Room Type Descriptions
These are general descriptions of the various room types available for Elon University undergraduate students. Each room type may have some aesthetic differences depending on neighborhood. For more information visit:
- Each neighborhood’s website – Including general room layouts and room photos from each neighborhood
- Residence halls vs. Apartments differences
- Architectural floor plans (Elon login required)
- Triple residence hall room:
- A triple room with a communal/shared bathroom, three students sharing the bedroom area having their own bed and furniture and sharing a communal bathroom located on the hallway. This space doesn’t include a common space.
- Locations: Colonnades, Loy
- Double residence hall room:
- A double room with a communal/shared bathroom, two students sharing the bedroom area having their own bed and furniture and sharing a communal bathroom located on the hallway. This space doesn’t include a common space.
- Locations: Historic, East, Loy
- Double residence hall room with private bath:
- A double room with a private bath has two students sharing the bedroom area having their own bed and furniture and sharing one private in-room bathroom together. This space doesn’t include a common space.
- Locations: Global and Colonnades
- Double residence hall room with bathroom connected to another double room:
- A double room with a semi-private bath has two students sharing each of the two bedroom areas having their own bed and furniture and sharing one bathroom together with four residents. This space doesn’t include a common space.
- Locations: Global, Pavilions, Virginia, Sloan, and Colonnades
- Single room:
- A single room is a private room with a door separating the bedroom from either the rest of the suite or the hallway. Singles could be a standalone single, a pod single, or an apartment single.
- Locations: Global, Colonnades, East, Historic, Danieley Apartments, Crest Apartments, Oaks Apartments, Stations at Mill Point Apartments (junior/ seniors), Park Place (Junior/ seniors)
- Standalone single residence hall room (single with private bath):
- A standalone single space is a private room with a door separating the bedroom from the hallway and has a private bath for the single occupancy to use. Standalone single spaces do not have a common space.
- Locations: Global and Colonnades
- Pod single room in a residence hall:
- A pod single has a single bedroom for one occupancy with a bathroom shared within the suite along with a common area for the occupants to use. Pod single with be either two single bedrooms with one bathroom or four single bedrooms with two bathrooms for the suite to use.
- Locations: Global and Colonnades
- Residence Hall Flat:
- A flat style residence hall has four double rooms within a suite.
- The Danieley flats come with a common space and kitchenette along with two bathrooms for the suite.
- The Historic Flats have a communal bathroom located in each flat.
- Locations: Danieley Flats (not apartments) and Historic (HBB)
- A flat style residence hall has four double rooms within a suite.
- Apartment Single Room:
- Apartment singles have a full common space, kitchen, and at least two bathrooms within the suite, each occupant having their own single room.
- Locations: Danieley O&P Apartments, Oaks Apartments, Crest Apartments, Station at Mill Point (junior/ seniors), Park Place (junior/ seniors)
- Apartment Double Room:
- Apartment doubles have a full common space, kitchen, and at least two bathrooms within the suite, each occupant shares one of the two bedrooms with one other occupant.
- Locations: Danieley A-F Apartments and Oaks Doubles Apartment