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Off-Campus Housing Near Cornell
$649+/unit
Fees may applyAuden Ithaca
$639/unit
Fees may applyCollegetown Terrace
$550/unit
Fees may apply102 Turkey Hill Rd
$700/unit
Fees may apply212 Giles St
$695/unit
Fees may apply648 -702 Hudson St
About Off-Campus Housing Near Cornell University
Cornell University sits about 23,620 students on a hilltop above Ithaca, in New York's Finger Lakes, and the campus is famously dramatic: two deep gorges with waterfalls cut right through it, and Beebe Lake sits at the north edge. The land rises steeply from downtown, so getting to class means a climb, and the views over Cayuga Lake are the payoff. Just southeast of campus, Collegetown is the dense student district where most upperclass life happens. Ithaca is a small, walkable town built around the Ithaca Commons pedestrian downtown, and the surrounding state parks and gorge trails are a constant draw. Slope Day closes out spring on Libe Slope, and hockey at Lynah Rink is a tradition. Students walk, bike, or ride the free TCAT buses up and down the hill.
Cornell University Housing Requirements
Freshman Live-On Requirement
Cornell requires first-year and second-year Ithaca students to live in university housing, a two-year rule that comes with a meal plan, so most students do not move off campus until junior year. The requirement keeps nearly all underclassmen on campus.
Off-Campus Eligibility
Exemptions exist for students who are 21 or older by the start of the year, are married or have dependents, or commute from a family home within roughly 25 miles. When juniors move off, Collegetown is the obvious target, and because so much of it is purpose-built student housing, the leasing scene is organized but fast, with many buildings run through a handful of local management companies. Ithaca enforces occupancy rules on rental houses, so confirm how many unrelated tenants a place is legally allowed to hold, especially in the older Fall Creek and Belle Sherman houses.