Off-Campus Housing
Northwest University is intentionally residential. We believe living on campus provides a meaningful compliment to the classroom experience and shapes our learning community in ways that encourage holistic development. We believe in the value of community living and breaking bread as a profoundly Christian practice. Therefore, traditional undergraduate students are required to live on campus during their time at Northwest University.
Traditional students must meet at least one of the following criteria in order to qualify to live off-campus (commute) while attending Northwest University:
- Living at home with parent(s)*;
- 23 years old or older on the first day of fall semester;
- Married;
- Parent or legal guardian to a child;
- Employed where room and board are provided*.
*Verification by parent(s) or employer is required. Off-campus residence must be within a 35-mile drive to campus in order to receive approval.
All commuter students must complete an Off Campus Application. Those that do not meet the qualifications may still petition to live off-campus by completing the application and completing a Residence Life and Housing Appeal Form. The petition should include all relevant information for the Residence Life and Housing Office to thoroughly consider the request.
Commuter students are still required to abide by all policies and standards of conduct in the Community Handbook. Students are responsible for providing updated and accurate off-campus housing information to the Housing Office. Students who provide false or misleading information may be subject to disciplinary action through the student conduct process, which could jeopardize standing at the University. Students may not share housing with someone of the opposite sex who is not a spouse or relative.
Apply to Live Off Campus
- Complete the Off Campus Application
Visit the Campus Housing portal. Under the black Applications drop-down menu, select the “Off Campus Application.” - If the only criteria you meet from the above list is living with your parent, your parent must complete the Parental Verification Form and send in a copy or scan of a document showing their name at your home address.
- If you do not qualify to live off campus, but still want to be considered, you must complete a Residence Life and Housing Appeal with the reasons you think qualify you to live off campus. You then must wait for the appeal board’s decision. If your appeal is denied, you will be charged for on-campus housing.
Once you are approved to live off-campus, visit our Off-Campus page that has resources for students who live off campus.