Michigan State University Housing

Michigan State University Housing is a large and complex network of housing for students and faculty of Michigan State University. Most of the housing is in the form of residence halls on the school's campus, but there are also university apartments, fraternity and sorority housing, and free-standing housing for grad students, faculty and staff.

The residence halls are arranged into five neighborhoods; Brody Neighborhood, North Neighborhood, South Neighborhood, River Trail Neighborhood, and East Neighborhood.

The university expanded its housing greatly in the 1950s and 1960s, resulting in what is now the largest residence hall system in the United States.[1] 18,200 students live in MSU's 27 undergraduate halls, one graduate hall, and three apartment villages. Each hall has its own hall government, with representatives in the Residence Halls Association (RHA). In total there are 245 buildings for housing and food service, as well as 74 other buildings that help support the housing complex system.[2] Despite the size and extent of on-campus housing, 58% of students live off-campus.[3]

  1. ^ Kiernan, Vincent. "Michigan State Asks Students to Turn Off Their Computers Over Winter Break". The Chronicle of Higher Education. January 2, 2003. Accessed April 13, 2007.
  2. ^ "Building Data Summary Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine". MSU Physical Plant. 2004. Accessed April 12, 2007.
  3. ^ "Michigan State University: Campus Life". The Princeton Review. 2005.