Michigan State University Housing

Michigan State University Housing is a large and complex network of housing for students and faculty of Michigan State University, most of the housing is in the form of residence halls on the school's campus, but there are also the University apartments, fraternity and sorority housing, and free-standing housing for grad students, faculty and staff. The Residence halls are broken down into five neighborhoods; Brody Neighborhood, North Neighborhood, South Neighborhood, River Trail Neighborhood, and East Neighborhood. The University expanded its housing greatly in the 1950s and 1960s resulting in what is now the largest residence hall system in the United States. 16,000 students live in MSU's 23 undergraduate halls, one graduate hall, and three apartment villages. Each residence hall has its own hall government, with representatives in the Residence Halls Association (RHA). In total 245 buildings for housing and food service, as well as 74 other buildings that help support the housing complex system. Yet despite the size and extent of on-campus housing, 58% of students live off-campus.