3 Year Guarantee

3 Year Guarantee

The Residential Life and Housing Team, in coordination with the Executive Leadership Team, Carroll Leadership Team, and Associated Students of Carroll College, is excited to announce the next phase of the Housing Program at Carroll College!

Live On. Feel Supported. You Belong.

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Your home on campus is more than a place to sleep—it’s where you build friendships, find support, and discover your place in the Carroll community. To help every student start strong, Carroll will require students to live on campus for their first two years and will guarantee housing placement for the first three years.

This approach ensures stability, connection, and belonging through your most important transitional years at Carroll.

What’s Changing for Fall 2026?

Carroll is updating its housing policy from a 3-year live-on requirement to a 2-year live-on requirement, paired with a 3-year housing placement guarantee.

What does this mean for you?

  • You will live on campus for your first two years (4 semesters).
  • You are guaranteed a housing placement for three full years (6 semesters).
  • You may choose to live on or off campus after your second year (4 semesters), but Carroll guarantees that a space will be available if you want to stay.

The guarantee includes:

  • A bed on campus for three years
  • Participation in the housing selection process for all three years
  • Priority housing selection by class standing (Seniors → Juniors → Sophomores → First-Years assigned to Guadalupe Hall)
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Why This Approach?

Because your experience and success matter.

The updated policy supports:

  • A stronger first- and second-year experience
  • A smoother transition into the junior year
  • Clear, predictable planning for students and families
  • Retention, academic success, and community building
  • Continued access to campus living for students who want or need it

With a 3-year placement guarantee, you always know you have a place here.

Your Housing Placement Guarantee

Guaranteed Housing for Your First Three Years

Every undergraduate student applying for housing in Fall 2026 or later receives a three-year housing placement guarantee, which includes:

  • A guaranteed bed on campus for years for undergraduate students for their first 6 semesters.
  • Priority in the annual housing selection process
  • The ability to continue living on campus as a senior through the housing application and housing offers

Important:
The guarantee ensures a placement in campus housing, not a specific building, floor, or room type.

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Yes. You are guaranteed a placement for your first three years (6 semesters) at Carroll as an undergraduate student.

No. You are required to live on campus for the first two years.
You are guaranteed the choice to stay for the third year.

No. The guarantee provides a placement, not a room type. However, we provide priority placement for students based on class standing. 

Yes—and they will maintain priority ahead of sophomores during selection.

You will receive priority placement through Accessibility Services.

Yes! The policy will be active for the Fall 2026 Housing Application Process. If you will have lived on campus for 4 semesters by the end of Spring 2026, you will be eligible to live off campus. 

This 3 year guarantee will not change current financial aid policies. As always, we encourage students to connect with the Financial Aid Office to review any potential impacts to their aid package.