Working list: Tallest student housing towers by university
Listed below are the tallest student housing towers by university across the United States. This list includes on-campus housing and dormitories for students, as well as off-campus privately operated rental housing for students. It does not include strictly condominium buildings.
Evo at Circa Centre South: Philadelphia – Source: aviewoncities.com
As can be seen from the data, there have been two great boom period for constructing tall student housing towers. The first in the 1960s and early 1970s (46 from the list) were principally on-campus dormitories those the baby boom generation. The second, was in the 2005-2020 (24 from the list) time period as private firms constructed and offered varied high-rise off-campus living for students. This second boom period appears to be continuing well into the 2020s with nine more towers completed or underway.
309 Green: Champaign, IL – Source: local wiki.com
As more such towers are identified, they will be added to the list if they are the tallest for a particular university. Please note, in cases where the exact height is not known , “~” is used to show the height is an estimate based on the number of floors times 10 feet per floor.
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The RISE at Riverfront Crossing (left): Iowa City, IA – Source: mmarchtecturalphotography.com
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Evo at Cira Centre South (2014): Philadelphia/UPenn and Drexel University = 430 feet2. 33 Beekman Street (2015): New York City/Pace University = 384 feet
3. Rhodes Hall (1971): Cleveland State, OH = 373 feet – being converted to student housing
4. West Sixth Tower Two (2009): Tempe/Arizona State = 345 feet
5. Union on San Antonio (2025): Austin/University of Texas = 332 feet
6. John Hancock Student Village (2009): Boston University, MA = 331 feet
7. The Hub (1983): Columbia/University of South Carolina = 325 feet
8. MIT Site 4 (2020): Cambridge/Massachusetts Institute of Technology = 315 feet
9. West End Tower (2021): Nashville/Vanderbilt University, TN = 305 feet
10. Watterson Towers (1969): Bloomington/Illinois State = 299 feet
11-13. Eastman, Livingston, and Stuyvesant Towers (1967): Albany/State University of NY = 286 feet each
14. 2128 Oxford (approved): Berkeley/University of California = 285 feet
15. The Hub on Campus (2018): Minneapolis/University of Minnesota = 284 feet
16. Treehouse Residence Hall (2012): Boston/Massachusetts College of Health Sciences and Massachusetts School of Art & Design = 280 feet
17-21. Calvin Coolidge, John Adams, John Q. Adams, John F. Kennedy, and George Washington Towers (1966): Amherst/UMass = 276 feet each
22. Gwinn Hall (1967): Denton/Texas Women’s University = 271 feet
23. Vilcek Hall (1984): New York City/NYU = 269 feet
24. 309 Green (2009): Champaign/University of Illinois = 268 feet
25-26. Lincoln and Morrill Dormitory Towers (1967): Columbus/Ohio State = 260 feet
27. Whistler (2023): Atlanta/Georgia Tech ~ 250 feet
27. Pearce-Ford Tower (1970): Bowling Green/Western Kentucky = 247 feet
29-30. Rhoads Hall (1968): Richmond/Virginia Commonwealth and The M (2020): Seattle/University of Washington = 240 feet
31-32. Moody Towers x 2 (1970): University of Houston, TX = 239 feet each – to be decommissioned in 2027
33. Levering Tower (proposed): Los Angeles/UCLA, CA = 238 feet – added 11/18/25
34-35. Sunvilla Tower (1963): Springfield/Missouri State and Lawrinson Hall (1965): Syracuse/Syracuse University, NY= 233 feet
36. Straz Tower (1954): Milwaukee/Marquette University, WI = 229 feet
37. The Standard (2020): New Brunswick/Rutgers University, NJ = 225 feet
38-40. McMahon Residence Hall (1992): New York City/Fordham University and GrandMarc Residence Hall (2015): Boston/Northeastern University, MA = 222 feet
41. Student Living Center (1990): Rochester/Eastman School of Music, NY = 213 feet
42-43. REV Northgate Student Living (2023): Bryan-College Station/Texas A & M = 200 feet and Commonwealth Hall (1970): Richmond/Eastern Kentucky ~ 200 feet
44. Parks Tower (1971): Toledo/University of Toledo, OH = 199 feet
45-46. Woodlawn Residential and Dining (2020): Chicago/University of Chicago, IL = 190 feet and Mertz Hall: Chicago/Loyola University, IL ~ 190 feet
47. Edge College Hill (2018): Providence/Brown University and others, RI = 172 feet
48. The Pacific (2013): Tucson/University of Arizona = 170 feet
49-50. The RISE at Riverfront Crossing (2018): Iowa City/University of Iowa and The RISE on Chauncey (2019): West Lafayette/Purdue University, IN = 167 feet
51. Abel Hall: Lincoln/University of Nebraska = 161 feet
52. Bulger Residence Hall (1969): Akron/University of Akron, OH = 160 feet
53-55. The Abbot (2020): East Lansing/Michigan State = 150 feet and Twin Towers East & West: Huntington/Marshall University, WV ~ 150 feet
56-58. East and West Towers (1965): Ithaca/Ithaca College, NY and The University Lofts (2002): Atlanta/Georgia State = 148 feet
59-61. Eigenmann Hall (1970); Bloomington/Indiana University and Dancer and Bender Halls (1969): Cedar Falls/Northern Iowa = 147 feet
62-63. The Metropolitan (2017): State College/Penn State and White Hall (1967): Laramie/University of Wyoming = 146 feet
64. Vic Village North (2019): Ann Arbor/University of Michigan = 144 feet
65-66. Webb Tower: Los Angeles/University of Southern California and Academe at 198 (2024): San Francisco/Cal Law School ~ 140 feet
67-68. Aber and Jesse Halls (1968/1969): Missoula/University of Montana = 138 feet
69. Gamow Tower: Boulder/Colorado University = 135 feet
70. Goodyear Hall (1960): Buffalo/University of Buffalo, NY = 133 feet
71. Legacy Tower (2004): Ames/Iowa State = 132 feet
72-74. Westfall and Duward Towers (1967): Fort Collins/Colorado State and Morse College Residential Tower (1962): New Haven/Yale University = 131 feet
75-77. Beatty Towers East and West (1967): Gainesville/University of Florida and Tamiami Hall (2022): Miami/Florida International ~ 130 feet
78. The RISE on 9th (2017): Columbia/University of Missouri = 128 feet
79-87. The Hub/515 Broadway (2015): Eugene/University of Oregon; Slusher Tower (1972): Blacksburg/Virginia Tech; The Hub (2026): Raleigh/North Carolina State; Stevenson Towers x four (1967/1968): DeKalb/Northern Illinois; Ellingson Hall: Rochester Institute of Technology, NY; and Sid Richardson Residences (2021): Houston/Rice University, TX ~ 120 feet
88-90. North Hedges/South Hedges and Roskie Residence Halls (1964/1966): Bozeman/Montana State ~ 115 feet
91. Eagleson Residence Hall: Durham/North Carolina Central = 112 feet
92-101. Theophilus Tower (1967): Moscow/University of Idaho; Yocum Hall (1963): Fayetteville/University of Arkansas; The Hub (2023): College Park/University of Maryland; Byrnes, Lever, and Manning Halls (1967/1968): Clemson/Clemson University, SC; Kays Hall: Jonesboro/Arkansas State; James Stukel Towers: University of Illinois-Chicago, IL; Anthony Wayne Student Apartments (2019): Detroit/Wayne State, MI; Offenhouer Tower (1971): Bowling Green State, OH; and C.J. Dunn Tower (1994): Montgomery/Alabama State ~ 110 feet
102. Sechrist Hall (1967): Flagstaff/Northern Arizona = 109 feet
103. The Flats at West Village (2014): Charlottesville/University of Virginia = 101 feet
Eastman Tower Hall: SUNY Albany – Source: skyscrapercenter.com
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Offenhauer Towers – taller to the left – Bowling Green, OH – Source: bgsu.edu
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