Residential Life and Housing

Did you know that students who live on campus during their undergraduate career experience higher academic success and are more likely to graduate? At MACU, we encourage ALL undergraduate students to join our thriving residential community. Living on campus is an important way to make lifelong friendships, develop better study habits, grow in your faith, and get involved in campus life.

We have a team of committed student Resident Assistants (RAs) who assist in managing the Residence Halls and invest in the lives of the students in our community. There are two Resident Assistants who live on each floor of the Residence Halls to serve the needs of students.

Tour McCutcheon Hall

Tour Harrington Hall

Housing Information

As a standard, all rooms at MACU include:

  • Twin XL bed per student
  • Desk and desk chair per student
  • Closet and shelf space
  • One mini fridge and microwave per room
  • Wireless internet access

Additional features in the Residence Halls include:

  • Free computer access located within each lobby of McCutcheon Hall and Southwest Hall
  • Washers and dryers located on each floor of McCutcheon Hall and Southwest Hall

Contact Residence Life

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (405) 692-3247

Housing FAQ

Southwest Hall is for male students, McCutcheon Hall is for our female students, and Harrington Hall is co-ed by room assignment.

Yes, only on-campus students have key-card access to the buildings. Each floor also is access controlled.

Absolutely! You will need to contact the Office of Residential Housing at (405) 692-3247 or [email protected] to change your roommate request. In order for your request to be honored, your anticipated roommate will need to make the request as well.

Yes, you will need to indicate that preference on your Housing Form. In order for your request to be honored, your anticipated roommate will need to make the request as well. You may also indicate your preference in suitemates (who you will share a bathroom with).

Absolutely! While we do believe new students will have a more enjoyable experience rooming with other new students, we realize that there are often times outside circumstances that make it much more appealing to live with an upperclassmen student. In order to be placed with an incoming student, just indicate so on the Housing Form. To be considered, the current student will need to make the same request.

All new students will need to fill out the New Student Housing Form. Housing requests are honored in the order in which they are received (and the student is enrolled).

New students are housed based on the date of submission of their Housing Form. In other words, early bird gets the worm! When two students are paired together as roommates, we will use the earliest submission date of the two.

Students may use tacks, push pins, command strips, and command hooks to hang decorations on their walls. 

Don’t worry! We’ve got it all under control. We will use the questions on your Housing Form to give you the best match possible! For this reason, it’s very important to be honest on the form.

If you need special housing accommodations, please contact our Accommodations Officer at [email protected].

A student who wants to commute next year AND qualifies based on one of the exemptions below, please have the student fill out the Housing Exemption Form.

Residency Requirement Exemptions:

  • The student is married
  • The student is under 17 years old
  • The student is at least 22 years old
  • The student is enrolled in less than 9 credit hours
  • The student will be a graduating senior in the current academic year

The following items are allowed: ONE additional mini fridge is permitted, Air Fryer, Crockpot, Coffee pot, Toaster, Rice cooker, Fish in a tank smaller than 10 gallons.

The following items are NOT allowed: Candles, Hot plate/Electric burner, Griddle (or anything with an open heat source),  Toaster Oven, Space Heaters

Please see the Financial Aid page for up-to-date information and scholarship opportunities.

There are two options for McCutcheon and Southwest. Premium Suites are two double-occupancy rooms connected by a bathroom. Our Grand Suites have a similar layout but also include a common living area which connects both rooms. Harrrington Hall includes 4-bedroom units where each student is assigned a private bedroom and the unit shares the bathroom.

We’ll wait until July to begin this process in order to let as many Housing Forms to pool as possible. We do this so that there are an optimum number of students and we can find a great match for. You will be notified by email of your housing assignment.

Our residential campus housing is designed for full-time CAS students between the ages of 17 and 26. If seeking an exception to this policy, please complete the Special Housing Circumstances Form (available by emailing [email protected]).