Princeton University

Freshmen and sophomores live in one of the University’s six residential colleges: Butler, Forbes, Mathey, Rockefeller, Whitman, or Wilson. Juniors and seniors have the option of living and/or dining in four-year residential colleges.

More than 98 percent of Princeton undergraduates live on campus. Approximately 70 percent of juniors and seniors take their meals at one of 10 private, coed eating clubs.

Some juniors and seniors cook their own meals in dormitory kitchens, dine in the residential colleges, join a cooperative, or make other arrangements. Students also may dine at the Frist Campus Center or Princeton’s Center for Jewish Life, which houses the University’s kosher dining facility. Students also have halal and kosher options in the residential colleges.

Approximately 70 percent of graduate students live in University housing, taking advantage of dormitory and apartment options. Dormitories include historic and modern rooms in the Graduate College and rooms in converted homes, known as annexes. Another dormitory living option for graduate students is to apply to be a resident graduate student in one of the residential colleges. For students choosing apartment communities, there is a range of unit sizes in both high-rise and garden configurations. University residential life offers various academic, athletic, social, and cultural opportunities to graduate students and their families.

Graduate students gather for meals in Procter Hall at the Graduate College, in dining halls at the residential colleges, at Frist Campus Center, at Chancellor Green Cafe, and at the Center for Jewish Life.