/Institutions/Coker-University/json/2025-2026/Student-Handbook-local.json

/Institutions/Coker-University/json/2025-2026/Student-Handbook.json

Residential Requirement Policy

Coker University provides residential facilities for the housing needs of our undergraduate students.  All full-time, undergraduate, degree-seeking, unmarried, day students are required to live in campus housing (without children residing with them). Coker University requires all full-time, undergraduate day students to live in campus housing. Coker University provides a limited number of students to be exempt from the Residential Requirement. To be eligible to apply for the opportunity to live off campus, the student must meet one of the following criteria: 

1. has completed 90+ credit hours by the start of the fall semester; 
2. is 22 years of age or over by the start of the fall semester; or
3. lives with parents, legal guardians, grandparents, or spouse residing within 30 miles of the Hartsville Campus. (based on the address the student uses to apply to the institution)

Coker University reserves the right to only approve a limited number of requests to live off-campus, even if the student meets the criteria above. The University will allow current residential students in their last semester to live on-campus as a part-time student if the student is on track to his/her degree and requires only a part-time load to complete all remaining graduation requirements. The University will also allow students enrolled in Coker University graduate programs to reside in campus housing, if available space allows.