Housing
Mount Allison has housing facilities available for approximately 50 percent of its student population. More than 90 percent of first-year students choose to live in residence. On-campus accommodations are guaranteed to all first-year students who meet admission and deposit deadlines. All rooms come with high speed wired as well as wireless Internet.
All buildings are co-ed with wing to wing or integrated bathrooms. Sixty percent of rooms are either single or ensuite style and 40 percent are double accommodation. Campbell Hall, a newly built residence and winner of CBIP Award for incorporation of environment features, offers large single rooms with ensuite bathrooms. For students wishing to immerse themselves in French language and culture, based on student interest, the university offers students the opportunity to live together. In addition, Mount Allison also offers students a chance to live in one of four satellite residences (Bermuda, Carriage, Cuthebertson, and The Anchorage), which are smaller in size, ranging from eleven residents to 30. These houses also offer specific themes, Bermuda as the international house (housing a mix of students from around the world), Carriage as the animal house (taking care of animals for the Moncton SPCA), Cuthbertson as the environmentally-friendly house, and Anchorage as the healthy living house.
The following halls are open for new and returning students:
- Campbell Hall
- Harper Hall
- Windsor Hall
- Bigelow House
- Bennett House
- Hunton House
- Thornton House (Upper-year students, Transfer and International Students)
- Edwards House
- Bermuda House (International Residence)
- Cuthbertson (Sustainable Residence)
- Carriage House (Animal House)
- Anchorage (Healthy Living)
Student enrollment increased 17% from 2007-2012, and an increase in cost for on-campus living has also occurred. As a result, the town of Sackville has seen a boom in construction of off-campus apartments for students and a very low vacancy rate. A majority of students live off-campus after completing their second year.
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