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General Housing Statistics

Approximately 4,825 graduate students live in on-campus housing, and about 1070 are assigned to subsidized off-campus apartments this year.

Spring Quarter Waiting List Results

Students Seeking Assignment

 

All Students

Single Students

Couples without Children

Students with Children

 

 

New

Coterm

Cont’g

Postdoc

Total

New

Coterm

Cont'g

Postdoc

Total

New

Coterm

Cont'g

Postdoc

Total

New

Coterm

Cont'g

Postdoc

Total

Applied for Assignment

24 3 83 30 140 7 3 32 12 54 12 0 46 11 69 5 0 5 7 17

Assigned

13 3 28 10 54 6 3 25 10 44 4 0 3 0 7 3 0 0 0 3

Not Assigned

11 0 55 20 86 1 0 7 2 10 8 0 43 11 62 2 0 5 7 14

Assignments were offered first to guaranteed first-year students, high priority first-year students, continuing students who have not used all of their housing priority years, coterminal students, continuing students who have used all of their years, and finally non-matriculated students. Within each priority assignment group, students were assigned by Lottery number.

Single Students: In the Waiting List assignment round, we were able to accommodate all of the students with a robust list of residence choices. The only single students not assigned were those requesting assignment to only one or to only a few specific residences.

Couples without Children: We were only able to accommodate some of the new students and those needing prioritized assignments due to medical needs. We were unable to assign the other students who applied, although several more will be assigned towards the beginning of Spring Quarter after some maintenance issues are resolved.

Students with Children: We were able to assign three first-year students. We were not able to accommodate all of the students currently living on campus who applied to move into family housing or the students applying from off-campus, but we do anticipate being able to assign several more families during the spring term.

If you were unassigned in this round, move your application to the continuous assignments round.  We will continue to assign students as we receive additional cancelations between now and the fifth Friday of Spring Quarter.

Winter Quarter Waiting List Results

Students Seeking Assignment

 

All Students

Single Students

Couples without Children

Students with Children

 

New

Coterm

Cont’g

Total

New

Coterm

Cont'g

Total

New

Coterm

Cont'g

Total

New

Coterm

Cont'g

Total

Applied for Assignment

97

27 130 254 74 26 70 170 16 1 49 66 7 0 11 18

Assigned

88 16 35 139 74 16 34 124 10 0 0 10 4 0 1 5

Not Assigned

9 11 95 115 0 10 36 46 6 1 49 56 3 0 10 13

Assignments were offered first to single students who were living in Autumn only housing locations (Mirrielees and the Suites)  followed by guaranteed first-year students, high priority first-year students, continuing students who have not used all of their housing priority years, coterminal students, continuing students who have used all of their years, and finally nonmatriculated students. Within each priority assignment group, students were assigned by Lottery number.

Single Students: In the Waiting List assignment round, we were able to accommodate all of the students moving from autumn only housing locations (Mirrielees and the Suites), the guaranteed and high priority first-year students, half of the continuing students with priority years, and coterminal students living in autumn only housing. We were unable to assign some of the continuing students with priority years, some of the coterminal students and the continuing students without priority years.

Couples without Children: We were only able to accommodate guaranteed students and high priority students. We were unable to assign the other students who applied.

Students with Children: We were able to assign the guaranteed students, a few of the high priority first-year students, and one continuing student needing a medical accommodation. We were not able to accommodate all of the students currently living on campus who applied to move into family housing or the students applying from off-campus.

If you were unassigned in this round, move your application to the continuous assignments round.  We will continue to assign students as we receive additional cancellations between now and the fifth Friday of Winter Quarter. 

Autumn Quarter Waiting List Results

Students Seeking Assignment

All Graduate Students

 

All Students

 

New

PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Priority

Coterminal Priority

Cont'g without priority

Total

Applied for Housing

158

150

142

186

636

Assigned to Housing

139

88

61

17

305

Not Assigned to Housing

19

62

81

169

331

By Housing Category

 

Single Students

Couples without Children

Students with Children

New Student Priority

PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Priority

Coterminal Priority

Cont'g without priority

Total

New Student Priority

PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Priority

Coterminal Priority

Cont'g without priority

Total

New Student Priority

PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Priority

Coterminal Priority

Cont'g without priority

Total

Applied for Housing

133

99

140

159

531

21

40

2

24

87

81

20

0

8

277

Assigned to Housing

118

65

61

13

257

17

14

0

2

33

81

14

0

1

264

Not Assigned to Housing

15

34

79

146

274

4

26

2

22

54

0

6

0

7

13

Students Seeking Reassignment

 

All Students

Single Students

Couples without Children

Students with Children

Applied for Reassignment

589

519

63

7

Reassigned

220

195

23

2

Not Reassigned

369

324

40

5

References to students seeking assignment apply to students who do not currently have a housing assignment for 2016-17. Students seeking reassignment refers to students who were assigned in the Lottery and are seeking a reassignment to a higher assignment preference within the same housing category.

Single Students: In the Waiting List assignment round all new incoming graduate students and continuing graduate students with housing priority, who were willing to live in any residence (including the off-campus subsidized housing), were assigned. There are still new incoming graduate waiting for housing because they either limited their choices or applied after the second round deadline. The only coterminal and continuing graduate students who were assigned to housing in this round were special exemptions for students with documented medical needs, law students with a priority to Munger or were assigned to Oak Creek two-bedroom, triple occupancy apartments or the Suites at Governor’s Corner.

Couples without Children: In the Waiting List assignment round a number of the new incoming graduate students who were willing to live in any residence, including all the off-campus subsidized housing were assigned. There are still a number of guaranteed and high priority new incoming graduate student waiting for housing. The only coterminal and continuing graduate students who were assigned to housing in this round were special exemptions for students with documented medical needs or law students with a priority to Munger.

Students with Children: In the Waiting List assignment round all the students with children were assigned if they listed every housing option.

2016-17 Autumn Quarter Graduate Housing Lottery Results

Overall First-Round Lottery Statistics

In the 2016-17 Lottery there were a total of 6,505 students who applied for Graduate Housing. After the first round there were a total of 724 unassigned students (38 new students, 211 coterminal students, 293 continuing students with housing priority years remaining, and 348 continuing students without priority years). For more details, see below.

All Graduate Students

 

All Students

 

 

New

Renewals

Limited Priority

Limited Coterminal Priority

No Priority

Total

Applied for Housing

2380

3249

293

235

348

6505

Assigned to Housing

2342

3249

107

24

59

5781

Not Assigned to Housing

38

---

186

211

289

724

By Housing Category

 

Single Students

Couples without Children

Students with Children

New

Renewals

PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Priority

Coterm

Cont'g without priority

Total

New

Renewals

PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Priority

Coterm

Cont'g without priority

Total

New

Renewals

PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Priority

Coterm

Cont'g without priority

Total

Applied for Housing

1995

2719

194

227

290

5425

304

362

79

8

50

803

81

168

20

0

8

277

Assigned to Housing

1960

2719

75

21

53

4828

301

362

18

3

5

689

81

168

14

0

1

264

Not Assigned to Housing

35

---

119

206

237

597

3

---

61

5

45

114

0

---

6

0

7

13

Single Graduate Housing

All single students who applied for graduate housing by the deadline were assigned a random application number from 0001 to 3500. (Current students living in Single Graduate Student Housing who renewed their housing contracts were not given application numbers.) Students who requested to be in a group were given a common number.

New graduate students who apply by the first-round Lottery deadline and select that they are willing to live anywhere on campus are guaranteed housing. Munger and the GSB Residences are not automatically assigned out of the final choice “assign me anywhere on campus” due to their price. These options were only assigned to students who specifically listed them on their applications.

New Graduate Students (who will be in their first year of graduate study at Stanford):

  • 247 of those assigned were Graduate School of Business assignments to the GSB Residences.
  • 29 of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.
  • 7 of the unassigned new students are still guaranteed because they indicated that they were willing to live anywhere.
  • 28 of the unassigned new students listed restricted choices and so are no longer guaranteed. They will still maintain a high priority for assignment.

Renewals:

  • 2719 single graduate students were eligible to renew their contracts for the 2016-17 and bypass the Lottery.

Continuing Graduate Students with Housing Priority (PhD, JSD, MD, JD):

  • 10 of those assigned were Graduate School of Business assignments to the GSB Residences.
  • 65 of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.

Coterminal Students:

  • 21 of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.

Continuing Graduate Students without Housing Priority:

  • 2 of those assigned were Graduate School of Business assignments to the GSB Residences.
  • 51 of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.

Special Priorities

Listed below are the law student priorities available for Munger Graduate Residences.                                  

Munger

Students 

Priority Level 1

First-year law JD students

Priority Level 2

Second- & Third-year transfer law JD students (first year at Stanford)

Priority Level 3

LLM students

Priority Level 4

Returning resident law students (for their specific residence type)

Priority Level 5

Second- and third-year law students

Couples without Children Housing

All students who applied for Couple without Children Housing by the deadline were given a random number from 0001 to 1000. (Current students living in Couple without Children Housing who renewed their housing contracts were not given application numbers.)

New Graduate Students (who will be in their first year of graduate study at Stanford):

  • 13 of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.
  • All of the new couples without children who indicated that they were willing to live anywhere were assigned.
  • Three of the unassigned new couples without children listed restricted choices and are no longer guaranteed housing, but will still maintain a high priority for assignment.

Renewals:

  • 362 couples without children were eligible to renew their contracts for the 2016-17 and bypass the Lottery.

Continuing Graduate Students with Housing Priority (PhD, JSD, MD, JD):

  • 16 of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.

Coterminal Students:

  • Three students were assigned with exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.

Continuing Graduate Students without Housing Priority:

  • Five of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.

Students with Children Housing

All students with children who applied for housing by the deadline were assigned a random application number from 0001 to 0500. (Current students living in Student with Children Housing who renewed their housing contracts were not given application numbers.)

New Graduate Students:

  • All 81 of the new students with children were assigned.

Renewals:

  • 168 students with children were eligible to renew their contracts for the 2016-17 and bypass the Lottery.

Continuing Graduate Students with Housing Priority (PhD, JSD, MD, JD):

  • One of those assigned was an exempt medical accommodations or staff assignment.
  • All but six students with housing priority were assigned.

Continuing Graduate Students without Housing Priority:

  • One of those assigned was an exempt medical accommodation or staff assignment.
  • None of the students without housing priority were assigned, unless they had a medical exemption.