Residence Life and Housing

Housing Policy

North Park University values the entire undergraduate student experience, which includes a student’s on-campus residential experience. Students who live on campus are often more successful academically, more involved in the campus community, and able to take full advantage of campus resources. We designed our campus housing requirement to promote these benefits.

  • We require all first-year/freshman (0–29 credits), second-year/sophomore (30–59 credits), and third-year/junior (60–89 credits) students to live in campus housing.
  • Exceptions to this requirement include:
    • Commuter students: Those commuting from their primary residence, within 30 miles of campus, where they live with a parent(s) or legal guardian(s)
    • Students registered for fewer than 12 credits
    • Students with fourth-year/senior status (90+ credits)
    • Students who are 21 years of age (or older) before August 1 of the academic year
    • Students not meeting the exemption above, but who wish to live off campus, must write a letter of appeal and receive approval from the director of Residence Life and Housing

To any student who does not meet the exceptions to the campus housing requirement and has determined to live off-campus, we will assess a $1,125 non-compliance fee for each semester they are not in compliance. Further, if a portion of a student’s institutional, need-based financial aid was awarded because the student was expected to live on campus, and the student does not live on campus, the student’s financial aid will be reduced up to $2,500 a year.

On-campus undergraduate student residences are not available for:

  • Graduate students
  • Part-time undergraduate students
  • Students who are married and/or have children
  • SPS undergraduate students

Students who do not qualify for undergraduate on-campus housing may inquire about housing through graduate student housing.

For more details on the campus housing requirements, please see the university housing agreement terms and conditions. The university reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of the university housing agreement pertaining to any subsequent semesters not covered by the agreement.