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Rates & Payment

Housing at PSU provides options as diverse as our student body. Review the Rate Charts below to learn more about the specific costs of living on campus.

Cost Analysis of Living on Campus vs. Living Off-Campus (per month) for a First Year Student:

  University Housing Off-Campus Housing
Rent - Single Occupancy (Average)
Double Occupancy (Average)		 $915 (furnished)*
$600 (furnished)*		 $807 (unfurnished)
Utilities (electric, water, gas, internet, cable, local phone) Included $315
Food All-you-can-eat 15 meals a week
$374*		 Meal prep on your own: $300
Transportation On campus Student Tri-Met Pass: $65*
Student Parking: $114*
Travel Time to class 5-7 minutes 30 minutes or longer (depending on traffic)
Attending organized events, access to 24-7 academic resources, living in a student-focused community Priceless Not available
TOTAL $974-1289* $1487-$1536 + furniture*

*Information was provided from Fall 2011 PSU Housing Market Survey and Transportation Estimates

 


First Year Experience Costs

FYE students can choose to live in Broadway or Ondine. Double rooms in Ondine cost $2689 per term, and a limited number of single rooms are $3543 per term. In Broadway a double room goes for $3153 per term, and a single room goes for $4193 per term. Students in the FYE program get their choice between 3 different levels of meal plans, with $1123 (19 meals a week) built into the total cost (15 or 10 meals a week are $1121 and $1064 a term, respectively). Broadway is more expensive due to the newness of the building, and the extra features that it has like the kitchenette.

Non-First Year Housing Rates

The cost of University Housing can vary depending on where you live, your class standing, and the type of room and building you choose to live in. PSU offers a wide variety of residence hall style and apartment style options. Housing charges include the cost of the student’s unit as well as all utilities, local phone service, high speed internet and in some cases, cable TV.  Furnished and unfurnished rooms are available. Furniture in Ondine and Montgomery are built into the rate for housing; furniture in Broadway, Blumel and Stephen Epler are an additional $100/term. FYE rooms are furnished, and a meal plan is built into the rate for housing. See the Rate Charts below for specifics.

Costs for 2012-2013

Rates for the 2012-2013 Academic Year have been proposed. This sheet shows a 0% increase on all units across the board, however, this is for proposal purposes. Finalized rates are expected to be completed sometime in the Spring term.

Payments

Housing costs are charged per term, and get billed to the students account at the beginning of the academic quarter. Students who received financial aid will have their award first applied toward their tuition, and then toward housing. Housing charges are due by the 10th of every month, and if not received charges and interest can be applied. Students who cannot meet the payment deadlines may elect to participate in the Revolving Charge Account Plan. Charges may be paid online at http://www.banweb.pdx.edu, can be sent to the cashier’s office, or paid in person at the cashier in the Neuberger Hall Lobby.