Residency Requirements

Residency Requirements

All full-time, first and second-year Husson University undergraduate students must live in the campus residence halls. Students must maintain a minimum academic load of nine (9) credit hours per semester (a maximum of six (6) online credit hours may be counted towards this minimum) when residing in the residence halls.

To request to be released from the requirement (first and second-year students) to live in campus housing for the upcoming academic year, you must meet one or more of the following criteria:

1. The student is at least 25 years of age upon entering
2. The student is married
3. The student is commuting from Parent(s), Grandparent(s), or legal guardian(s) residence within 30 miles of Bangor, ME. A letter must be provided by one of the aforementioned parties and contain the following information:

•  A statement that the student will be commuting from your residence
•  Address and phone number for the said residence
•  Signed by a parent(s), grandparent(s), or legal guardian(s) attesting to the accuracy of information.

4. The student is a military veteran

Requests to be released from the requirement to live in campus housing will be reviewed in an on-going manner and students will be notified via campus e-mail by the Dean of Student Life, or designee. 

Appeals of breakage charges may only be contested for 30 days after the charge is posted to the student’s account.

Criteria that will be considered in evaluating the request to be released from the requirement to live in campus housing include the occupancy level of the University residence halls, the maturity level of the student as evidenced by scholarship and general campus citizenship, the estimated ability of the individual to profit from off-campus living, and any extenuating circumstances relating to the specific case. Students will be billed for room and board charges if they do not receive authorization to live off campus.

For returning students (other than rising sophomores), the deadline for requesting a release from residency after contracting for campus residency is May 31. Any requests made and approved after this date will result in a breakage fee.

Residency Release Request forms can be obtained through your MyHousing portal under the Applications and Request Forms tab.