Angelo State University
Angelo State requires many single full-time undergraduate students to live on campus during their first two long semesters unless they meet and document an exemption criterion.
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Austin College
Austin College requires first-year students to live in a traditional residence hall, and its current student-success program identifies a broader expectation to live on campus for at least three academic years.
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Baylor University
Baylor requires first-year students to live on campus for their first two semesters unless an approved exception applies.
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East Texas A&M University
East Texas A&M requires many full-time first-year students attending face-to-face classes on the main campus within one year of high-school graduation to live on campus unless an approved exception applies.
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Harvard University
Harvard College requires students in their first year to live in Harvard housing, so off-campus housing is generally a later-year decision unless Harvard confirms a different approved arrangement.
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Lamar University
Lamar requires many first-year students to live on campus for the fall and spring terms unless an approved exemption applies; the university tells students not to live off campus without that approval.
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Loyola Marymount University
LMU does not require first-year students to live on campus, although the university reports that most first-year students choose campus housing.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT requires all first-year students to live on campus; exceptions are rare and require a written waiver request.
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Menlo College
Menlo requires first-year and sophomore students to live on campus unless an approved exception applies.
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Southern Methodist University
SMU requires first-year undergraduates to live on campus, but beginning with the Fall 2025 entering class it no longer requires the second year on campus.
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Southwestern University
Southwestern University requires first-, second-, and third-year students to live on campus unless an approved exception applies.
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St. Edward's University
St. Edward’s requires students to live on campus for two years unless they live with a parent or legal guardian within a 20-mile driving distance of campus or receive another approved exemption.
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Stephen F. Austin State University
For Fall 2026, SFA’s on-campus requirement applies to first-time first-year students; students who need to live off campus must follow the university’s current permit or exemption process.
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Tarleton State University
Tarleton requires many first-time freshmen under 21 to live on campus for one academic year unless an approved exemption applies.
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Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi requires first-year students to live on campus for two semesters unless an automatic or approved exemption applies, and it explicitly warns students not to sign an off-campus lease before approval.
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Texas Christian University
TCU requires many first-year students under 21 who are not living at a family home to live on campus for their first two years.
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Trinity University
Trinity requires full-time undergraduate students to live on campus for their first three years.
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University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas requires most unmarried first-year students under 21 to live on campus unless an approved exception applies, including qualifying residence with a parent or legal guardian within the university’s stated commuting window.
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University of Chicago
UChicago requires traditional undergraduate students to live on campus for their first six quarters; incoming transfer students are generally required for their first three quarters.
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University of Colorado Colorado Springs
UCCS requires first-year students, including many first-year transfers under 21, to live on campus unless an approved exemption applies.
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University of Dallas
University of Dallas current 2026–27 materials apply a six-semester residency requirement to recent entering classes, with qualifying commuter and approved exception paths.
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University of Georgia
UGA requires undergraduate first-year students to live on campus for their first year unless they qualify for an approved exemption such as the university’s local-residency exception.
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University of Texas at Tyler
UT Tyler requires students with fewer than 60 college credit hours to live on campus when university housing is available unless an approved exception applies.
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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
UTRGV requires affected first-year students to live on campus for the first academic year when an exemption is not approved.
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West Texas A&M University
West Texas A&M requires many full-time students under 20 to live on campus for their first two years after high-school graduation unless an exemption applies.
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