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Off-Campus Housing Near NMU
$1,265+/unit
Fees may applyNorthwoods Apartments
$3,574+/unit
Fees may applyVan Antwerp Hall (The Quad) – NMU Housing
About Off-Campus Housing Near Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University puts about 7,400 Wildcats in Marquette, a town of roughly 20,000 on the southern shore of Lake Superior. The lake runs the show: Presque Isle Park and the Lower Harbor Ore Dock are a short walk from campus, and people swim, bike, and ski depending on the month. Winters are real, and so is the lore, including the Arctic plunge, where students jump into Lake Superior in the dead of winter. Games happen under the Superior Dome, the largest wooden dome in the world, and hockey is basically the town religion. Downtown Marquette keeps a walkable historic core with shops, music, and an arts scene, and you get most places on foot or by bike. When the snow piles up, the trails and slopes just outside town become the weekend plan.
Northern Michigan University Housing Requirements
Freshman Live-On Requirement
NMU requires single undergraduate students to live in University residence halls while they are enrolled, so most freshmen and sophomores are on campus by default. Plan on living in the halls during your first two years at NMU unless you meet an exemption. Note that starting Fall 2026, reaching junior standing on credits alone no longer gets you out of the requirement.
Off-Campus Eligibility
You can be exempt if you have already lived four or more semesters in the halls, are 21 or older by the fall registration deadline, live at home with a parent or guardian, qualify as a veteran, or are taking eight credits or fewer. Check your status before you sign anything, since the credit-standing rule changed for Fall 2026. Landlords here are smaller operators rather than big national managers, so leases vary and you will usually deal directly with an owner.