Student Housing
One of the University’s primary missions is to provide a great residential experience while educating and fostering students to achieve academic and personal growth.
We encourage all students without dependents to live on campus so they may receive maximum benefit from university life. Those who wish to live off-campus, and are eligible, are encouraged to live in Utopia Park, a 200-unit community just north of campus.
The following students may live off-campus:
- students 22 years of age or older
- married students
- graduate students
- students with dependents
- undergraduate students younger than 22 years of age who have successfully petitioned the Academic Standards Committee
On-campus housing
Every student residence is designed to provide a comfortable environment for study and rest. Individual rooms have telephone and Internet connections as well as air conditioning. Each residence hall provides washer/dryer service and filtered drinking water, and many have exercise and recreation rooms.
To encourage maximum academic focus and comfort for every student, our residence halls are all single-gender facilities.
Every housing unit has a Resident Advisor who helps new students become familiar with campus life and is skilled to assist with personal questions and concerns.
Our students also have the opportunity to live in new campus housing designed in accordance with principles of ancient Vedic architecture. This new on-campus housing offers a private bathroom, in addition to a living room, a kitchen area, a clothes washer and a clothes dryer shared by all eight residents. At times, there is a waiting list for this housing, and the cost to reside there is higher.
Single and Double Rooms
We provide single rooms. At times, however, it may be necessary for the Housing Office to make adjustments in room occupancy to accommodate changing University needs. The following policies apply to double-occupancy accommodations:
- Students who receive financial aid from the U.S. government who wish to change from a single to a double room once the year has begun must visit the Financial Aid office to revise their financial aid budget and award to match the reduction in charges.
- If a student changes from a double to a single room, charges will be increased accordingly, but the financial aid award will not be increased to cover this additional charge.
- A student who occupies a double room and wishes to change rooms must find a new roommate before moving. If a student moves into a new room without a roommate, they will be charged the single room rate after three days of occupancy. If a designated roommate chooses to move out, please come to the Housing Office to arrange for a new roommate within three working days or your billing status will change from a double to a single accommodation.
Off-campus housing
To contact Utopia Park, phone: 641-472-9689, or visit: 2000 N. Court St., Trailer 20D, Fairfield, IA 52556.
For assistance in contacting local real estate agents, please visit the Housing Forum or Fairfield, IA City Data.
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