FAQ's - Living on Campus

To apply for student housing you may access our application/contract via your MyAllen student portal. You will need to enter your Allen student id and password which was provided in your admission acceptance letter.

Once you have accessed your portal click on the Student Life tab then click on the fill out the student housing contract/application. Please fill in the blanks and hit submit. You will receive an email confirmation if you entered an email address in the email address field of the application/contract.

Along with the application you will need to submit the $100.00 deposit and meningitis vaccination documentation or waiver in order to be assigned a room.

You may submit your deposit by accessing the secure online form via the application/contract by clicking on the blue here located at the top of application/contract or by mailing a check to Housing, 1801 N. Cottonwood, Iola, KS 66748.

You may submit your meningitis vaccination to us by mail, fax, email or you may choose to waive the vaccination by entering your portal password next to the Meningitis Vaccination has been waived field located on the application/contract.

Please remember that housing is assigned on a first come first serve basis. Housing fills up quickly so please complete as necessary steps in a timely manner. We can’t guarantee housing when application/contracts are received after housing is full.

In the event that housing becomes full and your application/contract, deposit and meningitis vaccination were received after all housing is full your deposit will be refunded and you will receive a letter indicating that we are unable to house you for the semester.

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact the Office of Student Life at 620-365-5116 ext. 270 or 271.

Summer housing is available for students taking summer classes at Allen. Students must be enrolled in 3 credit hours of on-campus classes per session to reside in the residence halls for summer.

Allen residence halls are open to the public for tours anytime during business hours. Anyone looking to tour the residence halls and/or campus can set up a tour through Allen's admissions office.

All residence halls on the Allen campus are cp-ed. All suites are gender specific so that there are no co-ed rooms or bathrooms.

Unfortunately, Allen is unable to accept or store personal property.

Any Allen student who enrolls full-time is eligible to live on campus.

Tuition & Fees

Residence halls are for any Allen student who requests placement by completing the application/contract, paying the $100.00 deposit fee and provide proof of the meningitis vaccination or sign the meningitis vaccination waiver. To access the application/contract you will need to access the
myAllen student portal located on our website homepage. Students will need to log in by entering their Allen student ID# and password. Once you have accessed your myAllen portal please click on the Student Life tab and click on fill out housing application/contract.

Any student who has an activity or athletic scholarship at Allen is required to live on campus. Some exceptions are made based on students living within a 30-mile radius of the school and whether space is available. If a scholarship student wants to live off campus they must apply for a release to live off campus directly through the Office of Student Life.

Most freshman are assigned to live in either Horton or Winter Hall. There are opportunities for freshman to live in either Masterson Hall, The Red Devil Duplexes or Herynk Hall. These opportunities are based on completion of the housing process.

Housing application/contracts will be updated with the new academic year rates and ready to complete online by March if applying for the Fall semester. If you are applying for the Spring semester housing application/contracts will be available in December. When completing your housing application/contract please be sure to make sure you completing your application for the correct year. Housing is assigned based on the date of the received housing application/contract, $100.00 deposit and meningitis vaccination documentation or waiver. We can’t guarantee an open spot in residence halls if application/contracts are completed in the month of August. If you complete a housing application/contract and $100.00 deposit and rooms are no longer available a letter will be sent to you and your $100.00 deposit will be refunded.

To apply for student housing students should access the myAllen portal by clicking on the myAllen link located on the www.allencc.edu homepage. Once you have accessed your portal click on the Student Life tab and click on fill out housing application/contract.

If students wish to designate a specific student as their roommate, each student will need to input each other’s name in the roommate preference portion of the application/contract.

Students who do not request a roommate are matched with other students based on the answers to the roommate matching questions portion of the application/contract.

The first week of July all room assignments and roommate information will be posted in your MyAllen portal.

Once housing assignments are designated, students are discouraged from requesting changes.  After all residents have checked in, students wishing to change their hall assignment must contact their Residence Hall Director.

You can pay your hall charge with your financial aid or through a monthly financing plan set-up through the Allen Business Office.  All students are required to have a zero balance before processing in the residence halls.  Exceptions are made for those students who have financial aid pending.

Financial aid varies from student to student. Any student looking for financial aid must consult with the Allen Financial Aid Office. Students may sit down one on one with a financial aid advisor who can assist with the financial aid process. Allen Financial Aid advisors are prepared for all questions a student and/or parent may ask.

Students may use a variety of methods to cover the cost of housing. Please contact the business office for more specific answers.  All students must have a zero balance on their student account or financial aid pending prior to moving in the residence halls.

Students who notify the Director of Student Life in writing, received on or before August 1, (December 1 for spring contracts only, new residents) of their intention to cancel their residence hall contract will receive a 100% housing refund on the housing deposit.  No refunds are given if a student cancels the contract after they have moved into the residence halls.

Allen provides twenty-four-hour video surveillance inside and outside of Winter hall, Masterson Hall, Horton Hall and the Red Devil Duplexes. All of the campus buildings also have video surveillance for security purposes. Each residence hall has adult professional staff that provides supervision. The college also has a great working relationship with local law enforcement.

Allen Community College does not have parking permits for the residents. There are enough parking spaces available for each resident in each resident hall but all spaces are on a first come first serve basis.

Suggested items to bring: cleaning supplies, toilet paper, sheets, free standing TV, mini-fridge, and microwave.