Living Off Campus

Trinity strives to be a residential college and currently houses over 90 percent of matriculated students in college-owned and operated housing.

Students are allowed to petition to live off-campus on a space-available basis. 175 students will be allowed to live off-campus (housing not owned by the College) based on eligibility and timely completion of the application. Preference is given to rising seniors.

Trinity College is not involved in making off-campus housing arrangements for students. Students are responsible for arranging their housing off-campus. Once the application deadline has passed, students will be notified if they have been approved to live off-campus for the following academic year.

Students are strongly encouraged not to sign a lease until they receive approval to live off-campus!

Please be advised:

• Students who lived off campus in the previous academic year are not automatically approved for subsequent years.
• All students including those currently living off campus must submit a new application.
• Members of Greek Houses who wish to live in their organization’s house are required to submit an application.
  • Members of Greek organizations are not guaranteed to be approved to live off campus.
• Students who are studying abroad in the fall 2025 semester and plan to live off-campus in the spring 2026 semester must complete an application.
  • There will be no separate application process for the spring 2026 semester.
• Approvals will be made in lottery number order.
• The cap of 175 approvals will NOT be raised for the 2025 – 2026 academic year.
• Students who sign leases prior to being approved will not be automatically approved to live off campus.
• The fine for electing to live off campus without approval is $2,500.
• Students in the class of 2028 are not eligible to apply for off-campus housing.