51ÂÜÀò

Our experience is that sometimes more students apply for housing than our vacancies can accommodate. However, we do the best we can to provide housing for our students.

Families live in apartments located about a 10-minute walk from campus.

Unmarried graduate students live in double-occupancy suite-style rooms on campus, or in off-campus houses adjacent to campus.

Family apartments are provided with a refrigerator and stove/oven but are otherwise unfurnished.

Graduate suite-style residence hall rooms are fully furnished with a standard twin bed/mattress, 3-drawer dresser, desk, desk chair, 2-shelf bookcase and closet space. Graduate houses are also provided with a couch, love seat, coffee table, dinette set, refrigerator, stove/oven and microwave.

Graduate and Family Housing Contracts are for the entire academic year with a summer housing option and are legally binding documents. 

If you will be graduating at the end of a Fall semester, let us know before November. In that case, we will adjust the end date of your Contract to the end of the Fall rather than Spring semester.

Residents who no longer qualify for housing (withdraw from or dismissed from 51ÂÜÀò or no longer full time) are in violation of their Contract. Family Housing residents in violation are to vacate within 30 days. Grads in violation are to vacate within 48 hours.

Contact us for a sample Housing Contract.

Graduate and Family Housing charges will be placed on your student account on the last day of the month, and are due two weeks later.

The Grad & Family Housing office will match roommates for double-occupancy suite-style rooms and double-occupancy house bedrooms using the lifestyle questions on the housing application and taking their ages and academic programs into account. However, if you would like to room with another grad student on our waitlist please let us know as soon as possible so we can find out if they agree.

If your roommate moves out, you are not responsible to fill the vacancy. However, you should be prepared to receive a new roommate at any time, since the Grad & Family Housing office will be working to find a replacement. Again, if you know another grad student who would like to room with you let us know as soon as possible.

Each apartment in Family Housing is assigned at least one parking space in a carport or garage. Depending on the complex, there may be extra carport spaces available for rent.

Grad off-campus houses have garage and driveway parking. Some of them also have parking available on the street. Be aware of streets that are posted for permit-only parking; 51ÂÜÀò cannot issue street parking permits.

Grad students living on campus may use adjacent parking lots or parking structures. A campus parking permit is required.

Pets are not allowed in Grad & Family Housing. Students applying for a service animal or emotional support animal must obtain approval from the Office of Student Accessibilitybefore bringing an animal to any housing facility.

Please contact the Office of Student Accessibility (OSA) if you need special housing accommodation.

Residents may request to be moved to another room or building, or to another apartment type or complex. Approval is not guaranteed and depends on demand from incoming students and apartment refurbishment schedules. Please give the Grad & Family Housing office as much notice as possible that you wish to make a change; this may increase the likelihood of us being able to grant your request.

Renter’s insurance is not required, but it is highly recommended. 51ÂÜÀò is not liable for damage to or theft of personal property, so it is best to be prepared for the unexpected.