Every bedroom is provided with a bed, desk, chair, chest of drawers, closet, and a window air conditioning unit. Rooms are illuminated by fluorescent light. A loaner package of linen can be provided to each residential student at the start of their stay for $21 per week. Included are two Twin XL sheets, a blanket, pillow, pillowcase, and towel.

Shared lounges and bathrooms, free washers and dryers in the basement, wireless internet, and regularly scheduled cleaning for shared spaces.

Columbia University Public Safety personnel are stationed at the entrances to the residence halls 24 hours a day. No individual without a University identification card or special clearance is allowed to enter a residence hall building. Parents/guardians are allowed into the residence halls only to help students move during check-in and check-out. Non-residential students are not allowed into the dorms.

Resident Advisors ensure the safety and well-being of residential students. Students are permitted to go off-campus for dining, shopping, and exercise after class and before curfew. We strongly recommend that every student who wants to go off-campus does so with a buddy.

Campus dining plans are available, but most students prefer to eat out with friends choosing among the array of restaurants and cafes available right outside the Columbia gates. Columbia’s Ferris Booth Dining Hall always has vegan, vegetarian, kosher and gluten-free options on offer and accepts credit cards for its all-you-care-to-eat breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week.

Gym Membership to Dodge Fitness is available for $89 for 3 weeks (based on summer 2023 pricing).