shared by suite, some private
Coed: Yes
Residents: All freshmen
Room Types: Doubles suite, doubles, triples
Special Features: Substance- free floor, study lounges, computer cluster, common room, laundry room, library, some classrooms

Gregg Hall
Floors: 8, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 160
Bathrooms: Shared by suite, some private
Coed: Yes
Residents: All upperclassmen
Room Types: 4 or 3 single rooms to a suite, doubles
Special Features: Laundry room, computer lab, study lounge, TV lounge

Hitzeman Hall
Floors: 4, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 90
Bathrooms: In-room
Coed: Yes
Residents: All upperclassmen
Room Types: 15 six-person suites with 2 singles and 2 doubles
Special Features: Laundry room, computer cluster, study room, balconies, dance studio

Hurd Hall
Floors: 4, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 74
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: No freshmen
Room Types: 14 six-person suites with 2 singles and 2 doubles; 2 eight-person suites, all doubles
Special Features: Laundry room, computer cluster, study lounge, piano practice rooms, balconies

Koenig Hall
Floors: 3, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 150
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: All freshmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, and triples, all suites
Special Features: TV lounge, study lounge, laundry room, computer cluster

Lee Hall
Floors: 3, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 150
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: All freshmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples, suites
Special Features: Laundry room, common spaces, kitchen, multipurpose room, study room, computer cluster

Lien
Floors: 4, plus faculty offices
Number of Occupants: 163
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: All freshman
Room Types: Doubles, triples, all suites
Special Features: Laundry room, multipurpose room, computer cluster, library, study room, living room

Liggett Hall
Floors: 3, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 150
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: All freshmen
Room Types: 4 single rooms to a stuite or two double rooms to a suite
Special Features: TV lounge, study lounge, laundry room, computer cluster, relatively new building

Lopata
Floors: 3, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 155
Bathrooms: Two half baths to four single rooms
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: 4 larger single rooms to a suite
Special Features: Basement classrooms, computer cluster, formal room called “the Great Room,” large multipurpose room, one large kitchen, three kitchenettes and lounges on each floor

Myers Hall
Floors: 4, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 90
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: All upperclassmen
Room Types: 14 six-person suites with 2 singles and 2 doubles; 2 eight-person suites, both doubles
Special Features: Laundry room, computer cluster, balconies, music practice rooms

Nemerov Hall
Floors: 4 floors
Number of Occupants: 137
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: All upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites, doubles
Special Features: Recreation area, TV lounge, study lounges, laundry room, computer cluster, project rooms

Park Hall
Floors: 3, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 80
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: All upperclassmen
Room Types: 4 single person rooms to a suite; 2 double person rooms to a suite
Special Features: Recreation area, TV lounge, study lounge, laundry room, computer cluster

Rubelmann Hall (Ruby)
Floors: 3, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 150
Bathrooms: Shared by floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: All freshmen
Room Types: Traditional singles, doubles, and triples
Special Features: TV lounge, study lounges, laundry room, ping-pong tables

Rutledge Hall
Floors: 4, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 90
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: All upperclassmen
Room Types: Six- and eight-person suites
Special Features: Laundry room, computer cluster, study lounge, piano practice rooms, photography studio

Shanedling Hall
Floors: 4 plus basement
Number of Occupants: 90
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: All upperclassmen
Room Types: Six- and eight-person suites
Special Features: Laundry room, computer cluster, study lounge, piano practice rooms

Umrath Hall
Floors: 3 plus basement
Number of Occupants: 150
Bathrooms: Shared by Floor
Coed: Yes
Residents: All freshmen
Room Types: Traditional singles, doubles, and triples
Special Features: TV lounge, study lounge, laundry room, ping-pong tables

Village House
Floors: 4; no housing on bottom floor
Number of Occupants: 147
Bathrooms: Shared by a suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: All upperclassmen
Room Types: Large single suites
Special Features: Common area with fireplace, four dining rooms, basement classrooms, lounges and kitchenettes on each floor

Wheeler Hall
Floors: 4, plus basement
Number of Occupants: 151
Bathrooms: Shared by suite, some private
Coed: Yes
Residents: All upperclassmen
Room Types: 4 single-person rooms make up a suite; 2 doubles make up a suite
Special Features: Laundry room, project rooms, TV lounge, study lounges, computer cluster

Campus-Owned ApartmentsWhat's This?

Greenway Place
Floors: 4
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes, by apartment
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, 3-person townhouses, 3-person units, 2-person units
Special Features: University billing, central air conditioning, wall-to-wall carpet, fully furnished, kitchen, off-street parking

Milbrook Apartments
Floors: 4
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes, by apartment
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles and doubles in 3- to 8-person units
Special Features: University billing, computer lab, pool open during the summer, fully furnished, kitchen

Rosedale Court
Floors: 3
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes, by apartment
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles in 1- and 2-person units
Special Features: University billing, central air conditioning, wall-to-wall carpet, fully furnished, street parking, some units have sunrooms

University Drive
Floors: 2
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes, by apartment
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles in 2-, 3-, and 4-person units
Special Features: University billing, fully furnished, basement storage, street parking

Village East Apartments
Floors: 4
Bathrooms: Shared by apartment
Coed: Yes, by apartment
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles in 3- to 4-person units
Special Features: University billing, fully furnished, kitchen, four common rooms with flat-panel televisions

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