About Housing >> Statistical Overview

Projected Fiscal Year 2008—2009 Budget: $40.7million
Facilities Maintained: 162 buildings with 2,831,379 total square footage
Employees: 315 full-time, 415 part-time

Since no income from state tax funds are received by the Department of Housing & Residence Education, all listed expenses must be paid with the rent collected. Applying the percentage figures noted on the pie graph to your room rent will allow you to see where each dollar of your rent money goes.

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Singles
All rates include furnished rooms, all utilities, DHNet, cable television service and general maintenance and custodial services. (Fall 2008)
Standard Capacity	7,350
Expanded Capacity	7,553
Square Footage Maintained	1,924,690
Rental Rates	$1,357 – 2,905 / student, per semester
Most Common Rate:	$1,958 air conditioned double room with DHNet
Average Fall Occupancy	102% - 103%

Graduate/Family
Rates include local telephone service, water, sewage and cable television service, but not electric/gas.
Number of Apartments	980
Square Footage Maintained	856,630
Rental Rates	range $380 – 605 / month
Average Occupancy	99%

Current Rental Rates

Demand for housing exceeds supply. Most fall semesters, the waiting list for single student housing ranges from 500 to 1500 persons.

Demographic Profile of Residence Facilities

Residence Halls (Data as of Fall 2007)
>> Occupancy (#'s)	Male	Female	Total
	3, 201	4,230	7,431
>> Gender (%)
	43%	57%
>> Classification(% of total)
Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate	28.2% 8.1% 4.4% 2.2% .1%	38.3% 10.3% 5.7% 2.5% .1%	66.6% 18.5% 10.1% 4.7% .2%
>> Race (% of total)
White Black Hispanic Asian Other	26.3% 5.9% 5.7% 3.6% .2%	31.9% 10.9% 7.9% 4.4% <.1%	58.2% 16.8% 13.6% 7.9% .4%

Graduate/Family Housing (Data as of Spring 2007)
>> Occupancy (#'s)	U.S.	International	Total
256		1,564	1,820
>> Origin (%)
14.1%		85.9%
(Top 5 Countries Represented) China S. Korea India Taiwan Turkey		23.6% 16.6% 7.3% 4.5% 3.2%
>> Avg. Age Adults
29.7		31.3	31.0
>> Race U.S. Residents (%)
White Black Hispanic Asian	57.5% 26.1% 9.0% 4.8%

>> Family Composition (%)

>> Avg. Age Children (%)

Single-Parent
Couples w/children
Couples w/o children
Single Grad

2.1%
17.8%
35.4%
43.4%

Under 2 yrs.

2-5 yrs.

6-10 yrs.

Over 10 yrs.

11.9%
38.9%
29.5%
19.8%

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