<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3177nF_1FSv2yhB00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3177nF_1FSv2yhB00" width="1200" height="800" ><figcaption>Anjali Wadhwa</figcaption></figure>For some, the stress of finding housing doesn’t end after graduation. The University offers a variety of housing options for graduate students.Tourna Khan, graduate student studying community health, currently resides in graduate-specific housing. For three years, she’s lived in Ashton Woods — a complex that offers furnished and unfurnished two-bedroom apartments. “Overall, I think it’s a really good option for grad students, especially because we find it very affordable,” Khan said. For those wanting to live in an apartment like Khan, the University has many options.Orchard Downs Apartments provides furnished and unfurnished one- and two-bedroom apartments made for families, equipped with full kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms. Other amenities include a playground and a community center for hosting events. Goodwin-Green Apartments offers furnished sleeping rooms, efficiency apartments and unfurnished one-bedroom apartments.For graduate students who would like to live in a residence hall, Daniels Hall and Sherman Hall are open to graduate students and upper-division undergraduate students.With these different options, the University has been able to provide graduate-specific housing spaces for a large number of students. Currently, with both apartments and upper-division housing, graduate housing accommodates 1,200 residents, said Brooke Feeney, associate director of University Housing communications and marketing.“Every graduate student has a different set of needs, but we do try to really craft our different spaces to meet the needs of the populations that are choosing to live with us,” Feeney said. “For example, Orchard Downs is a community where we have graduate students and their families living, and so we do have babies, school-age children (and) dependents.”These options, plus the location, price and other amenities, make it a desirable option for many.Khan said she feels very connected to the University community while she’s been living in Ashton Woods. With a convenient location and a reasonable price, Feeney said students like Khan choose to live in graduate-specific housing for multiple years. “We have a large pool of applications, but we have a really great return rate,” Feeney said. “Our residents love living with us, and so we have a very high renewal rate. We may have students who live with us while they obtain their Ph.D. for up to 10 years sometimes.”While the University offers many different options for graduate-specific housing, it can be competitive to get a room. Jordan DuVall, graduate student studying law, applied for housing at Orchard Downs in June 2026, for both its furnished and unfurnished options. Immediately after she submitted the application, she was placed on a waitlist.“(The University) said that there was a chance that I would maybe get off (the waitlist),” DuVall said. “But they weren’t 100% certain. So I didn’t have super high hopes, but I did really want to live on campus, just so it would be a quicker commute because, where I did end up living, it’s kind of a far commute for me.”DuVall now has a 30-minute commute from her apartment to campus, which can be even longer on days with heavy traffic. While she was disappointed about not being able to live on campus, she said University Housing updated her pretty well.Like undergraduate halls, graduate upper-division halls have resident advisers and resident directors. In the apartments, there are neighborhood assistants — a position similar to an RA.Beyond standard University Housing features, Feeney said there are unique programs to accommodate students. This includes opportunities like a weekly on-site health clinic for women, children and infants.Feeney said graduate housing at the University is ultimately designed to aid graduate students in their living situations, helping them feel a part of the community.</div></body>

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For some, the stress of finding housing doesn’t end after graduation. The University offers a variety of housing options for graduate students. Tourna Khan, graduate student studying community health, currently resides in graduate-specific housing. For three years, she’s lived in Ashton Woods — a complex that offers furnished and unfurnished two-bedroom apartments.

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For some, the stress of finding housing doesn’t end after graduation. The University offers a variety of housing options for graduate students. Tourna Khan

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