How much do UT dorms cost?

Every UT hall, cheapest room first

Each 2026–27 academic-year price includes the room and UT’s standard resident meal plan (UT residence-hall rates). The plan provides unlimited dining-hall entry plus $400 Dine In Dollars per term (UT resident meal plan). The ranking keeps each hall’s least expensive contract, its matching room and bathroom description, and the highest confirmed price together so the room types do not disappear behind one starting price.

Which room and bathroom am I paying for?

A shared bedroom with a private bath still means sharing the sleeping space. Check both room and bathroom before comparing prices.

Which halls should I compare?

North Campus includes Andrews, Blanton, Carothers, Creekside, Duren, Kinsolving and Littlefield. South Campus includes Brackenridge, Dobie, Jester East and West, Moore-Hill, Prather, Roberts and San Jacinto.

Whitis Avenue housing is unavailable during reconstruction and scheduled for fall 2027. Check the residential community rules at Creekside, Kinsolving and Littlefield.

Singles are limited. UHD lists a single with community bath at $16,364 and a Duren single with private bath at $20,961.

What do meals and utilities include?

The 2026–27 resident meal plan lists unlimited dining-hall visits and $400 in Dine In Dollars per term. Internet and laundry are in the room bundle.

The older 2025–26 meal row has different benefits. Use the meal plan for the same year as your room price.

Could an apartment be cheaper?

In an invented apartment example, twelve $1,000 payments, twelve $80 utility estimates and a $200 fee total $13,160. That is $1,777 below the Jester example before adding apartment food, parking, insurance and other missing costs.

The apartment example has 12 payments and the dorm covers nine months. Add what you need for the same period before calling the difference savings.

What if I need a particular community or accessible room?

Use UHD’s Living Learning Community and accommodation processes to confirm the specific hall, room and route you need. A housing application doesn’t secure a place in a community.

Does applying guarantee a room?

No. Applying, receiving a contract and choosing a space are different steps. Use the future-, returning- or summer-resident instructions that fit you.

Read cancellation and payment terms before making a second housing commitment.

Your completed housing application sets the queue position

UT lets you apply for housing from August 1 after completing the admissions application, before the admission decision. Published room-selection priority follows when the housing application is complete, including its fee. The contract and prepayment are later gates to a timeslot.

The university-housing share describes where enrolled freshmen live; offer and first-choice probabilities remain unknown. The cost and access comparison explains the queue and current price choices. Dobie will be unavailable for 2027–28; Whitis targets 1,055 beds that year.

UT room assignments and priority · Checked November 2, 2026.

Are Callaway and The Castilian UT dorms?

They’re private communities run by American Campus Communities, with their own agreements. Dobie Twenty21 is part of UHD’s hall system.

Compare each private operator’s exact room, food and lease terms with the UT room you’d choose.

What should decide the shortlist?

Compare your room and bath preference, meals, the trip to class and the months you need housing. Choose the bundle that fits your routine and the full budget.