Students who live in dorms adjust quickly to the collegiate environment and become involved in important learning experiences through interactions with their peers, highly trained residence hall staff and campus activities. Alfred can easily accommodate students who wish to live all four years on campus. Alfred has traditional residence halls, suites and apartments on campus. Single rooms are available on a limited basis. Residence halls are generally coed by floor, or coed by room for upperclassmen in corridor style residences.
Visitation is generally open.
Common Interest Housing is available for groups of students having common interests who would like to live together provided group members agree to share their interests with other residents, the interest is compatible with Alfred's mission and all rules and regulations are followed. Each year, literally hundreds of programs are conducted by residence hall staff, ranging from international dinners to presentations by guest lecturers. A Residence Hall Council, consisting of students elected from each residence, serves as a voice in the areas of residence hall life, food service, campus security and various other student body concerns. At the start, roommates are usually very excited about one another. Inevitably, no matter how good the match, the honeymoon ends.