What percentage of students live in dorms?

Likewise, how many students live in dorms in the US?

According to 2010 Census data analyzed by the State Demographer, there were 50,444 people living in "college/university student housing." Female students made up 54 percent of the dormitory population, with 27,453 residents. Male students numbered 22,991 or 46 percent.

Additionally, what is the percentage of first year students living in college housing? 49% of first-year students at private nonprofit colleges and 36% of first-year students at public four-year colleges lived on campus, while very few community colleges or for-profit colleges even have campus housing.

Similarly, you may ask, how many people can stay in a dorm?

It can be shared by either two, three or four people and is between 8 feet by 12 and 12 feet by 16. But they also offer suites and apartments, which are still cramped by normal standards but offer far more room- and many more rooms- than traditional dorms.

Where do most students live?

Students usually live in one of two forms of housing in University: dorms or off campus housing. Dorms are smaller units supplied by the University, but still at a decent cost to the students. They are usually shared and basically a room with shared bathrooms.