There are eight residence halls on campus—six on the upper half, surrounding the Quad and the Front Lawn, and two on the Back Campus waterfront. Some of the residence halls on the upper part of campus are on the upper floors of buildings, with the lower floors housing spaces like the Bookstore, the Public Safety office, the Mail Room, and even—in the case of Fielding-Rumore—the dining hall.

Each residence hall has a different character. Take in the hustle and bustle of college life by living along the quad in Edensword or Fielding-Rumore Hall. Feel like you’ve stepped back in time in one of our more historic residence halls: Humphreys Hall, built in 1837; Chase-Stone House and Paca-Carroll House, both built in 1857; and Pinkney Hall, built in 1858. Or, choose to live on back-campus in two of our gender-neutral residence halls.

Before you move in, here are a few things you should know: Each residence hall room is furnished with a mattress, mattress cover, desk, chair, study lamp, wastebasket, bookshelf, dresser, mirror, and closet. The residence halls are air-conditioned and non-smoking. Most residence halls are co-ed, and most first-year residence halls are single sex by floor. First-year students will typically live in doubles or triples, and returning students will typically live in doubles or singles.

Please note that students who are the age of 25 or older cannot live in an on-campus residence hall. If you start the school year at age 24 and will be turning 25 that year, you may live on campus for the remainder of that year.

Resident Advisors are assigned to each residence hall, and in most cases, one for each first-year floor.

Humphreys Hall (1837)
The oldest residence hall on campus is a mix of doubles and triples. The Humphreys basement holds the Mail Room where all students can pick up packages ordered to the college and has a common room for all Humphreys students to use and enjoy.

Paca-Carroll House (1857)
Paca-Carroll, expected to re-open in Fall 2027, is a mix of singles, doubles, and the loft—an open floor-plan area housing five students. This building has a kitchen and laundry facilities and is closest to the Greenfield Library.

Chase-Stone House (1857)
One of the most historic residence halls on campus, with a mix of single, double, and triple rooms. Rooms in Chase Stone often offer high ceilings and (non-working) fireplaces, with views of the croquet pitch on front-campus. This residence hall is equipped with both a laundry room and a full basement common room, colloquially referred to as ‘The Chasement’. This offers a large space to study and relax near a working wood-burning fireplace.

Pinkney Hall (1858)
These four floors are located above the Public Safety Office and houses students in double and single rooms. Pinkney is a co-ed hall equipped with a full laundry room and is located directly across from McDowell Hall.

Fielding-Rumore Hall (1903)
Has two floors housing students in doubles. It is located above the Dining Hall and leads directly onto the quad, being one of the most centrally located buildings on campus.

Edensword Hall (1954)
Edensword Hall houses students with a mix of triple, double and single rooms and is equipped with an elevator, laundry room, kitchen, and common room. The basement level is home to the campus bookstore and the Annapolis Cup Café.

Gilliam Hall (2004)
One of the newest residence halls on campus, Gilliam Hall provides views of College Creek and the intramural fields on back-campus. It houses students in both singles and doubles and is a completely gender-neutral building. There is a large common room on the first floor equipped with a full kitchen, and is also equipped with a full laundry room, and elevator.

Spector Hall (2005)
The newest residence hall on campus houses students in a mix of singles and doubles and is a completely gender-neutral building. Spector Hall has a media room that students can reserve for movie/video game nights with their clubs and friends. Located on back-campus between Gilliam Hall and Mellon Hall, Spector is equipped with a common room, full kitchen, full laundry room, and elevator.

For more information on housing policies, see the Student Handbook.

For the first year, freshmen are assigned to campus housing based on responses to a questionnaire sent out in early May. In subsequent years, room assignments are made by means of a housing lottery. Each spring, every student who wishes to live on campus is randomly assigned a lottery number. The lower the number you have, the earlier you are allowed to choose your room within each selection group—the groups are, rising seniors, rising juniors, and rising sophomores. Rising seniors choose rooms first followed by rising juniors and finally rising sophomores.

On campus housing is required for freshman and sophomore years. Junior and senior year students have the option of living off campus if they’d like. Housing is not guaranteed for junior or senior year, so if more students join the lottery than rooms available, students with the highest lottery numbers will be placed on a housing waitlist.

For the most part, sophomores will live in doubles with a roommate of their choice. For juniors and seniors, usually about 65% are able to live on campus, often in the building and room configuration of their choice. While many juniors and seniors select to live in a single, many still choose to live with a roommate. Juniors and seniors who live off campus aren’t far away: they rent apartments with roommates on the famed cobblestone streets of downtown Annapolis—just a short walk from campus.