General Housing Statistics

Approximately 4,825 graduate students live in on-campus housing, and about 1,138 are assigned to subsidized off-campus apartments this year.

Assignment Round Statistics

Statistics will be added throughout the year as the assignment rounds are completed.

 View historical graduate housing assignment statistics.

 

Spring Quarter 2019 Waiting List Results

Students Seeking Assignment

All Graduate Students

All Students
	Autumn Only Transfers within Housing	New student with Guaranteed or High Priority	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority	Coterms and 2nd year Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without priority	Non-matric Priority	Total
Applied for Housing	28	19	74	24	4	21	170
Assigned to Housing	28	18	39	21	2	16	124
Not Assigned to Housing	0	1	35	3	2	5	46

 

By Housing Category

			Single Students								Couples without Children							Students with Children
	Autumn Only Transfers within Housing	New student with Guaranteed or High Priority		PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority	Coterms and 2ndyear Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without Priority	Non-matric Priority	Total	New student with Guaranteed or High Priority	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority		Coterms and 2ndyear Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without Priority	Non-matric Priority	Total	New student with Guaranteed or High Priority	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority		Coterms and 2ndyear Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without Priority	Non-matric Priority	Total
Applied for Housing	28	7		16	22	4	14	91	8	54		2	0	1	65	4	4		0	0	6	14
Assigned to Housing	28	7		15	21	2	10	83	8	20		0	0	0	28	3	4		0	0	6	13
Not Assigned to Housing	0	0		1	1	2	4	8	0	34		2	0	1	37	1	0		0	0	0	1

 

Assignments were offered first to single students who were living in winter-only housing locations (Escondido Village lowrises and Escondido South) followed by guaranteed first-year students, high-priority first-year students, continuing students with medium priority, continuing students with low priority, 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. Many of the unassigned students will be assigned in the spring quarter continuous assignments.

Single Students: In the Waiting List assignment round, we were able to accommodate all students who were willing to live in any residence. Only students who limited their preferences were not assigned.

Couples without Children: We were only able to accommodate guaranteed students, high-priority students and about a third of the continuing students with medium priority. We were unable to assign the other students who applied.

Students with Children: We were able to assign the all of the students who who were willing to live in any residence. Only students who limited their preferences were not assigned.

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 until the fifth Friday of Spring Quarter. 

Winter Quarter Continuous Assignments

Additional vacancies become available after the Waiting List. Here are the numbers of students assigned during the Continuous Assignment process.

	Number of Students Assigned	Number of Students Reassigned
Single Females	40	27
Single Males	51	23
Couples without Children	23	5
Students with Children	4	0

Winter Quarter 2019 Waiting List Results

Students Seeking Assignment

All Graduate Students

All Students
	Autumn Only Transfers within Housing	New student with Guaranteed or High Priority	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority	Coterms and 2nd year Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without priority	Non-matric Priority	Total
Applied for Housing	56	30	63	48	7	12	216
Assigned to Housing	55	27	23	5	1	0	111
Not Assigned to Housing	1	3	40	43	6	12	105

 

By Housing Category

			Single Students								Couples without Children							Students with Children
	Autumn Only Transfers within Housing	New student with Guaranteed or High Priority		PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority	Coterms and 2ndyear Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without Priority	Non-matric Priority	Total	New student with Guaranteed or High Priority	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority		Coterms and 2ndyear Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without Priority	Non-matric Priority	Total	New student with Guaranteed or High Priority	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority		Coterms and 2ndyear Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without Priority	Non-matric Priority	Total
Applied for Housing	56	14		21	46	6	8	151	14	38		2	0	2	56	2	4		0	1	2	9
Assigned to Housing	55	11		8	5	0	0	79	14	11		0	0	0	25	2	4		0	1	0	7
Not Assigned to Housing	1	3		13	41	6	8	72	0	27		2	0	2	31	0	0		0	0	2	2

 

Assignments were offered first to single students who were living in autumn-only housing locations (Mirrielees, Escondido Village lowrises, and Escondido South) followed by guaranteed first-year students, high-priority first-year students, continuing students with medium priority, continuing students with low priority, 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. Many of the unassigned students will be assigned in the winter quarter continuous assignments.

Single Students: In the Waiting List assignment round, we were able to accommodate all of the students moving from autumn-only housing locations and the most of the guaranteed and high priority first-year students, there are a small number of high priority first year students still waiting. We were able to assign a small number of continuing students with medium and low priority due to priorities for the GSB Residences, the Law priority to Munger, medical accommodations and students who were willing to live in the Oak Creek two bedroom, triples. We were unable to assign continuing students without priority or non-matriculated students in the first round.

Couples without Children: We were only able to accommodate guaranteed students, high-priority students and about a third of the continuing students with medium priority. We were unable to assign the other students who applied.

Students with Children: We were able to assign the all of the students who were matriculated and were not able to offer housing to the nonmatriculated students at this time.

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 until the fifth Friday of Winter Quarter. 

Autumn Quarter Continuous Assignments

Additional vacancies become available after the Waiting List. Here are the numbers of students assigned during the Continuous Assignment process.

	Number of Students Assigned	Number of Students Reassigned
Single Females	73	87
Single Males	115	70
Couples without Children	37	34
Students with Children	6	1

Autumn Quarter 2018 Waiting List Results

Students Seeking Assignment

All Graduate Students

All Students
	New student with Guaranteed or High Priority	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority	Coterms and 2nd year Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without priority	Total
Applied for Housing	86	94	503	68	751
Assigned to Housing	71	52	116	5	244
Not Assigned to Housing	15	42	387	63	507

By Housing Category

	Single Students					Couples without Children					Students with Children
	New student with Guaranteed or High Priority	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority	Coterms and 2nd year Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without priority	Total	New	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority	Coterms and 2nd year Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without priority	Total	New	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority	Coterms and 2nd year Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without priority	Total
Applied for Housing	64	68	455	61	648	18	20	47	7	92	4	6	1	0	11
Assigned to Housing	51	37	107	5	200	16	9	8	0	33	4	6	1	0	11
Not Assigned to Housing	13	31	348	56	448	2	11	39	7	59	0	0	0	0	0

 

Students Seeking Reassignment

	All Students	Single Students	Couples without Children	Students with Children
Applied for Reassignment	476	379	94	3
Reassigned	175	141	32	2
Not Reassigned	301	238	62	1

 

References to students seeking assignment apply to students who do not currently have a housing assignment for 2018-19. 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 and does not include student applying for a change in family status or student who renewed their contract and have applied for a reassignment.

Single Students: In the Waiting List assignment round all new incoming graduate students with high priority and continuing PhD, JD, MD & JSD students with Medium 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. Some coterminal students and 2nd year Masters student with low priority were also assigned to housing. The only students without priority to housing in this round were special exemptions for students with documented medical needs.

Couples without Children: In the Waiting List assignment round all new incoming graduate students with high priority and continuing PhD, JD, MD & JSD students with Medium 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. Some coterminal students and 2nd year Masters student with low priority were also assigned to housing. The only students without priority to housing in this round were special exemptions for students with documented medical needs.

Students with Children: In the Waiting List assignment round all students with children were assigned.

2018-19 Autumn Quarter Graduate Housing Lottery Results

Overall First-Round Lottery Statistics

In the 2018-19 Lottery, there were a total of 6,921 students who applied for Graduate Housing. After the first round, there were a total of 999 unassigned students (26 new students, 66 continuing doctoral students with medium priority, 815 continuing students with low priority, and 92 continuing students without priority years). For more details, see below.

All Graduate Students

	All Students
	New	Renewals	Medium Priority	Low Priority	No Priority	Total
Applied for Housing	2323	3168	342	938	150	6921
Assigned to Housing	2297	3168	276	123	58	5922
Not Assigned to Housing	26	---	66	815	92	999

By Housing Category

	Single Students						Couples without Children						Students with Children
	New	Renewals	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority	Coterms and 2nd year Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without priority	Total	New	Renewals	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority	Coterms and 2nd year Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without priority	Total	New	Renewals	PhD, JD, MD & JSD with Medium Priority	Coterms and 2nd year Masters with Low Priority	Cont'g without priority	Total
Applied for Housing	1988	2524	236	843	115	5706	282	492	89	92	18	973	53	152	17	3	17	242
Assigned to Housing	1976	2524	194	114	34	4842	268	492	65	6	7	838	53	152	17	3	17	242
Not Assigned to Housing	12	---	42	729	81	864	14	---	24	86	11	135	0	---	0	0	0	0

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):

• 318 of those assigned were Graduate School of Business assignments to the GSB Residences.
• 44 of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.
• All of the 12 unassigned new students restricted their choices and so are no longer guaranteed. They will still maintain a high priority for assignment.

Renewals:

• 2524 single graduate students were eligible to renew their contracts for the 2018-19 and bypass the Lottery.

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

• 2 of those assigned were Graduate School of Business assignments to the GSB Residences.
• 71 of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.
• All but two of the 42 unassigned students with medium priority restricted their choices.

Continuing Graduate Students with Low Housing Priority (Second Year Masters & Coterminal Students):

• 6 of those assigned were Graduate School of Business assignments to the GSB Residences.
• 101 of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.
• 7 additional students with low housing priority were assigned.

Continuing Graduate Students without Housing Priority:

• 3 of those assigned were Graduate School of Business assignments to the GSB Residences.
• 31 of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.
• No other graduate students without priority were assigned.

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):

• 11 of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.
• 10 of those assigned were Graduate School of Business assignments to the GSB Residences.
• All of the new couples without children who indicated that they were willing to live anywhere were assigned.
• 14 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:

• 492 couples without children were eligible to renew their contracts for the 2018-19 and bypass the Lottery.

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

• 18 of those assigned were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.
• 47 students with medium priority were assigned.

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

• Five students were assigned with exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.
• One couple with low housing priority was assigned because he/she specifically listed Munger.

Continuing Graduate Students without Housing Priority:

• Seven students were exempt medical accommodations or staff assignments.
• No other students without priority were assigned.

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 53 of the new students with children who applied listing the Escondido Village apartments were assigned.

Renewals:

• 152 students with children were eligible to renew their contracts for the 2018-19 and bypass the Lottery.

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

• All students with medium priority were assigned

Continuing Graduate Students with Low Housing Priority:

• All students with low priority were assigned

Continuing Graduate Students without Housing Priority:

• All students without priority were assigned

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

 

Listed below are the law student priorities available for the GSB Residences. All of the students with priority level 1 – 3 were assigned.                                   

GSB  Residences	Students
Priority Level 1	First-year MBA
Priority Level 2	First-year MSx
Priority Level 3	First-year PhD
Priority Level 4	Second-year MSx
Priority Level 5	Second- and third-year law students
Priority Level 6	Second-year PhD

 

Historical Graduate Housing Assignment Statistics

2017-18 Graduate Housing Statistics

2016-17 Graduate Housing Statistics

2015-16 Graduate Housing Statistics

2014-15 Graduate Housing Statistics

2013-14 Graduate Housing Statistics

2012-13 Graduate Housing Statistics

2011-12 Graduate Housing Statistics