Returning Students: Live On-Campus

Select a Room in a Residence Hall - Students Under 21

Applications are currently open for the 2025-26 academic year.  Students interested in housing for the 24-25 academic year should reach out to us via email: housing@marian.edu. After the room selection process closes each year, all new applicants will be assigned a room by Residential and Commuter Life staff.

If you are a returning student who wants to live on campus for the next academic year, you will complete your room selection online in March.  If you miss room selection, our staff will assign you to a space based on room availability and roommate profiles.

• Click here for more information on residence hall options for returning students.
• If you have questions or concerns, contact Residential and Commuter Life at housing@marian.edu or (317) 955-6318.

Step One: Complete Your Application(s)

• All students who wish to live on campus (either in a residence hall or in an on-campus house) must complete the online application on StarRez. We recommend you complete your application as soon as possible so you have plenty of time to work on roommate groups and get your questions answered.
• Detailed application instructions with photos may be downloaded here: Returning Student Housing Instructions.

Step Two (Optional): Create a Roommate Group

1. After everyone has completed their on-campus housing applications, create a roommate group inside the application.
2. Give the group a memorable name and add roommates using their email addresses. You must have the exact email address that is listed in their application, they must have completed an application for the same academic year, and they must be the same gender as you.
3. Once the roommate group is created, all group members must agree to join the group.  If you do not all accept the invitation to be in the group, you will not be able to pull one another into a room or suite during room selection and will not be assigned together.
4. If you do not create a roommate group you will be matched with a roommate after room selection ends. 

Step Three: Select Your Room for 25-26

Room selection is based on and prioritized by when you started college as a full-time student. The breakdown by term is:

• Seniors: Started Fall 2021 or earlier
• Juniors: Started Fall 2022
• Sophomores: Started Fall 2023
• Freshmen: Started Fall 2024 or Spring 2025

Room selection is available beginning at 9a.m. on these dates:

• Current seniors: Tuesday, March 18
• Current juniors: Thursday, March 20
• Current sophomores: Tuesday, March 25
• Current freshmen: Thursday, March 27

For more specific timing information, be sure to check your Marian email.

On-Campus House Applications - Students 21+

The on-campus house application process is open.  We are accepting applications for on-campus house residents for the full 25-26 academic year. 

The application process for the on campus houses happens separately from the room selection process. 

• Students must fill out the general on campus housing application on StarRez first.
• There is an additional application students complete for the campus houses. Applications for campus houses are due February 26, 2025. Offers will be extended over spring break and students have until March 11 to accept or decline their assignment by having one person in roommate group email housing@marian.edu.
• Students who are not assigned to a house, or decline their assignment, are able to participate in the general room selection process and choose a room in a residence hall. 
• Students must form a roommate group of 2-5 people total to be considered for a house assignment. All students in the roommate group must meet the following qualifications for the group to be eligible for a house or apartment:
  • be 21 by August 31
  • have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5
  • be in good academic and social standing on campus
• Complete the 25-26 house application here.

Students who apply to live on campus before May 15—and who subsequently decide (and are approved) to live off-campus AFTER May 15—are subject to cancellation fees. The fee structure is as follows:

• Cancellations after May 15: $500
• Cancellations after August 3: $750
• Cancellations after September 7: $1,000

Off-Campus Housing for Returning Students

Students who apply to live on campus before May 15—and who subsequently decide (and are approved) to live off-campus AFTER May 15—are subject to cancellation fees. The fee structure is as follows:

• Cancellations after May 15: $500
• Cancellations after August 1: $750
• Cancellations after the first week of the fall semester: $1,000

Single Room Applications

Single rooms are available only as a disability or medical accommodation. Medical singles may be requested by contacting the Personalized Learning Center at PLC@marian.edu. You will not be able to select these rooms during the room selection process. Be sure to sign up for a double or triple room while your housing accommodation request is being processed to ensure you have a space on campus. If you have already been approved for a medical single, you do not need to participate in room selection. A room that fits your accommodation will be assigned to you during the summer.

Students with approved single room accommodations for the next academic year who participate in room selection will not be assigned a single room.  Participating in room selection tells our staff you wish to forgo your single room and live with a roommate.