Largest
University In Each of the 50 States On-Campus Housing Available for What
Percent of Enrolled Students
University/City
Enrolled
Fall 2004*
On-Campus Beds Fall 2004*
Beds Available
for %
Boise State University
Boise, ID
18,456
850
4.6
U. of Alaska
Anchorage, AK
17,572
950
5.4
U. of Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
27,000
1,500
5.6
Portland State U.
Portland, OR
21,348
1,600
7.5
U. of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
25,031
2,400
9.6
Arizona State U.
Tempe, AZ
49,171
5,600
11.4
U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis,/St. Paul, MN
50,954
6,300
12.4
U. of Maryland
College Park, MD
34,933
8,700
12.4
U. of Texas
Austin, TX
52,261
6,600
12.6
U. of Washington
Seattle
39,199
5,000
12.8
West Virginia U.
Morgantown, WV
25,255
3,600
14.3
U. of Southern Maine
Portland, ME
11,007
1,600
14.5
U. of Hawai
Manoa, AU
20,549
3,000
14.6
Auburn U.
Auburn, AL
22,928
3,400
14.8
U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
47,000
7,600
16.2
U. of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
24,569
4,300
17.5
Ohio State U.
Columbus, OH
50,995
9,200
18.0
U. of Georgia
Athens, GA
30,824
5,800
18.8
U. of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
29,745
5,600
18.8
U. of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
28,849
5,500
19.1
U. of California
Los Angeles, CA
37,563
7,200
19.2
U. of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
26,545
5,100
19.2
U. of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
16,461
3,200
19.4
Brigham Young U.
Provo, UT
29,932
6,500
21.2
North Carolina State U.
Raliegh, NC
29,637
6,700
22.6
U. of Wyoming
Larimie, WY
12,021
2,800
23.3
U. of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
13,187
3,200
24.3
U. of Colorado
Boulder, CO
29,151
7,100
24.4
Louisiana State U.
Baton Rouge, LA
30,000
7,600
25.3
U. of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
21,792
5,600
25.7
Mississippi State U.
Starkville, MS
15,416
4,000
25.9
U. of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
27,800
7,300
26.3
U. of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
41,588
11,000
26.4
U. of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
25,596
6,800
26.6
U. of Illinois
Champaign, IL
38,291
10,855
28.3
New York U.
New York, NY
38,188
11,000
28.8
Pennsylvania State U.
State College, PA
41,289
12,000
29.1
U. of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI
13,435
3,900
29.0
South Dakota State U.
Brookings, SD
10,954
3,400
31.0
U. of Montana
Missoula, MT
13,352
4,500
33.7
Indiana U.
Bloomington, IN
37,821
13,000
34.4
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
25,420
8,900
35.0
U. of Delaware
Newark, DE
19,418
7,000
36.0
Michigan State U.
East Lansing, MI
44,836
17,000
37.9
U. of Missouri
Columbia, MO
25,527
10,000
39.2
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
34,697
14,000
40.3
Boston U.
Boston, MA
26,704
11,000
41.2
U. of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
12,000
5,500
45.8
U. of Vermont
Burlington, VT
9,273
4,000
43.1
U. of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
23,179
11,000
47.5
*Number of beds rounded to the nearest hundred
Source: "Profit by Investing in Student Housing; Cash
In on the Campus Housing Shortage" (Kaplan Publishing,
2006).
