A large number of students (75 percent) live in on-campus housing. The University of New Haven has four freshman dorms and seven upperclassman dorms, but housing is limited to undergraduates only. Housing is not guaranteed—it is provided on a first-come, first-served basis. A new dorm was completed in 2008 at a cost of $46 million.
On-campus housing typically run students $7,000 per year, and all undergraduates who reside on campus are required to purchase a meal plan, which is an additional $4,700 a year. For those who choose to stay off campus, housing is relatively expensive. A single room in a private home will run about $450 a month, and one-bedroom dwellings typically cost around $700 a month.
There is also an “unofficial” student dorm called “Wintergreen,” which was originally built to be an upscale apartment complex. Since there are so many students living in the 293 units, the off-campus apartments are dubbed “Animal House.” The university provides 11 shuttle buses to take students to and from campus.
Freshman dorms:
Bixler Hall is a co-ed building with single-sex suites. Bixler has triples with shared bathrooms on each floor and a game room on the ground floor.
Bethel Hall has suite options, with 11 students to each suite. Doubles are arranged around a common lounge. Bethel is the hall closest to the campus center and academic buildings.
New Hall is a co-ed building with single-sex suites, each of which is composed of two triples and very nice bathrooms. There is a common area on every floor. The first floor houses a slew of eateries.
Botwinik Hall is a co-ed building with single-sex suites. Suites are made up of two triples which share a bathroom and a common area. The first floor has a convenience store and a restaurant.
Sophomores and upperclassmen live in apartments:
Soundview Hall is the newest residential building on campus. Opening in fall 2009, the apartments house four students each and consist of single and double rooms.
Forest Hill Apartments are the furthest from campus (about a seven-minute walk), but the plus side is that students who live here have pool access, wireless internet, and air conditioning.
Dunham Hall has four to six people per apartment, and each apartment contains a full kitchen and a fairly large living room. The rooms are doubles or triples.
Regency Apartments are available for older students. The building consists of one- to three-bedroom apartments in which two to six students share an apartment. Apartments have full kitchens, carpeting, air conditioning, and washer and drier access on each floor.
Ruden Street Apartments are a substance-free living option for students, and also have a 24-hour quiet living apartment building.
Savin Court Apartments are new townhouses which will also house graduate students starting in winter of 2009. Savin Court will be UNH's first graduate housing option.
Sheffield and Winchester Halls are co-ed, but the apartments are single-sex. Each has one to three bedrooms with three to seven students per apartment. Each apartment has a living room, small kitchen, bathroom and a little bit of furniture.
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