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Off-Campus Housing Near Juniata College
About Off-Campus Housing Near Juniata College
Juniata College is a small residential liberal arts college of about 1,356 students tucked into Huntingdon, a historic small town in central Pennsylvania's Allegheny ridges. The campus climbs a hillside above downtown, where 1800s storefronts line the main streets and most of student life happens within a short walk. The outdoors is the real draw: Raystown Lake spreads across 8,000 acres a short drive south, and the Standing Stone Trail and its famous Thousand Steps pull hikers up the ridge. Traditions run deep. Mountain Day is declared without warning, classes get canceled, and everyone heads to the lake, while first-years charge the Arch each fall in Storming of the Arch. With everything close, students mostly walk.
Juniata College Housing Requirements
Freshman Live-On Requirement
Juniata is a four-year residential college, so full-time undergraduates are required to live in college-owned housing and take a meal plan for all eight semesters. The College is no longer granting exemptions for students who simply want to rent a private place in town. Plan on living in college housing for your entire time here.
Off-Campus Eligibility
You can be released from the requirement only if you fit a defined category: you are married, you have dependents, you are at least 25, or you commute from the primary home of a parent or guardian within 50 miles of the Huntingdon campus. You submit documentation to the Office of Campus Life at least 30 days before the semester, and disability-related housing accommodations run separately through accessibility services. The off-campus apartments and houses students talk about are usually college-owned units you pick through the same room-draw process as a residence hall.