Housing Selection – Steps to follow

Housing selection for returning students allows currently enrolled undergraduate students to choose their housing for next year. This is an online process. Check what your class status is for Housing Selection, defined as “prior terms lived on”, to know which selection process you will participate in. You must pay special attention to the dates the application will be available and the time you and/or your group is eligible to apply. To secure housing, you must complete the following:

  1. APPLY: All students wishing to participate in housing selection complete the housing selection application on Phoenix Living by February 10.
  2. MATCH: Match with your roommate group (if applicable). At the end of your Housing Application, you’ll be able to start forming roommate groups. NOTE: You can only search for others who have also completed the application. You must do this before your housing selection day/time. The person in your group with the earliest time is considered the “group leader” and should log on and register the group for fall housing.
  3. SELECT: Log into Phoenix Living during your housing selection day/time and select a space (selection times are randomly assigned to all students who have applied on time). Housing selection is only for currently enrolled undergraduate students. Students who are currently withdrawn, students who will be re-admitted for the fall, new incoming students, and new incoming transfer students are not eligible to participate in housing selection. Students in these categories have their own housing application/selection process that occurs during the summer months.

The Selection Process

Important Notes

  1. Students studying abroad spring 2026 will maintain the same priority for housing selection if they lived on campus fall 2025. They should go through the online process with the students living on campus spring 2026.
  2. Students who are abroad in fall 2026 should NOT sign up for housing during housing selection. These students will apply for housing in fall 2026 (November) if they wish to have housing in winter or spring 2027 when they return. Students who are abroad Fall 2026 can also pre-arrange with another student to live in their space when that student vacates for winter/spring or spring 2027 only via the Lease Turnover Process. This information will be gathered on the Winter/Spring Housing Intent Form in November.
  3. Students interested in on-campus apartments: On-campus apartments (except Crest) are either 11.5 or 12 months. If you are staying in the same space, your lease starts June 1. If you are new to the apartment, your lease begins June 15. Your lease start date is when you can move into the apartment and when billing begins. Crest apartments are 10 month and leases begin August 1. More information on apartments vs. residence halls is here.
  4. Junior and Senior students are not guaranteed housing due to a limited number of on campus housing spaces for Junior and Senior students. However, during the Housing Selection Processes in 2024 and 2025 we had plenty of apartment-style housing available for any interested juniors/seniors.