Housing
- Residence hall map
- Room Selection, also known as the Housing Lottery
- Housing factors to think about when deciding where you want to live
- Housing strategies
Residence halls
Columbia has 17 undergraduate residence halls in an area bounded by Riverside Drive, Morningside Drive, 113th St, and 119th St. The residence halls accommodate 5,200 beds.
600 West 113th Street, Broadway, Carman, East Campus, 47 Claremont, Furnald, Hartley, Hogan, John Jay, McBain, River, Ruggles, Schapiro, Wallach, Watt, Wien, Woodbridge
Overview
First-year students usually live in one of the residence halls situated around South Lawn: Hartley, Wallach, John Jay, Furnald, or Carman. Upperclass students may also live in Hartley and Wallach, which are collectively part of the Living and Learning Center (LLC), through a highly selective application process. Other upperclassmen participate in a housing lottery. Rising sophomores may also live in Furnald Hall if their lottery numbers are good enough. The other upperclassmen students can choose, in order of class seniority and a random lottery number, among Broadway, East Campus, 47 Claremont, Hogan, McBain, River, Ruggles, Schapiro, 600 W 113th St, Watt, Wien, and Woodbridge. The best housing options, usually only available to seniors, are considered to be a townhouse in East Campus or a suite in Hogan. Seniors with the very best lottery numbers can get their own studio apartment in Watt.
See University Apartment Housing for further residence halls.
Articles
- The Fed: Fun With Freshman Housing
- Columbia Spectator: Brothels and Pubs, The Lurid History of CU Dorms
- Columbia Spectator: EC Eight, Living Kosher
