East Campus

East Campus offers a variety of living styles across townhouses, split-level apartments, two-person apartments, and double rooms. East Campus provides convenient access to campus and neighborhood restaurants and is a popular choice for seniors.

Building Fast Facts

To choose a room in this building during Room Selection, students must be part of a group. There are no corridor-style singles available.
Beautiful views of the city, Morningside Park, and campus
Located in close proximity to Columbia Dining @ Faculty House and The Fac Shack
Building has air conditioning
Bathrooms and kitchens are cleaned by residents
Piano available in the second floor lounge
Suites are duplexes with stairs
Townhouses, including kitchens and baths, along with the main and second floor lounges will be renovated during Summer 2025

Room Selection 2024 Data:

Room Selection 2024 data shows that the students who selected into this building were 89% rising seniors and 11% rising juniors.

100% of students who selected into this building participated as part of a group.
- 15% were in mixed-point groups with an average point value of 33
- 84% were in rising seniors groups
- 1% were in rising juniors groups
4 and 5-person suites were the first rooms in this building to be filled
- 100% of 4-person suites were filled by rising seniors
- 80% of 5-person suites were filled by rising seniors and 20% of 5-person suites were filled by rising juniors in mixed point groups
6-person suites were the second group of rooms in this building to be filled
- 99% of 6-person suites were filled by rising seniors
100% of 2-person suites were filled by rising seniors

Please keep in mind that class make-up in each building varies year to year based on student preferences. This should not be used as predictive data for the upcoming academic year.

Building Details:

Housing Rate:: Upperclass Rate
Entrance Location:: Ancel Plaza
Elevators:: High-rise: 2
Townhouses: walk-up only
Single/Double Rooms*:: 570 singles / 76 doubles (8 doubles are corridor-style)
Air Conditioning:: Yes (seasonal)
Bathroom Style:: Private bathroom in each suite
Cleaning Responsibility & Schedule:: Bathrooms: Resident responsibility
Kitchens: Resident responsibility
Trash & Recycling: Residents are responsible for disposing of their waste. High-rise residents should dispose of trash in the trash chutes (small bags of trash) by the elevator or the recycling bins in the room adjacent to the lounge; townhouse residents should dispose of trash and recycling in the courtyard receptacles.
Flooring:: Hard surface
Furnishings:: All rooms are furnished
Type of Room Lock:: CUID Tap or Swipe Access; all rooms expected to be tap by Fall 2025

*RAs are assigned single rooms. Not all singles will be available.

Building Amenities:

Bike Storage:: Not available. See the list of bike storage locations in our residence halls.
Clothing Donation Bin:: Located in the laundry room on B1 level
Computer Lab & Print Station:: Computer labs available on 10th and 18th floors
Print station available in building lobby
Fitness Room:: Available on 8th and 16th floors
Kitchen:: Private kitchens available in each suite
Kitchen available on second floor
Laundry:: Free laundry facility on B1 level
Lounge:: A lounge with a piano and big screen TV available on second floor
Study lounges available on 12th, 14th, and 20th floors

Features of East Campus Housing Options:

East Campus offers distinct styles of housing: suites, flats and corridor-doubles in the high-rise and townhouses. Review the table below to learn more about each option.

Feature: Elevators/Staircases:
Flat: Flat access: elevator within building
Within flats: no staircases
Suite: Suite access: elevator within building
Within suites: staircase divides living spaces among different floors
Townhouse: Townhouse access: via stairs in the courtyard
Within townhouses: staircase divides living spaces among different floors

Feature: Microwave:
Flat: N/A
Suite: N/A
Townhouse: Microwave in kitchen

Feature: Kitchen Layout:
Flat: Galley
Suite: Open to living room
Townhouse: Open to living room

Feature: Dishwasher:
Flat: N/A
Suite: Dishwasher in kitchen
Townhouse: N/A

Feature: Shower Style:
Flat: Tub/shower combo
Suite: Tub/shower combo
Townhouse: Walk-in shower

Feature: Common Area:
Flat: Furnished with a dining table
Suite: Living room-style and furnished with couch, coffee table, and dining table
Townhouse: Living room-style and furnished with couch, coffee table, and dining table

Note: There are only 8 corridor-doubles in East Campus. These rooms are accessible by elevator. They do not have a living room or kitchen. The bathrooms is a tub/shower combo.