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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dorm Room Dimensions
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has room-dimension data for 32 residence halls. Published room sizes range from about 150 to 253 sq ft, with a median of 180 sq ft. Find exact width × length and square footage for each hall below, then preview your layout in the visualizer.
Alderman
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 16 ft | 192 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 16 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Alexander
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 15 ft | 180 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Avery
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 10 × 15 ft | 150 sq ft |
| Standard room | 12 × 13 ft | 156 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 13 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Carmichael
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 13 × 13 ft | 169 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (13 × 13 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Cobb
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 14 ft | 168 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 14 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Connor
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 14 ft | 168 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 14 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Craige
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 13 ft | 156 sq ft |
| Standard room | 13 × 15 ft | 195 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (13 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Craige North
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 18 ft | 216 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 18 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Ehringhaus
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 13 ft | 156 sq ft |
| Standard room | 13 × 15 ft | 195 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (13 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Everett
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 15 ft | 180 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Graham
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 15 ft | 180 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Grimes
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 13 × 15 ft | 195 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (13 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Hardin
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 18 ft | 216 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 18 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Hinton James
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 13 ft | 156 sq ft |
| Standard room | 13 × 15 ft | 195 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (13 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Horton
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 18 ft | 216 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 18 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Joyner
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 15 ft | 180 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Kenan
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 16 ft | 192 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 16 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Koury
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 18 ft | 216 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 18 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Lewis
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 15 ft | 180 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Mangum
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 13 × 15 ft | 195 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (13 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Manly
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 13 × 15 ft | 195 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (13 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →McClinton
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 13 ft | 156 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 13 ft).
Open the room visualizer →McIver
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 16 ft | 192 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 16 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Morrison
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 10.6 × 16 ft | 170 sq ft |
| Standard room | 13 × 14 ft | 182 sq ft |
| Standard room | 17.7 × 14.3 ft | 253 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (17.7 × 14.3 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Old East
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 14 ft | 168 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 14 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Old West
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 14 ft | 168 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 14 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Parker
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 13 × 13 ft | 169 sq ft |
| Standard room | 11 × 16 ft | 176 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (11 × 16 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Ruffin Jr
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 13 × 15 ft | 195 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (13 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Spencer
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 10 × 15 ft | 150 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (10 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Stacy
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 15 ft | 180 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 15 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Teague
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 13 × 13 ft | 169 sq ft |
| Standard room | 11 × 16 ft | 176 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (13 × 13 ft).
Open the room visualizer →Winston
| Room type | Dimensions | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Standard room | 12 × 14 ft | 168 sq ft |
Design this room before move-in
Start from this hall's most common layout (12 × 14 ft).
Open the room visualizer →What on-campus housing costs at UNC
Heads up — this school breaks the usual rules
- The mattress is 36" wide, not 38". UNC publishes 36" x 80" x 6" campus-wide — verified on a corridor hall, a suite hall and an apartment. Twin XL sheets cut for 38" will be loose. This is the single most important buy-or-skip fact for this school.
- Instant Pots, rice cookers and slow cookers are explicitly banned — standard dorm-checklist items nearly everywhere else. Air fryers and toasters are conspicuously absent from UNC’s list, which is a genuine grey area worth a call to Housing.
- String lights AND LED strip lights are both banned, and decorations may not cover more than one third of the total wall space — so an entire category of standard dorm decor is out and tapestries are limited too.
- Two-prong extension cords and personal Wi-Fi routers are both banned. The router ban catches families who buy one to fix a weak-signal room.
- There is no meal plan requirement at all — genuinely unusual for a flagship. UNC Dining states plainly that all meal plans are voluntary, so do not assume one is bundled into the housing bill.
- Laundry is free, so skip the quarters and the laundry card entirely.
Buying the standard college checklist here will waste money — check your building first.
| Hall | Style | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Any hall — triple or quad The cheapest option on campus, and the same price wherever the room is. | Traditional/suite | $4,298/sem ($8,596/yr) |
| Old East The oldest state-university building in the United States; central HVAC, with laundry next door in Old West. | Corridor (traditional) | $4,429/sem ($8,858/yr) |
| Cobb A First-Year Experience hall at the standard double rate. | Corridor (traditional) | $4,429/sem ($8,858/yr) |
| Craige A suite-style First-Year Experience hall priced identically to the corridor doubles. | Suite | $4,429/sem ($8,858/yr) |
| Morrison Super Suites The only non-apartment hall with its own line item on the rates page. | Suite | $4,901/sem ($9,802/yr) |
| Ram Village 1 and 2 A full kitchen plus living-room furniture, with two students per bedroom. A private one-bedroom runs $6,263/sem. | Apartment | $5,069/sem ($10,138/yr) |
Rates are published as final for 2026-27, with both a per-semester and an annual figure for each room type. UNC prices by room type rather than by hall, with only Morrison Super Suites and Ram Village carrying their own line items. A meal plan is neither bundled nor required — UNC Dining states that all meal plans are voluntary — though on-campus plans run $1,962 to $3,398.53 a semester if you choose one. Note that Financial Aid’s cost-of-attendance figures are budget estimates and are higher than the actual published room rates. Rates compiled from the university’s published housing rates, August 2026. Always confirm on the official rates page.
Who has to live on campus
First-year students must live on campus — in residence halls or Granville Towers — for the entirety of their first academic year; summer residency does not count toward completing it. Waivers are granted for students who turn 21 before the first day of fall classes, students under 17 living within about 30 miles with family, students living with a spouse, partner or children, military veterans with two or more years of prior active service, and hardship cases needing accommodations unavailable on campus. There is no second-year requirement.
What the room already includes
One closet or wardrobe, a dresser, desk and chair, window blinds, a twin bed with XL mattress, and wired and wireless internet. Laundry is free — Auxiliary Services states there is no charge for either the washers or the dryers. On air conditioning, UNC says all halls have either central HVAC or in-window units; every hall sampled lists central HVAC, but the wording concedes some rooms are served by window units, and UNC does not publish which — personal window units are prohibited. The apartment-style halls (Ram Village 1, 2, 3 and 5, and Taylor Hall) add full kitchens plus living-room furniture including a couch, chair, coffee table and dining set.
Fridge & microwave rules
Bring your own, capped at one small refrigerator per student at 4.5 cubic feet by manufacturer measurement. MicroFridge units offered through the RHA’s preferred vendors are approved as a rental route. There is no stated microwave wattage cap, but the electrical limits govern: a room is limited to 1,800 watts at any time and no single item may exceed 1,000 watts, so a 1,000W-plus microwave is out. Microwaves must plug directly into a wall receptacle. Unnecessary in the Ram Village and Taylor apartments, which have full kitchens.
What you cannot bring
Personal air conditioners, candles and open-flame items, incense, live cut trees, ceiling fans, crock pots and Instant Pots, deep fryers, electric frying pans, griddles and woks, rice cookers, hot plates, toaster ovens, hot oil popcorn poppers, halogen bulbs and lamps, multiple-bulb light fixtures, string lights including Christmas and fairy lights, flexible LED strip lights, pre-lit trees, fog machines, two-prong extension cords, personal Wi-Fi routers, and electric scooters and bicycles. Decorations may not cover more than one third of the total wall space, nothing may be hung with damaging or non-removable hangers, and nothing may be stored within 18 inches of a light fixture or the ceiling. Stacking furniture not designed to be stacked is prohibited. Note that air fryers and toasters are not named on UNC’s list — a grey area worth confirming.
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