Housing Requirements and Students on Campus (%)

College Transitions indicates housing requirements and the percentage of students living on campus at nearly 500 of the most selective colleges in the U.S.

*Data collected from institutional Common Data Set (CDS) forms for 2020-21.

Table updated October 2021.

Institution	Living on Campus (Requirements)	% Living on Campus	Tags
Adelphi University	None	90%
Agnes Scott College	Through Freshman Year	82%
Albion College	Through Senior Year	92%
Alfred University	Through Junior Year	70%
Allegheny College	Through Senior Year	81%
American University	None	Not Reported	AU
Amherst College	Through Senior Year	54%
Appalachian State University	Through Freshman Year	30%	App State
Arizona State University	Through Freshman Year	19%	ASU
Assumption College	None	35%
Auburn University	None	19%
Augustana College	Through Junior Year	59%
Austin College	Through Junior Year	71%
Babson College	Through Freshman Year	52%
Ball State University	Through Freshman Year	38%
Bard College	Through Sophomore Year	75%
Barnard College	None	91%
Bates College	Through Junior Year	92%
Baylor University	Through Freshman Year	33%
Belmont University	Through Sophomore Year	56%
Beloit College	Through Junior Year	74%
Bennington College	Through Senior Year	80%
Bentley University	None	78%
Berea College	Through Senior Year	56%
Berry College	Through Senior Year	88%
Binghamton University	Through Freshman Year	40%
Birmingham Southern College	Through Sophomore Year	73%
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	Through Freshman Year	18%
Boise State University	None	19%
Boston College	None	76%	BC
Boston University	Through Freshman Year	70%	BU
Bowdoin College	Through Sophomore Year	90%
Bowling Green State University	Through Sophomore Year	27%
Bradley University	Through Sophomore Year	54%
Brandeis University	Through Freshman Year	52%
Brigham Young University-Provo	None	15%	BYU
Brown University	Through Junior Year	72%
Bryant University	None	79%
Bryn Mawr College	Through Senior Year	92%
Bucknell University	Through Senior Year	91%
Butler University	Through Junior Year	66%
Cal Poly, Pomona	Through Freshman Year	1%
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo	Through Sophomore Year	20%
California Institute of Technology	Through Freshman Year	94%	Caltech
California State University, Fresno	None	5%
California State University, Fullerton	None	2%
California State University, Long Beach	None	8%
Canisius College	Through Sophomore Year	33%
Carleton College	Through Senior Year	76%
Carnegie Mellon University	Through Freshman Year	55%	CMU
Case Western Reserve University	Through Sophomore Year	33%
Catholic University of America	Through Junior Year	23%
Central Michigan University	Through Sophomore Year	33%	CMU
Centre College	Through Senior Year	99%
Chapman University	Through Freshman Year	47%
Christopher Newport University	Through Junior Year	71%
Citadel Military College of South Carolina	Through Senior Year	100%
Claremont McKenna College	Through Freshman Year	96%	CMC
Clark University	Through Sophomore Year	53%
Clarkson University	Through Senior Year	74%
Clemson University	Through Freshman Year	33%
Coastal Carolina University	Through Sophomore Year	40%
Colby College	Through Senior Year	96%
Colgate University	Through Senior Year	92%
College of Charleston	None	33%	CofC
College of Saint Benedict	Through Senior Year	89%
College of the Holy Cross	Through Sophomore Year	90%
College of William and Mary	Through Sophomore Year	54%
Colorado College	Through Junior Year	83%	CC
Colorado School of Mines	Through Freshman Year	35%
Colorado State University	Through Freshman Year	20%	CSU
Columbia University	Through Freshman Year	92%
Connecticut College	Through Senior Year	99%
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	None	20%
Cornell College	Through Senior Year	79%
Cornell University	None	52%
Creighton University	Through Sophomore Year	51%
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	None	0%
CUNY Brooklyn College	None	0%
CUNY City College	None	1%
CUNY Hunter College	None	1%
CUNY Lehman College	None	0%
Dartmouth College	Through Freshman Year	45%
Davidson College	Through Freshman Year	74%
Denison University	Through Senior Year	99%
DePaul University	None	19%
DePauw University	Through Senior Year	95%
Dickinson College	Through Senior Year	100%
Drake University	Through Sophomore Year	41%
Drew University	None	80%
Drexel University	Through Freshman Year	22%
Duke University	Through Junior Year	85%
Duquesne University	None	61%
Earlham College	Through Senior Year	95%
East Carolina University	Through Freshman Year	25%	ECU
Eastern Connecticut State University	None	44%
Eastern Kentucky University	Through Sophomore Year	36%
Eckerd College	Through Freshman Year	74%
Elizabethtown College	Through Senior Year	71%
Elon University	Through Sophomore Year	62%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	Through Sophomore Year	40%	ERAU
Emerson College	Through Junior Year	49%
Emory University	Through Sophomore Year	63%
Endicott College	Through Freshman Year	89%
Fairfield University	Through Junior Year	72%
Fitchburg State University	None	29%
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	Through Freshman Year	18%
Florida Atlantic University	None	13%	FAU
Florida Gulf Coast University	None	30%	FGCU
Florida Institute of Technology	Through Sophomore Year	46%	FIT
Florida International University	None	5%	FIU
Florida Southern College	Through Senior Year	46%
Florida State University	None	14%	FSU
Fordham University	None	49%
Franklin and Marshall College	Through Senior Year	99%	F&M
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering	None	100%
Furman University	Through Senior Year	97%
George Mason University	Through Freshman Year	10%	GMU
George Washington University	Through Junior Year	58%	GWU; GW
Georgetown College	Through Senior Year	95%
Georgetown University	Through Junior Year	77%
Georgia College	Through Freshman Year	36%
Georgia Institute of Technology	None	50%	Georgia Tech
Georgia Southern University	Through Freshman Year	23%	GSU
Georgia State University	None	15%	GSU
Gettysburg College	Through Senior Year	100%
Gonzaga University	Through Sophomore Year	40%
Goucher College	Through Senior Year	85%
Grinnell College	Through Sophomore Year	88%
Grove City College	Through Senior Year	95%
Gustavus Adolphus College	Through Senior Year	87%
Hamilton College	Through Senior Year	100%
Hampshire College	Through Senior Year	80%
Hanover College	Through Senior Year	88%
Harvard University	Through Freshman Year	98%
Harvey Mudd College	Through Freshman Year	99%	HMC
Haverford College	Through Freshman Year	98%
Hendrix College	Through Senior Year	100%
High Point University	Through Junior Year	94%
Hillsdale College	Through Sophomore Year	70%
Hobart William Smith Colleges	Through Junior Year	90%	HWS
Hofstra University	None	31%
Hope College	Through Junior Year	78%
Howard University	Through Sophomore Year	78%
Illinois Institute of Technology	Through Sophomore Year	43%	IIT
Illinois State University	Through Sophomore Year	18%
Illinois Wesleyan University	Through Junior Year	73%
Indiana University Bloomington	Through Freshman Year	27%	IU; IUB
Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis	None	8%	IUPUI
Iowa State University	None	20%	ISU
Ithaca College	Through Junior Year	73%
James Madison University	Through Freshman Year	30%	JMU
John Carroll University	Through Sophomore Year	52%
Johns Hopkins University	Through Sophomore Year	51%	JHU
Juniata College	Through Senior Year	100%
Kalamazoo College	Through Sophomore Year	53%
Kansas State University	None	21%	KSU; K-STATE
Kent State University at Kent	Through Sophomore Year	18%
Kenyon College	Through Senior Year	57%
Kettering University	Through Freshman Year	67%
Knox College	Through Senior Year	73%
La Salle University	Through Sophomore Year	48%
Lafayette College	Through Senior Year	16%
Lake Forest College	Through Junior Year	82%
Lawrence University	Through Senior Year	62%
Lehigh University	Through Sophomore Year	24%
Lewis & Clark College	Through Sophomore Year	55%
Linfield College-McMinnville Campus	Through Junior Year	74%
Louisiana State University	Through Freshman Year	28%	LSU
Loyola Marymount University	None	47%	LMU
Loyola University Chicago	Through Sophomore Year	38%
Loyola University Maryland	Through Freshman Year	81%
Lycoming College	Through Senior Year	85%
Macalester College	Through Sophomore Year	62%
Manhattan College	Through Sophomore Year	32%
Marist College	None	62%
Marquette University	Through Sophomore Year	45%
Marshall University	Through Sophomore Year	Not Reported
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	Through Junior Year	51%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Through Freshman Year	20%	MIT
Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Through Senior Year	44%	MMA
McDaniel College	Through Junior Year	86%
Mercer University	Through Junior Year	77%
Mercyhurst University	Through Senior Year	80%
Merrimack College	None	74%
Messiah College	Through Senior Year	89%
Miami University	Through Sophomore Year	27%	MU
Michigan State University	Through Sophomore Year	39%	MSU
Michigan Technological University	Through Freshman Year	43%
Middlebury College	Through Junior Year	95%
Millersville University of Pennsylvania	Through Sophomore Year	10%
Millsaps College	Through Sophomore Year	75%
Milwaukee School of Engineering	Through Sophomore Year	31%
Mississippi State University	Through Freshman Year	26%	MSU
Missouri University of Science and Technology	Through Sophomore Year	45%
Monmouth University	None	26%
Montana State University	Through Freshman Year	25%
Montclair State University	None	23%
Moravian College	Through Senior Year	49%
Morehouse College	Through Junior Year	66%
Mount Holyoke College	Through Senior Year	96%	MHC
Muhlenberg College	Through Senior Year	30%
Murray State University	Through Sophomore Year	30%
New College of Florida	Through Senior Year	85%
New Jersey Institute of Technology	None	15%	NJIT
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	None	50%	NMIT
New Mexico State University-Main Campus	Through Freshman Year	16%
New York Institute of Technology	None	4%
New York University	None	22%	NYU
Niagara University	Through Sophomore Year	40%
North Carolina State University	Through Freshman Year	37%	NCSU; NC STATE
North Dakota State University-Main Campus	Through Freshman Year	36%
Northeastern University	Through Sophomore Year	33%
Northern Arizona University	None	32%	NAU
Northern Michigan University	Through Sophomore Year	43%
Northwestern University	Through Sophomore Year	60%
Norwich University	None	59%
Oakland University	None	11%
Oberlin College	Through Senior Year	87%
Occidental College	Through Junior Year	82%	OXY
Ohio State University	Through Sophomore Year	24%	OSU
Ohio University	Through Sophomore Year	43%	OU
Ohio Wesleyan University	Through Senior Year	100%	OWU
Oklahoma State University	Through Freshman Year	25%	OSU
Old Dominion University	None	16%
Oregon Institute of Technology	None	15%
Oregon State University	Through Freshman Year	17%	OSU
Pennsylvania State University - University Park	Through Freshman Year	26%	PSU; PENN STATE
Pepperdine University	Through Sophomore Year	60%
Pitzer College	Through Junior Year	100%
Pomona College	Through Sophomore Year	98%
Portland State University	None	9%
Presbyterian College	Through Senior Year	95%
Princeton University	Through Sophomore Year	96%
Providence College	Through Junior Year	67%
Purdue University	None	36%
Quinnipiac University	None	55%
Ramapo College of New Jersey	None	7%
Randolph-Macon College	Through Senior Year	80%
Reed College	None	62%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Through Sophomore Year	21%	RPI
Rhode Island School of Design	Through Sophomore Year	53%	RISD
Rhodes College	Through Sophomore Year	67%
Rice University	None	38%
Ripon College	Through Senior Year	98%
Roanoke College	Through Senior Year	78%
Rochester Institute of Technology	Through Freshman Year	52%	RIT
Roger Williams University	Through Sophomore Year	66%
Rollins College	Through Junior Year	42%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	None	58%
Rowan University	Through Sophomore Year	24%
Rutgers University-Camden	None	43%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	None	16%	RU
Rutgers University-Newark	None	16%
Sacred Heart University	Through Sophomore Year	48%
Saint Anselm College	None	94%
Saint Johns University	Through Senior Year	86%	SJU
Saint Joseph's University	Through Sophomore Year	53%	SJU
Saint Louis University	Through Sophomore Year	48%
Saint Mary's College	Through Junior Year	84%
Saint Mary's College of California	Through Freshman Year	60%
Saint Michael's College	Through Senior Year	90%
Salem State University	None	17%
Salisbury University	Through Sophomore Year	25%
Salve Regina University	Through Sophomore Year	51%
Sam Houston State University	Through Freshman Year	17%
Samford University	Through Sophomore Year	61%
San Diego State University	Through Sophomore Year	8%	SDSU
San Francisco State University	None	2%	SFSU
San Jose State University	Through Freshman Year	3%	SJSU
Santa Clara University	Through Sophomore Year	58%	SCU
Sarah Lawrence College	Through Freshman Year	30%
Scripps College	Through Freshman Year	100%
Seattle University	Through Sophomore Year	27%
Seton Hall University	None	23%
Siena College	Through Senior Year	69%
Simmons University	Through Freshman Year	61%
Skidmore College	Through Freshman Year	68%
Smith College	Through Senior Year	94%
Soka University of America	Through Senior Year	100%
Sonoma State University	None	32%
South Dakota State University	Through Sophomore Year	8%
Southern Connecticut State University	None	20%
Southern Methodist University	Through Sophomore Year	45%	SMU
Southwestern University	Through Sophomore Year	56%
Spelman College	Through Sophomore Year	65%
St Bonaventure University	Through Junior Year	84%
St John's University-New York	None	13%
St Lawrence University	Through Senior Year	81%
St Olaf College	Through Senior Year	91%
St. John's College (MD)	Through Sophomore Year	70%
St. John's College (NM)	Through Senior Year	100%
St. Mary's College of Maryland	None	61%
Stanford University	Through Freshman Year	93%
State University of New York at New Paltz	Through Freshman Year	25%
Stetson University	None	43%
Stevens Institute of Technology	None	17%	Stevens Tech
Stockton University	None	23%
Stonehill College	None	86%
Stony Brook University	None	22%
Suffolk University	None	20%
SUNY at Albany	Through Sophomore Year	47%
SUNY at Fredonia	Through Sophomore Year	47%
SUNY at Purchase College	None	21%
SUNY College at Brockport	Through Sophomore Year	29%
SUNY College at Geneseo	Through Sophomore Year	43%
SUNY College at Oswego	Through Sophomore Year	40%
SUNY College at Plattsburgh	Through Sophomore Year	35%
SUNY College at Potsdam	Through Sophomore Year	38%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	Through Freshman Year	29%
SUNY Cortland	Through Sophomore Year	Not Reported
SUNY Oneonta	Through Freshman Year	46%
Susquehanna University	Through Senior Year	89%	SU
Swarthmore College	Through Freshman Year	95%
Syracuse University	Through Sophomore Year	53%	SU
Temple University	None	12%
Tennessee Technological University	Through Freshman Year	25%
Texas A & M University-College Station	None	20%
Texas Christian University	Through Sophomore Year	48%
Texas State University	Through Freshman Year	17%	TCU
The College of New Jersey	None	54%
The College of Wooster	Through Senior Year	99%	TCNJ
The University of Montana	Through Freshman Year	32%
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	Through Freshman Year	29%	UTC
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Through Freshman Year	27%	UTK
The University of Texas at Arlington	None	7%	UT Arlington
The University of Texas at Austin	None	8%	UT Austin
The University of Texas at Dallas	None	12%	UT Dallas
The University of the South	Through Senior Year	88%	Sewanee
Towson University	None	34%
Transylvania University	Through Junior Year	53%
Trinity College	Through Freshman Year	74%
Trinity University	Through Junior Year	33%
Truman State University	Through Freshman Year	38%
Tufts University	Through Sophomore Year	65%
Tulane University	Through Sophomore Year	46%
Union College	Through Senior Year	72%
United States Air Force Academy	Through Senior Year	100%	USAA
United States Coast Guard Academy	Through Senior Year	100%	USCGA
United States Merchant Marine Academy	Through Senior Year	100%
United States Military Academy	Through Senior Year	100%	USMA
United States Naval Academy	Through Senior Year	100%	USNA
University at Buffalo	None	21%
University of Akron Main Campus	Through Freshman Year	13%
University of Alabama	Through Freshman Year	25%
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Through Freshman Year	19%
University of Arizona	None	16%	UA
University of Arkansas	Through Freshman Year	21%
University of California, Berkeley	None	27%	UC Berkeley
University of California, Davis	None	32%	UC Davis
University of California, Irvine	None	38%	UC Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles	None	48%	UCLA
University of California, Merced	Through Freshman Year	44%	UC Merced
University of California, Riverside	None	28%	UCR; UC Riverside
University of California, San Diego	None	38%	UCSD; UC San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara	None	39%	UCSSB; UC Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz	None	51%	UCSC; UC Santa Cruz
University of Central Florida	None	15%	UCF
University of Chicago	Through Sophomore Year	52%	Uchicago
University of Cincinnati	Through Freshman Year	17%	UC
University of Colorado Boulder	Through Freshman Year	22%	CU Boulder
University of Connecticut	None	25%	UCONN
University of Dallas	Through Junior Year	61%
University of Dayton	Through Sophomore Year	69%
University of Delaware	Through Freshman Year	40%
University of Denver	Through Sophomore Year	48%
University of Florida	None	16%	UFL
University of Georgia	Through Freshman Year	32%	UGA
University of Houston	None	8%	UH
University of Idaho	Through Freshman Year	36%
University of Illinois at Chicago	None	6%	UIC
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Through Freshman Year	50%	UIUC
University of Iowa	None	23%
University of Kansas	None	21%	KU
University of Kentucky	None	29%	UKY
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Through Freshman Year	23%
University of Louisville	Through Sophomore Year	32%
University of Maine	Through Freshman Year	29%
University of Mary Washington	Through Sophomore Year	42%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	None	36%	UMC
University of Maryland, College Park	None	41%	UMD
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Through Freshman Year	63%	UMass Amherst
University of Massachusetts Boston	None	2%	UMass Boston
University of Massachusetts Lowell	None	39%	UMass Lowell
University of Memphis	None	16%
University of Miami	Through Freshman Year	33%	UM
University of Michigan	None	21%	UMich
University of Michigan-Dearborn	None	0%
University of Minnesota-Duluth	None	22%
University of Minnesota-Morris	None	46%	UMM
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	None	13%	UMN
University of Mississippi	Through Freshman Year	23%	Ole Miss
University of Missouri-Columbia	Through Freshman Year	30%	Mizzou
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Through Freshman Year	37%	UNL
University of Nevada-Las Vegas	Through Freshman Year	5%	UNLV
University of Nevada-Reno	None	13%	UNR
University of New Hampshire	None	48%	UNH
University of New Mexico	Through Freshman Year	79%	UNM
University of North Carolina at Asheville	Through Freshman Year	41%	UNC Asheville; UNCA
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Through Freshman Year	23%	UNC Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	None	15%	UNCC: UNC Charlotte
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	None	25%	UNCG; UNC Greensboro
University of North Carolina Wilmington	Through Freshman Year	26%	UNCW; UNC Wilmington
University of North Dakota	Through Freshman Year	22%	UND
University of North Florida	None	13%	UNF
University of North Georgia	Through Sophomore Year	15%	UNG
University of North Texas	Through Freshman Year	15%	UNT
University of Northern Colorado	Through Freshman Year	29%	UNC
University of Northern Iowa	None	34%
University of Notre Dame	Through Junior Year	73%	UND
University of Oklahoma	Through Freshman Year	29%	OU
University of Oregon	Through Freshman Year	17%	UO
University of Pennsylvania	Through Sophomore Year	55%	UPenn
University of Pittsburgh	None	35%
University of Portland	Through Freshman Year	6%
University of Puget Sound	Through Sophomore Year	67%
University of Redlands	Through Senior Year	100%
University of Rhode Island	None	29%	URI
University of Richmond	None	71%
University of Rochester	Through Sophomore Year	57%	UR
University of San Diego	Through Sophomore Year	16%	USD
University of San Francisco	None	3%	USF
University of Scranton	Through Sophomore Year	59%
University of South Carolina	Through Freshman Year	27%	USC
University of South Dakota	Through Sophomore Year	33%	USD
University of South Florida	None	10%	USF
University of Southern California	None	98%	USC
University of St Thomas	Through Sophomore Year	34%
University of Tampa	None	49%
University of the Pacific	Through Sophomore Year	47%
University of Toledo	Through Sophomore Year	20%
University of Tulsa	Through Sophomore Year	62%
University of Utah	None	12%
University of Vermont	Through Sophomore Year	42%	UVM
University of Virginia-Main Campus	Through Freshman Year	26%	UVA
University of Washington	None	12%	UW
University of Washington-Bothell Campus	None	6%	UW Bothell
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	Through Sophomore Year	22%
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	Through Freshman Year	29%
University of Wisconsin-Madison	None	22%	UW; UW Madison
University of Wyoming	Through Freshman Year	13%
Ursinus College	Through Senior Year	76%
Valparaiso University	Through Junior Year	56%
Vanderbilt University	Through Senior Year	50%	Vandy
Vassar College	Through Senior Year	82%
Villanova University	None	69%
Virginia Commonwealth University	None	20%	VCU
Virginia Military Institute	Through Senior Year	100%	VMI
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Through Freshman Year	28%	Virginia Tech
Wabash College	Through Senior Year	96%
Wagner College	None	63%
Wake Forest University	Through Junior Year	68%	WFU
Warren Wilson College	Through Freshman Year	88%
Washington & Jefferson College	Through Senior Year	44%
Washington and Lee University	Through Junior Year	73%	WLU
Washington College	Through Sophomore Year	80%
Washington State University	Through Freshman Year	25%	WSU
Washington University in St. Louis	Through Freshman Year	41%	WashU
Wayne State University	None	7%
Wellesley College	Through Freshman Year	55%
Wentworth Institute of Technology	Through Sophomore Year	26%
Wesleyan University	Through Senior Year	97%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania	None	36%
West Virginia University	Through Freshman Year	Not Reported	WVU
Western Carolina University	Through Freshman Year	Not Reported	WCU
Western Michigan University	None	21%	WMU
Western Washington University	None	7%
Westmont College	Through Senior Year	81%
Wheaton College (IL)	Through Senior Year	81%
Wheaton College (MA)	Through Freshman Year	67%
Whitman College	Through Sophomore Year	11%
Whittier College	None	46%
Whitworth University	Through Sophomore Year	47%
Wichita State University	Through Freshman Year	11%
Widener University	Through Junior Year	47%
Willamette University	Through Sophomore Year	54%
Williams College	Through Junior Year	93%
Winthrop University	Through Sophomore Year	35%
Wofford College	Through Senior Year	88%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Through Freshman Year	47%	WPI
Xavier University	None	42%
Yale University	Through Sophomore Year	58%
Yeshiva University	Through Freshman Year	40%

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