Graduate Housing

Off-Campus Housing Services (OCH)

The Off-Campus Housing Services in the Stamp Student Union is one of the best places to search for housing in the College Park and surrounding areas. The office manages OCH101, a housing search database, and Roommate Finder which gets you connected with other students. Also see their Interactive Apartment Map of the area.

Among the OCH office resources they have lists of Apartments on Shuttle UM Routes (pdf) and Typical Prices for Area Apartments (pdf). Office Hours : Mon, Thurs, Fri: 10 am to 4:30 pm & Tues, Wed: 10 am - 6 pm. Phone. 301-314-3645, Fax: 301-314-9874.

Short-Term Housing

Need a temporary place to stay and don't want to spend a lot of money? Check out the Short Term Lodging options available to incoming graduate students. Additionally, there are two graduate student organizations, the Students Council of India and the Chinese Student and Scholar Association that arrange some temporary housing via their web sites.

Long-Term Housing

While currently there is no on-campus graduate housing at the University of Maryland, there are two all-graduate student housing options in close proximity to campus. These are Graduate Hills and Graduate Gardens. They are located on University property, but are managed by the private company, Southern Management Corporation.

(For more information on area housing and to use the on-line housing search database, see "Off-Campus Housing Services" below)

Apartments With High Concentrations of UMD Grad Students

Using 2002-2003 University data from the IRPA, we have found 6 apartment complexes near campus that house a relatively large number of University of Maryland graduate students. All of the listed apartments are on or near Shuttle UM (campus bus) routes. They are listed, from highest to lowest, by a rough estimate of the number of graduate students living in the area.

  1. Graduate Hills:3424 Tulane Drive, Hyattsville, MD
  2. Graduate Gardens: 3424 Tulane Drive, Hyattsville, MD
  3. University Square Apartments: 157 Westway, Greenbelt, MD
  4. Lakeside North Apartment Homes: 430 Ridge Road, Greenbelt, MD
  5. Springhill Lake: 6220 Springhill Drive, Greenbelt, MD
  6. Seven Springs Village: 9348 Cherry Hill Road, College Park, MD

Since this data were collected, other apartment communities have begun housing more and more University of Maryland graduate students. They are also located near campus.

  1. Mazza Grandmarc: 9530 Baltimore Avenue, College Park, MD
  2. Campus Gardens: 2200 Phelps Road, Hyattsville, MD

Please note that this is not an endorsement of any of these housing options. It is only a reference list of housing options with relatively high concentrations of graduate students. For more information about these or other housing options, pick up the Apartment Directory & Map available through Off-Campus Housing Services.

Summer Housing Fairs

Off-Campus Housing offers two housing fairs each summer to help students explore their living options. For the Summer of 2010 there will be an Off-Campus Living Fair on June 9 and July 17. Check the Off-Campus Housing website for further details as summer approaches.

Housing Safety Information

To help you stay safe wherever you live, the office of Off-Campus Housing (OCH) has provide a number of safety resources including contact information for various local police departments.