UConn housing below capacity for 2017-18 academic year

On-campus housing applications are below capacity for the University of Connecticut's 2017-2018 academic year, according to UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz. Over 500 empty beds are predicted for the spring semester, Reitz said.

“Student applications for on-campus housing are at or below the available amount, with about 12,500 to 12,700 in residence halls at the start of each fall semester for the past several years,” Reitz said. “There is no wait list of students seeking on-campus housing who can’t get it.”

UConn was also unable to reach housing capacity for the 2016-2017 year, according to Reitz. The spring semester usually has more open spots than the fall semester due to dropouts, transfers, students studying abroad and other factors, Reitz said.

“The decrease is a result of our decision to reduce the size of incoming freshman classes, which is necessary because the state’s block grant to UConn isn’t enough for us to keep increasing enrollment as NextGen had forecast,” Reitz said.

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