How do I sign up for housing?
Access the Housing Application: You will receive an email to your Keene email address from Community Living about completing your housing application online.
Submit the Housing Application: As a new student seeking on-campus housing you are required to complete and submit your housing application, which includes commitment to the housing contract. If you are under age 18, you’ll need a parent or legal guardian to agree to these contracts.
Selecting Housing: Housing selection will occur Thursday June 10, 2027 - Wednesday June 16, 2027.
If you submit your application and agree to the housing contract after this date, the link will still be available but the Community Living team will house you based on your preferences and availability of housing.
Commuters: If you are planning to be a commuter student, live at your permanent legal address with parent/guardian, that is within a 30 mile radius of campus, you will need to fill out a request for exemption. You will do this within the housing portal, click into the housing application and at the top click on Request an exemption. The Community Living team will review.
Confirmation of your selected Housing Assignment: You will be able to see your confirmation directly in the housing portal. Click on My Booking, and the correct academic year and it will show you the housing assignment. Click on select and it will provide you with roommate information.
Am I required to live on campus?
All students who are identified credit wise first year and sophomores (0-59 credits) are required to live on campus unless granted an exception by the Director of Transitions & Community Living. This includes transfer students who come to Keene State and have 59 credits or less.
Exceptions will be considered for students living with a parent or legal guardian within 30 miles of the campus, married students, and non-traditionally aged students. Other exceptions may be made due to extenuating and mitigating circumstances related to health and safety issues. The request for an exception to the on-campus residency requirement must come from the student, not from the parent or legal guardian. This request can be found in the housing portal, click on the correct academic year, under the contract, there is a link to request an exception.
Can I choose the residence hall I want to live in?
You’ll be able to select your own housing during the first year housing selection process, but it will be based on space availability at your selection time.
While we do not guarantee roommate preferences, mutually confirmed roommate requests made via the housing application before June 10, will have the greatest chance of being able to select housing together. For requests after June 16, select your preferred roommate on your housing application and we will do our best to accommodate your request given the spaces still available. Students that select to be in a Community (Honors, Nursing, or Beloved) will only be able to live with a student in that same community.
What are the housing and meal plan contracts all about?
Your housing is contracted for the full academic year and billed by semester. Contracts are similar to a lease and will require students to remain on campus for the entire length of the contract. Please read the Housing Terms and Conditions [PDF].
Questions?
- Email Community Living