Rate Structure
Columbia Housing provides accommodations for undergraduate students during the official Academic Terms, as well as in the interim periods between terms. Rates for the current Academic Year are provided below.
Have a question about rates? Email the Columbia Housing team.
Academic Year 2021-2022 Rates
- Class
- First-Year Residents
- 2021-2022
- $9,450 / year
- Class
- Upperclass
- 2021-2022
- $10,500 / year
2022 Interim Period Rates
Interim periods are the days between the end of one term and the beginning of the next and are priced separately. Students who are approved to stay on campus between terms can apply for Housing during these times.
Eligibility
- Interim periods are only available for students that have assignments in both the terms prior and post interim.
- Visiting students are not eligible for interim periods.
- Interim Period
- Spring Interim
- Dates
- May 14 - May 22
- Rates
- $480
- Interim Period
- Fall Interim
- Dates
- August 12 - September 2
- Rates
- $1,260
Summer 2022 Rates for Individual Residents
The following rates apply to individual residents. If you are part of a conference group or academic program, please contact your administrator for rates.
There will be an application fee of $60 for summer housing which will be applied toward your total rate.
Learn more about summer housing.
Eligibility
- CC/SEAS Graduating seniors are only eligible for Summer Session I
- Summer Session
- Summer Session I (graduating seniors)
Summer Session I (all other residents) - Dates
- May 19 - July 1
May 22 - July 1 - Rates
- $2,580
$2,400
- Summer Session
- Summer Session II
- Dates
- July 3 - August 12
- Rates
- $2,400
- Summer Session
- Full Summer Session
- Dates
- May 22 - August 12
- Rates
- $4,800 + $120*
*If you are approved for on-campus housing for the full summer term, your rate will include the cost of the summer interim period ($120 for July 1 and 2).
Academic Year 2022-2023 Rates
- Class
- First-Year Residents
- Rates
- $9,986 / year
- Class
- Upperclass Residents
- Rates
- $11,096 / year
Note: A small portion of the Housing rate includes a service fee to support residential life staff working within the residence halls.