Because the residential experience strongly supports the mission of APU, all traditional undergraduates who do not live locally at home are required to live in campus housing during their freshman and sophomore years. An exemption process exists for students who live with their parents locally, married students, and students who have special circumstances that present an obstacle to campus residency. Incoming freshman students and sophomore transfer students must submit an application on the APU Housing Portal. This will allow students to submit their housing application or a request to be exempt from the housing requirement to be a commuter. Incoming students gain access to the APU Housing Portal after they pay their deposit and are matriculated as students at APU. Junior and senior transfer students are strongly encouraged to submit an application to live in campus housing as well. 

APU does not currently provide campus housing for married students or families, students who are faculty or staff, graduate students, or students in professional programs, online programs, or non-undergraduate international programs. 

While the university is the sole determiner of final housing assignments, specific living area and mutual roommate requests are met whenever possible, though specific requests are less likely to be realized once living areas begin to fill. Campus housing is limited to the Azusa campus. Learn more about campus housing at APU.