Housing Policy
The university believes that residence halls provide an educational benefit to students. The experience of living and participating in a residence hall enriches the spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical life. It is by nature experiential. One is challenged to learn and live with others who are different from themselves. It's an opportunity to translate faith into learning and living.
Therefore, all students are required to live in campus housing unless they are either:
- Living at home with their parents or legal guardian and within a 40-minute radius of campus.
- Twenty-one years of age or older. (A student turning 21 during a semester will be eligible for off-campus living at the beginning of the next semester.)
- Married.
- Carrying fewer than nine units.
Requests to Live Off-Campus
Every student (including a new or transfer student) that is considering living off campus must fill out and submit a completed Request to Live Off Campus form. All students are required to submit the completed form at registration. Students who do not qualify to live off campus may appeal to the Residence Life Committee. To appeal, the student must first submit a personal letter as well as a signed letter from their parent(s) to the Residence Life Committee. These letters should contain details of the extenuating circumstances for the committee to review. Please note: Only in extreme circumstances will an appeal be granted to a student who is not 21 years old before August 30 for the fall semester or January 1 for the spring semester.
Appeals will be reviewed by the Residence Life Committee on or near June 15, July 15, August 15 and September 15 for the fall semester; and December 15 and January 15 for the spring semester. Petitions must be received no later than September 15 for the fall semester or January 15 for the spring semester. Decisions of the Residence Life Committee are final.
*Students who are 23 years of age or older may petition for special permission from the director of residence life and housing to live on campus. This provision includes all incoming transfer or international students.
**Returning residents who have signed up for housing but do not plan to occupy it must notify the Residence Life and Housing Office in writing by June 1 for the fall semester and December 15 for the spring semester. Students who fail to meet this notification deadline will forfeit their $200 housing deposit.
