Housing Options

Housing Options for First-Year Students

Traditional Residence Halls

Chase Hall, Farnham Hall, Hickerson Hall, and Wilkinson Halls provide traditional on-campus living communities. Each building provides double rooms with community bathrooms. Each building provides housing for approximately 250 undergraduate students (primarily first-year students). Residents have access to social and quiet study lounges, community lounges, computer labs (in some buildings), on-floor laundry, a kitchen area, and recreation equipment. All floors are same-gender living. These traditional residence halls are located on the West Campus and Residence Hall Quads.  The halls are close to classroom buildings, dining services, campus services, recreation, and athletic fields. Traditional residence hall students are required to purchase a full meal plan.

Neff Hall provides a traditional on-campus living community with single and double-occupancy rooms. The building provides housing for approximately 80 undergraduate students. Residents have access to social and quiet study lounges, a community lounge, on-floor laundry, a kitchen area, and recreation equipment. All floors are same-gender living. This hall is close to classroom buildings, dining services, campus services, recreation, and athletic fields. Traditional residence hall students are required to purchase a full meal plan.

Housing Options for Transfer Students

Depending on the number of transfer credits you bring to Southern, you have a variety of housing options:

• Farnham Hall: for transfer students with less than 36 credits, Farnham Hall offers a more traditional underclassmen experience for freshmen and sophomore students. Double rooms are available and students on each floor share a community bathroom and utility room. 
• West Campus: for transfer students with 24 credits or more, individual suites are available for transfer students in West Campus. These suites offer individual bedroom space with shared bathrooms and living spaces. Residents of West Campus still enjoy access to the full meal plan, community lounges, recreation equipment, and more.
• Brownell Hall: apartments in Brownell Hall accommodate 4-6 students with a shared bathroom and living room. A select number of apartments feature kitchens in this building. Transfer students with 28+ credits are eligible to live in Brownell.
• North Campus Midrise: four-person apartments with kitchens are available in North Campus Midrise for students with 45+ credits as well as a limited amount of single bedroom with shared living space options. A Market is located on the first floor of the building for groceries and other incidental necessities. 
• Schwartz Hall: Schwartz Hall offers the most options for transfer students with 36+ credits in terms of living arrangements. Studio-style, two-, three-, and five-person apartments allow residents flexible and affordable choices while still providing living space, ample storage, and full kitchens. 

Housing Options for Upperclassmen and Graduate Students

As an experienced student, you have different needs than new students. We appreciate that you still want to live on campus, so we will work to provide living environments that meet your unique needs. As you prepare to graduate or move off campus, suite and apartment living provide you with the independence you desire while still offering the services and support of on-campus living. Full-time, live-in professional staff members and student employees provide educational and social programming, assist the hall council, staff the Welcome Desk, and assist residents with personal and academic concerns.

• Brownell Hall: Brownell Hall offers suite-style living for sophomores and juniors. Each suite has double bedrooms, a bathroom, and a pantry. Some suites include a kitchen and all rooms in Brownell are air-conditioned. Residents have access to social and quiet study lounges, community lounges, computer labs, on-floor laundry, a kitchen area, and recreation equipment. All floors are co-ed. Brownell is located in a quiet area near resident parking, classroom buildings, dining, campus services, recreation, and athletic fields. Brownell residents in suites without kitchens are required to purchase a full meal plan. Students living in on-campus apartments with a kitchen are required to purchase a meal plan including 30 meal swipes and $150.00 in Food Loot per semester.
• North Campus and Schwartz Apartments: Upper-class students can request four-person apartments and townhouses. On-campus apartment living offers furnished double and quad bedrooms with carpeting, air conditioning, storage, and full kitchens in North and Schwartz. Each area also provides access to community lounges, laundry rooms, community kitchens, and recreation equipment. Students living in on-campus apartments with a kitchen are required to purchase a meal plan including 30 meal swipes and $150.00 in Food Loot per semester.
• West Campus offers four-person single-bedroom suites or double rooms with community bathrooms. Housing is available for 350 upper-class students in an air-conditioned building. Residents have access to social and quiet study lounges, community lounges, computer labs, in-building laundry, a kitchen area, and recreation equipment. This building offers co-ed and same-gender living. West is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold-certified (the highest possible certification) residence hall, offering the latest trends in a green living environment. This building is located on the West Campus Quad with attractive grounds and is a short walk to classroom buildings, dining, campus services, recreation, and athletic fields. West Campus residents are required to purchase a full meal plan.