{"id":3409,"date":"2023-05-24T16:50:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T16:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stmarytx.edu\/policies\/?post_type=student-development&#038;p=3409"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:07:22","slug":"eligibility-for-student-housing","status":"publish","type":"student-development","link":"https:\/\/www.stmarytx.edu\/policies\/student-development\/eligibility-for-student-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Eligibility for Student Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>St. Mary\u2019s University reserves the right to determine eligibility for student housing. For the purposes of this policy, the University may consider an individual to be a student when an offer of admission has been extended and thereafter as long as the student has a continuing educational interest in the University. Notwithstanding this definition, no person\u2019s application to live in University-owned and operated student housing shall be accepted unless that person is a full-time student in their respective degree program at St. Mary\u2019s University. Registered sex offenders and students convicted of any felony are <em>not permitted <\/em>to live in university-owned housing. Additionally, individuals convicted of a crime of moral turpitude may not be permitted to reside in University-owned housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following are the minimum requirements to be eligible for on-campus housing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students must be registered for, and maintain throughout the semester, the minimum number of credits considered full-time based on their undergraduate, graduate, or law school program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Undergraduate students must be at least 16 years of age upon checking into the residence hall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University employees who are registered for university credit hours pursuant to the University\u2019s Employee Tuition Benefits program are not eligible for on-campus housing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3409","student-development","type-student-development","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eligibility for Student Housing - Policy Library<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stmarytx.edu\/policies\/student-development\/eligibility-for-student-housing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eligibility for Student Housing - Policy Library\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"St. Mary\u2019s University reserves the right to determine eligibility for student housing. 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