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Residential housing

Total residence halls: 12
Alder Hall, Elm Hall, Hansee Hall, Lander Hall, Madrona Hall, Maple Hall, McCarty Hall, McMahon Hall, Oak Hall, Poplar Hall, Terry Hall, Willow Hall

Total apartments: 8
Blakeley Village, Cedar Apartments, Commodore Duchess Apartments, Laurel Village, Mercer Court, Nordheim Court, Radford Court, Stevens Court

Operating capacities: (By number of beds, unless noted) Alder Hall 663, Cedar Apartments 344, Elm Hall 584, Hansee Hall 331, Lander Hall 683, Madrona Hall 549, Maple Hall 917, McCarty Hall 970, McMahon Hall 1,032, Mercer Court 283, Nordheim Court 460, Oak Hall 380, Poplar Hall 297, Stevens Court 516, Terry Hall 350, Willow Hall 565, Blakeley Village 78 units, Commodore Duchess 139 units, Laurel Village 80 units, Radford Court 398 units, Stevens Court Family Housing 42 units.

2024-25 capacity and occupancy

Based on 10th-Day Stats—does not include Commodore Duchess, Radford Court, Laurel Village, Blakeley Village or Stevens Court Family Housing.

	9-Month	12-Month	Total
As-Built	7,608	627	8,235
Overflow	879	0	879
Operating Capacity	8,462	627	9,089
Occupancy	8,522	627	9,129
% of Capacity	100.7%	96.8%	100.4%

The designations “9-month” and “12-month” refer to the lengths of housing agreements. The 9-month agreement group is mostly made up of residence hall students, with a few 9-month agreement apartment occupants. The 12-month agreement group has apartment occupants on a full-year agreement.

Demographics

First-year students living on campus

2024: 74.0% (5,324 applicants out of 7,195 enrolled)
2023: 76.6% (5,365 applicants out of 7,006 enrolled)
2022: 74.2% (5,502 applicants out of 7,410 enrolled)
2021: 80.7% (5,851 applicants out of 7,249 enrolled)
2020: 32.0% (2,241 applicants out of 7,002 enrolled)
2019: 71.1% (4,966 applicants out of 6,981 enrolled)

Resident Retention (based on spring quarter capacities)

2024: 34.7% (3,167 returners)
2023: 32.9% (3,007 returners)
2022: 33.9% (3,299 returners)
2021: 44.4% (3,831 returners)
2020: 15.4% (1,434 returners)
2019: 40.2% (3,768 returners)

Total applications for HFS housing (before cancellations)

2024: 11,258
2023: 11,356
2022: 12,033
2021: 12,762
2020: 11,993
2019: 11,812

Dining Data

Residential Dining Locations: 3
Grocery/Convenience Markets: 3
Espresso/Coffee Cafés: 10
Restaurants: 7

Number of meal plans sold: 8,180
Annual Dining Program revenues: $47.3 million total sales for FY24
Annual cost of residential meal plans: $600–$7,536
Average daily customer count during the academic year: About 30,000

Highest daily customer counts during the academic year:

Residential Dining: Center Table
Grocery/Convenience Market: District Market Alder
Cafe: Suzzallo Starbucks

The District Market generally does about 3,000 daily transactions

Residential Education

Living Learning Communities
Arts: Oak Hall, 103 students
Business: McCarty Hall, 100 students
Engineering: Maple Hall, 683 students
Global Experience: Poplar Hall, 51 students
Honors: Terry Hall, 185 students
Pre-Health Sciences: Alder Hall, 505 students
1,627 total students in 6 communities

Leadership, service and employment opportunities
Budget Advisory Committee: 16 students
Residential Community Student Association (RCSA): 25
Residence Education Programmers (REP): 8 students
Residential Programming Board (RPB): 8 students
Students Expressing Environmental Dedication (SEED) 31
Resident Advisers & Community Assistants: 159 students

HFS employs about 1,000 students during the academic year.