Wallace Residence Center
Wallace rooms are suite-style, with each pair of rooms sharing a bathroom. Floors are co-ed, but suites are generally single gender.
Willey (fall) / Gooding (spring) double (Willey residents will be moving to Gooding for spring semester): $2,870/semester
Ballard or Stevenson double (newly renovated): $3,060/semester
Theophilus Tower
Theophilus Tower floors are single gender. Floors have central shared bathrooms rather than private bathrooms ensuite.
Floors 1-5 double: $2,790/semester
Floors 6-11 double (newly renovated): $3,060/semester
Living Learning Communities
LLC rooms are available as single or double rooms in gender-specific suites. Suites include a furnished living room, a bathroom and a kitchenette. Suites hold three to five students.
Living Learning Community double: $3,385/semester
Living Learning Community single: $4,435/semester
McConnell
McConnell offers single rooms for non-first year students. Floors are single gender.
McConnell single: $3,915/semester
Note: The North Campus Communities will not be offered for the 2026-27 school year.
Specialized communities
Specialized communities allow students to live with other students that share the same college, academic program or other interests.
College of Art and Architecture: Ballard, first floor
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences: Ballard, third and fourth floor
College of Business and Economics: Theophilus Tower, 10th and 11th floors
College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences: Ballard, second floor
College of Natural Resources: LLC Building 5
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences: Gooding, first floor
College of Engineering: Theophilus Tower, eighth floor; LLC Building 7 (non-first years)
Honors: LLC Building 8
Pre-health professions: Willey, first floor
Tribal Nations: Willey, second floor
Women in Idaho Science and Engineering (WiiSE): Theophilus Tower, ninth floor
ROTC: Willey, fourth floor
Gender-inclusive living: Designated rooms in Wallace and LLCs. Gender-inclusive housing allows for same gender, opposite-gender or gender nonconforming students to live together, regardless of biological sex.
Meal plans
The Idaho Experience: Unlimited weekly meals + 225 dining dollars; $3,135 per semester
Joe’s Choice: 14 meals per week + 325 dining dollars; $2,705 per semester
Vandal Fuel: 8 meals per week + 425 dining dollars; $2,245 per semester
Social Plate: 3 meals per week + 450 dining dollars; $1,195 per semester
Greek
Meal plan costs are typically included in house bills. Meals are usually provided Monday breakfast through Friday lunch, prepared by an in-house chef or catering service.
Sororities
Sorority cost range: $3,900 – $5,300 per semester
- Alpha Gamma Delta
- Alpha Phi
- Delta Delta Delta
- Delta Gamma
- Delta Zeta
- Gamma Phi Beta
- Kappa Alpha Theta
- Kappa Delta
- Kappa Kappa Gamma
- Pi Beta Phi
Fraternities
Fraternity cost range: $2,800 – $4,900 per semester
- Alpha Gamma Rho
- Alpha Kappa Lambda
- Alpha Sigma Phi*
- Beta Theta Pi
- Delta Sigma Phi
- Delta Tau Delta
- FarmHouse
- Kappa Sigma
- Lambda Chi Alpha
- Phi Delta Theta
- Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI)
- Phi Kappa Tau
- Pi Kappa Alpha
- Pi Kappa Phi
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon
- Sigma Chi
- Sigma Nu
- Tau Kappa Epsilon*
- Theta Chi
*No housing provided
Deadlines
Deadlines for housing
May 1, 2026 – ADA housing accommodations priority deadline
June 1, 2026 – Room selection closes, housing application remains open
July 1, 2026 – Last day to cancel without incurring a fee
Fraternity and sorority life registration
Fall 2026 recruitment dates: Aug. 12-17
Registration is open until Aug. 1. The registration fee is $195 for Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment and $95 for Interfraternity Council Recruitment. Fees are unrefundable after June 1. To register, visit www.uidaho.edu/student-life/greek-life/recruitment.
First-year live on requirement
The University of Idaho requires all full-time, first-year students under 21 years old to live in university-recognized housing for their first academic year.
To learn about or submit an exemption, visit www.uidaho.edu/student-resources/dean-of-students/first-year-residency.
Dakota Steffen can be reached at [email protected].