The rate each student pays is based on the number of students occupying the room. Students residing in rooms with vacancies will be offered the opportunity to self-consolidate by electing to either move into a room with another student who has a vacancy or having another student move in to fill the vacancy in their current room. The Office of Residential Life reserves the right to administratively consolidate room(s) as necessary.

On rare occasions, subject to residential system occupancy and approval by Residential Life staff, a student residing in a room with a vacancy may be given the opportunity to remain in their current assigned space by electing to buy out the vacant unassigned space in their room at a rate of fifty percent (50%) of the cost for the space, thus guaranteeing that they will not be moved or receive a roommate during that specific academic term.

When available, room buy outs are only offered per term, not for the entire academic year. The opportunity to buy out a room is not guaranteed. No student may buy out more than one vacant assigned space.