The best college dorms in Oregon for 2027 combine hall variety, strong amenities, and a clear path from first-year housing to apartments. This guide covers 19 Oregon schools, from small residential campuses like Corban and Reed to larger universities like the University of Oregon and Oregon State.
This guide follows the University Magazine ranking list for Oregon and uses the published University Magazine rankings methodology for institution-level context. Each section summarizes housing details from the school’s own pages so you can compare halls, room types, and requirements before you apply. For more state guides, browse our best dorms rankings and the wider university rankings.
The Best College Dorms in Oregon 2027
1. Corban University
Corban University in Salem has four residence halls: Aagard, Balyo, Davidson, and Prewitt/Van Gilder. Balyo is the newest, with three floors, vaulted ceilings, exposed beams, and a second-floor fireplace common space. Aagard houses about 85 students in two-person rooms and suite-style quads, each with a private bathroom.
Davidson is a lodge-style building overlooking lower campus, and Prewitt/Van Gilder has a large common area connecting both sides. Townhouses at Deer Park Drive serve graduate and married students. All students must live on campus unless they meet an exception, such as part-time status, living with a parent, or being married or over 22. See Corban residence life.
2. Eastern Oregon University
Eastern Oregon University in La Grande houses freshmen in North and Daugherty Halls in the heart of the main campus. Alikut Hall serves upperclassmen on the main campus, and Eocene Courts offers upperclassman apartment-style housing on 12th Street.
The residence life site links to contract and policy pages, laundry information, academic break housing, and what to bring. Room types and live-on rules were not on the main hall page, so confirm them on the contract and policies page. See EOU residence halls.
3. Reed College
Reed College in Portland organizes housing into neighborhoods. First-year neighborhoods include Naito and Sullivan Halls, Trillium, Woodbridge, and Bidwell House. Returning students choose among Anna Mann, Bragdon, Foster, Scholz, MacNaughton, the Old Dorm Block, and the Cross Canyons group of Chittick, Griffin, and McKinley.
The Grove offers Aspen, Sequoia, and Sitka houses, and apartments include Birchwood and the Reed College Apartments. Theme houses cover sustainability and language study in Chinese, French, German, Russian, and Spanish. Each hall has at least one Residence Life staff member living on site. See Reed residence halls.
4. University of Portland
The University of Portland has a wide range of halls. Lund Family Hall, opened in 2016, is the newest. Corrado Hall has 82 rooms, a chapel, and Willamette River views. Shipstad Hall reopened in August 2025 after a refresh and holds 137 rooms across four floors. Fields and Schoenfeldt opened in 2009 as the campus’s first LEED Gold residence halls.
Haggerty and Tyson Halls are apartment-style housing for juniors, seniors, and graduate students, with full kitchens and in-apartment laundry. Christie Hall, built in 1911, is the campus’s first residence hall. Gender-inclusive housing is offered to all students. See University of Portland residence halls.
5. George Fox University
George Fox University in Newberg houses first-years and sophomores in halls and suites including Beebe, Brandt, Carey, Edwards, Gulley, Hobson, Macy, Newlin, Pennington, Sutton, and Willcuts. Floors hold 16 to 28 students and are separated by gender, with card-access wings that share a community bathroom, kitchen, and lounge.
Juniors and seniors move to apartments such as Weesner Village, Winters, and Woolman, housing two to six students, or to houses that hold four to 13. Edwards and Pennington host the First-Year Experience, which includes a faith-centered program and an off-site retreat. See George Fox living areas.
6. Oregon State University – Cascades
Oregon State University-Cascades in Bend has a residence hall built in 2016 that houses about 300 residents and won a 2017 Innovator Award for Best New Development. Rooms are single, double, or triple, plus apartment-style suites, and bathrooms are shared by no more than three other people.
Amenities include free laundry, communal kitchens, quiet study rooms, a fitness center, and indoor storage for bikes and gear. First-year students in the First-Year Experience program are required to live on campus. Honors College residents and graduate students also live there. See OSU-Cascades residence hall.
7. Pacific University Oregon
Pacific University in Forest Grove houses first-year students in Cascade, McCormick, and Walter Halls. Rooms are mostly shared, with some private rooms, and McCormick has private and shared suites. Walter Hall has men’s and women’s wings, and the other halls are gender-inclusive.
Returning, transfer, and professional students can live in Gilbert, Burlingham, Vandervelden Court, or campus houses, with private en-suite bathrooms in Gilbert, Burlingham, and Vandervelden. Specialty wings include women’s, men’s, and Rainbow wings, depending on space and interest. See Pacific housing options.
8. Western Oregon University
Western Oregon University in Monmouth has Ackerman, Heritage, and Landers Halls plus Arbor Park apartments. Ackerman opened in 2010 and has two elevators, a community kitchen, and living-learning communities. Heritage is a first-year hall on north campus, and Landers houses first-year and upper-division students.
Arbor Park opened in 2002 and houses up to 210 upper-division students in four-bedroom, two-bath apartments with a full kitchen. Doubles in Ackerman and Heritage are about 162 square feet and singles about 115. There is no extra cost to stay during winter and spring breaks. See WOU hall tours.
9. Portland State University
Portland State University offers studios, studio suites, and one-bedroom apartments in its residence halls. First-year students choose from First Year Experience communities in three halls, and transfer and continuing students can live in any of five halls. University Housing says it never closes, so residents with an active contract can stay during term breaks at no extra cost.
First-year students must live in a hall if they lived more than 25 miles away, were under 20 on the first day of fall term, and enroll in 8 or more credits. Pets are not allowed except fish in a tank of 10 gallons or less. Family housing is not offered. See PSU housing FAQ.
10. University of Oregon
The University of Oregon in Eugene has ten residence halls, each with its own academic communities. About 80 percent of rooms are doubles, with triples, singles, and suite-style rooms also available. An apartment-style hall is open to students who have already lived on campus.
Kalapuya Ilihi was closed for repairs until fall 2025, and its academic communities moved to Global Scholars Hall, a new residence hall, and Unthank Hall. First-year students live in the halls, and meal plans are required for on-campus residents, with five options across 14 dining venues. See UO residence halls.
11. Warner Pacific University
Warner Pacific University in Portland has residence halls named Smith and Warman, plus apartments including Tabor Terrace, Division Street, and Saxon. Smith and Warman residents must have the Platinum meal plan, while apartment and house residents need the Gold plan.
Apartments are unfurnished, but Residence Life lends twin XL beds, desks, and dressers. There is no curfew or bed-checks, laundry rooms are free, and residents get a mailbox in the on-campus mailroom. Pets are not allowed. See Warner Pacific residence life FAQ.
12. Southern Oregon University
Southern Oregon University in Ashland has Shasta and McLoughlin Halls in Raider Village and Madrone Hall. Shasta has semi-suite singles and doubles and mainly serves first-years. McLoughlin has double, single, super-single, and studio-single suites, and Madrone offers apartment-style suites of four single rooms with a full kitchen.
Shasta’s second floor houses The Garden LGBTQIA+ community, and McLoughlin’s second floor houses the Multicultural Community. First-year undergraduates within one year of high school graduation must live on campus. See SOU residence halls.
13. Oregon State University
Oregon State University in Corvallis lists 15 residence buildings in three areas. The east side has Callahan, McNary, Tebeau, and Wilson, the west side has Buxton, Cauthorn, Hawley, Poling, Sackett, Weatherford, and West, and the south side has Bloss, Finley, Halsell, and the International Living-Learning Center.
Every room comes with furniture, and each hall has its own amenities. The campus living page links to a First-Year Experience live-on residency requirement but does not spell it out, so check that page for the rule. See OSU campus living.
14. Oregon Institute of Technology
Oregon Tech in Klamath Falls has a Residence Hall with double rooms, each with a bathroom and shower room, and shared kitchens on each floor. The Village offers furnished three-, four-, and five-bedroom apartments with private bedrooms and a common living area.
Residents must choose a meal plan, and housing contracts are due May 1 to guarantee housing. The Portland-Metro campus has no on-campus housing. Oregon Tech also announced a $35 million mass timber residence hall. See Oregon Tech housing.
15. Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College in Portland has nine housing options. Akin has a fireplace, communal kitchen, and grand piano, and Copeland is popular with first-years. Forest is a cluster of five halls at the southern edge of campus, and Hartzfeld is a suite-style hall for upperclassmen.
Holmes is the newest hall for sophomores, juniors, and seniors, with a game room and outdoor fireplace. The Apartments serve juniors and seniors, and Platt-Howard houses all class years and The Platteau art center. All halls have free laundry and fully equipped kitchens, and meal plans are required. See Lewis & Clark residence halls.
16. Linfield University
Linfield University in McMinnville has co-ed halls including Whitman, Latourette, Miller, Larsell, Terrell, Hewitt, and Mahaffey, plus Grover and Pioneer for women and Anderson for men. Themed communities include Jane Failing for pet-friendly living, Campbell for Pride and Allyship, Elkinton for sustainable living, and Frerichs for wellness and substance-free living.
Apartment-style suburbs, including Blaine Street, College Avenue, Dana Hall, Hewlett-Packard Park, and Newby, are for juniors and seniors. Linfield has a three-year live-on requirement: students live in halls for two years and then in apartments. See Linfield housing options.
17. Willamette University
Willamette University in Salem runs housing through Residence Life and Housing, which supports academic goals, social growth, and independence. Students can join the Residence Hall Association or their hall council, and a housing portal and calendar are provided.
The main housing page links to separate pages for Salem housing and for the ArtHouse in Portland, but it does not describe individual halls, room types, or live-on rules. Check the Willamette housing page for current hall details.
18. Bushnell University
Bushnell University in Eugene has Burke-Griffeth Hall, with one floor for women and one for men, mostly for freshmen and sophomores, with community bathrooms and a kitchen, lounge, and laundry on each floor. Womack Hall is newer, with single and double rooms, each with a private bathroom.
Upperclassmen can live in Mom Richart Apartments or Works Village, four buildings in a locked gate with full kitchens, bathrooms, and living rooms. All full-time traditional undergraduates under 21 must live on campus unless exempt. See Bushnell residence life.
19. Pacific Northwest College of Art
Pacific Northwest College of Art, now part of Willamette University, houses students in ArtHouse on the North Park Blocks in the Pearl District, about a five-minute walk from campus. Rooms include single and shared studio apartments and two- and three-bedroom units.
Units are furnished with an extra-long twin bed, desk, and dining table, and include a washer and dryer, dishwasher, and full kitchen appliances, with utilities and fiber Ethernet. All new students must live in ArtHouse their first year unless exempt. ArtHouse is pet-free. See PNCA residence life.
Housing rates, hall closures, and requirements change each year, so check each school’s housing office before you apply. Use this list to narrow your options, then compare halls, room types, and costs on the official pages.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best college dorms in Oregon for 2027?
Corban University, Eastern Oregon University, and Reed College lead this University Magazine list for 2027, followed by the University of Portland, George Fox, and Oregon State University-Cascades. All 19 schools are ranked below with housing details from official sources.
Which Oregon colleges require students to live on campus?
Corban requires all students to live on campus unless they meet an exception, Linfield has a three-year live-on requirement, and Southern Oregon requires first-year students within one year of high school to live on campus.
Which Oregon school has the newest residence hall?
The University of Portland opened Lund Family Hall in 2016 and reopened Shipstad Hall in August 2025 after a refresh, while Oregon Tech announced a $35 million mass timber hall.
Which Oregon schools offer apartment-style housing?
Portland State, Western Oregon, Southern Oregon, George Fox, Lewis & Clark, Linfield, Bushnell, and PNCA all offer apartment-style options.
Which Oregon schools have themed or specialty housing?
Linfield offers pet-friendly, sustainable, and substance-free communities, Pacific offers Rainbow wings, and Reed offers language and sustainability houses.
Top 19 Best College Dorms in Oregon 2027: Ranked List
- Corban University
- Eastern Oregon University
- Reed College
- University of Portland
- George Fox University
- Oregon State University – Cascades
- Pacific University Oregon
- Western Oregon University
- Portland State University
- University of Oregon
- Warner Pacific University
- Southern Oregon University
- Oregon State University
- Oregon Institute of Technology
- Lewis & Clark College
- Linfield University
- Willamette University
- Bushnell University
- Pacific Northwest College of Art
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