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Campus Housing

Quick Stats

On-Campus Housing Available? Yes
Campus Housing Capacity 5,500
Average Housing Costs $4,298
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus? Yes
Undergrads Living On Campus 26%
Number of Dormitories 14
Number of Campus-Owned Apartments 3
Best Dorms
  • Boremen
  • Stalnaker
  • Towers
Worst Dorms
  • Arnold
  • Summitt

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

The dormitories on campus at WVU are in great shape, and they are excellent places for students to live. Most of the dorms have had recent renovations, including Towers. The University has done a great job maintaining these buildings to provide a good living environment for its students. The rooms are decent sizes with new bed frames, desks, and dressers provided for the students. The carpets and walls are also in good condition and provide an all around good feel to the dorms. Every room is wired for cable TV and Internet. Some suites may come with kitchen areas and bathrooms, but these options are not available in regular dorm rooms. Every dorm is also located within a five-minute walk from a dining hall, with most dorms having dining halls located somewhere inside the building. Most of the dorms are located on Downtown Campus, but easy transportation is available to students living on Evansdale Campus.

Dorm security is very good, but it can sometimes be an issue of annoyance with the students. Students are required to present an ID after 9 p.m. in most dorms and cannot sign in a guest after midnight on the weekends. Students also are not permitted to sign in a guest of the opposite sex after midnight. Students are only guaranteed housing in a campus dorm for freshman year. After that, they must go through University Housing and fill out the proper applications in hopes of receiving a dorm room for the following year. Nice dorms to try for in later years are Stalnaker, Arnold Apartments, and Pierpont Apartments.
 

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Campus Housing at West Virginia University

track9wv

Physical Therapy '14

4.2
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Dorms Are Great Meeting Place

The dorms are all pretty nice. They have been redone and kept up very nicely. The dorms are a great place to meet friends and people to hang out with. They usually also have a dining hall right in the dorm which makes getting food easier. Most of those in the dorms do stay up late but I did not and I was able to get some sleep.

May 01, 2012

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megahanl

International Studies '14

4.6
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LOVE

i love my school and everything about it. a few cons i suppose are some of the dorms don't have air conditioning, but morgantown tends to be more on the colder side a lot of the time so it's alright. the social atmosphere is on point, like an A++, you will make a million friends. things are somewhat expensive depending on what clubs you go to, but food is pretty cheap and living is easy. the housing process is self explanatory and basically simple.

Mar 26, 2012

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bkretzer

Forensic Science and Technology '16

4.6
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Great

the university is awsome theesalways something to do and everyone is so nice. As big as the school seems there is deffinitly a small college feel once you are there.

Mar 25, 2012

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User rating for West Virginia University - Campus Housing is 3.5 out of 5 based on 29 user reviews.

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Facts

Room Types
  • Doubles
  • Singles
  • Suites
  • Triples
Bed Types Twin extra-long
What You Get
  • Bed
  • Desk and chair
  • Lamp
  • Laundry facilities
  • Phone
  • Shuttle services
  • Window coverings

Available for Rent

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Cleaning Service

There is no cleaning service. Students are responsible for cleaning up after themselves. Any mess left after moving out will result in a cleaning bill charged to their student account.

Did You Know? Students can stay on campus for as long as they would like, but WVU does not offer guaranteed housing after freshman year. Most students move off campus after their first or second year to be more independent.

DormitoriesWhat's This?

Arnold Hall (Main and Annex)
Number of Occupants: 398
Bathrooms: Community bathrooms on the Annex side, and shared bathrooms between suites on Main side
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, and triples on Annex side; suites have two double rooms and a shared bathroom
Special Features: Located on Downtown campus two blocks from the Mountainlair. Houses Academic Resource Center, dining hall, laundry facilities, and a fitness room with billiard and ping-pong tables.

Boreman North
Number of Occupants: 227
Bathrooms: Community bathrooms on each wing
Coed: No, women only
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Special Features: Located on Downtown campus behind Mountainlair. Hall has academic resource center, dining hall, kitchens, laundry rooms, multimedia classrooms, recreational room, TV lounges.

Boreman South
Number of Occupants: 315
Bathrooms: Community
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, double suites
Special Features: Located on Downtown campus behind Mountainlair.

Dadisman Hall
Number of Occupants: 381
Bathrooms: Community
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles
Special Features: Lounge, laundry rooms, study rooms, a rec room, and is located right behind the Mountainlair.

Evansdale Residential Complex (Towers)
Number of Occupants: 7,200
Bathrooms: Community
Coed: Yes
Residents: Primarily freshmen, some sophomores, juniors, seniors
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples
Special Features: Located on Evansdale Campus, the complex is made up of four connected residence halls: Bennett, Braxton, Brooke, and Lyon. Includes laundry rooms on each floor, tennis and basketball courts, post office, bookstore, learning center, computer lab, and classrooms. Each residence hall offers special programming focused on various themes: Bennett Tower on creative arts and forensics, Braxton Tower on engineering and science, Brooke Tower on business and pre-professional programs in health care and law, and Lyon Tower on agriculture and forestry.

Fieldcrest Hall
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites
Special Features: Close to ERC and the PRT, home to the Mountaineer Residential college, special priority to 4H members.

Honors Hall
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: 350
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Residents: Honor students
Room Types: Suites
Special Features: Located on the Downtown campus, the hall is home to the WVU Honors College and has a courtyard, media room with a projector, laundry, study and TV lounges on each floor.

Lincoln Hall
Bathrooms: Suite-style
Coed: Yes
Room Types: Suites
Special Features: Located on Evansdale campus, Lincoln has air-conditioning, flat-screen TVs, a library, multi-media theater, study lounges. The hall has special activities that focus on President Abraham Lincoln, whom the hall is named after.

Spruce House (International House)
Number of Occupants: 37
Bathrooms: Community
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Located on the Downtown Campus close to Boreman Hall, this house brings students from many different cultures and backgrounds together to enhance cross-cultural understanding, promote diversity, and uphold mutual respect among the participants. Offers academic, social, and service-oriented programs with an international focus. Residents prepare group meals to share cultural culinary experiences.

Stalknaker Hall
Number of Occupants: 255
Bathrooms: Private by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen (Honors Program), upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites, lofts
Special Features: Located behind the Mountainlair, this is WVU's first residence hall and includes dining hall, electronic classrooms, and study halls.

Summit Hall
Number of Occupants: 555
Bathrooms: Private by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites
Special Features: Located on the Downtown Campus two blocks from the Life Sciences Building. Includes dining hall, laundry room, mail room, and exercise room with weekly classes; rooms furnished with beds, chairs, study desks, and dressers; also home to the WVU Boxing Club.

Campus-Owned ApartmentsWhat's This?

Arnold Apartments
Number of Units: 174
Bathrooms: Bathroom in each apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Sophomores, juniors, seniors
Room Types: Apartments holding 2-3 students
Special Features: Apartments include bedrooms, kitchenette, and bathroom; also has air conditioning

Pierpont Apartments
Number of Units: 315
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen, upperclassmen
Room Types: Units have singles, doubles
Special Features: Located on the Evansdale Campus, this building has computer lab, fitness room, laundry facilities, and is a five-minute walk from Milan Puskar Stadium and Evansdale Campus.

Sterling Ridge Apartments (The Ridge)
Number of Units: 220
Bathrooms: 2 per apartment
Coed: Yes
Residents: Sophomores, juniors, seniors, transfer students
Room Types: Four-person apartments (single bedrooms)
Special Features: Located on the Evansdale Campus, building has fitness center, computer lab, swimming pool, jacuzzi, game room with Wii, volleyball and basketball courts, free parking and tanning, University-run shuttle service, and enhanced security provided by WVU’s Department of Public Safety. Each unit has washer and dryer, kitchen, common living area, and balconies. Bedrooms are furnished with a bed, dresser, and desk and chair.

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Hometown
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Major
English

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