Housing Options

Our Residence Halls

There’s a residence hall for everyone- please reach out to us for help in finding the right one for you!

Amenities

Every residence hall has the following amenities:

Fully furnished room
Community kitchen
Community lounges
Computer lab with printer
24-hour desk service
Housing staff support available 24-7

In-room cable and fridge-microwave combination unit
(To learn more about this unit and its dimensions go to the products webpage.)
Free laundry
Secure card access
24-hour quiet study spaces
Wi-Fi

Residence Hall Snapshot

Lyden House

Building Highlight: Just steps away from Christman Dining Commons, this house is home to many students of varying majors, including the Health & Human Services Living Learning Community. Rooms for men and women are intermingled in each wing. Lyden House features a workout room and the most recently renovated bathrooms in the residence hall community!

Occupancy: 280+

Cafaro House

Building Highlight: Cafaro House is the designated Honors College community and is located across the lawn from Christman Dining Commons. The building is mostly suite-style, with one wing on the first floor with a traditional double-loaded corridor layout. Within each suite is a common area, bathroom, and bedroom. Suites can house up to 8 and 18 students each.

Occupancy: 250+

Kilcawley House

Building Highlight: Centrally located on campus, Kilcawley House is just steps away from the academic buildings and overlooks the picturesque fountain. This traditional-style residence hall is gendered by floor and boasts soundproof music practice rooms.

Occupancy: 200+

Wick House

Building Highlight: A beautiful and historic home that houses upper class students in uniquely shaped rooms. This small community is located along Wick Avenue, just a short walk from Bliss Hall and is now conveniently connected to the center of campus by a beautiful paved walkway.

Occupancy: 30+

Weller House

Building Highlight: This small apartment-style building houses our graduate students and students with families. Each apartment (ranging from studio to 3-bedroom) features its own bathroom and kitchen and as such, is the only house in which residents are not required to participate in the University meal-plan.

Occupancy: 30+

CAFARO VIDEO LYDEN VIDEO KILCAWLEY VIDEO

More information about each University owned and managed housing option—including the residence halls and the upper class University Courtyards Apartments—as well as nearby privately managed apartment communities that cater to YSU students, can be found through the links below.