Off Campus Housing Resources
- Yale is home to 6,500 Graduate and Professional School students, many of whom prefer to live off campus. The University offers limited on-campus housing options for graduate and PhD students, so the Yale Housing Office maintains a portal with Off-Campus Listings in which the property owners are verified.
- We recommend starting there, or with listings that will be updated on this page from within the School of Art community, or on the closed Facebook Group. As you look for apartments Yale recommends trying to stay within the Yale Shuttle routes to benefit from campus safety and campus police/security, but this is of course up to you.
- Additionally, students leaving the program will soon have apartments that they are vacating, and we will begin posting those opportunities here; there are some property owners in the vicinity who have routinely rented to School of Art and Architecture students and those individuals can be easy to work with.
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When using outside listing resources such as Facebook or Craigslist, be mindful of course of scams and bad actors. Anyone presenting themselves as a Yale student, staff or faculty should be able to verify their identity with a university email address that ends either in
yale.edu orbulldogs.yale.edu; NEVER @yale.com. Do not send passwords, verification codes or money to anyone without verifying their identity or signing a vetted lease.* - ** Facebook Group for Yale Off-Campus Housing and Roommates
- This is a closed group, but listings are pretty current and reliable. Access requests are usually granted within 24 hours.
- Other resources include:
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RECOMMENDED AREAS
**Most MFA students opt to live off-campus, and where they choose to do so is a personal preference. The information compiled here is from the advice of previously enrolled students; the School itself does not endorse any specific properties or management companies.
The Yale Office of Off-Campus Housing advises students to consider housing within the perimeter of the Yale Shuttle routes however the University is large so proximity to School of Art buildings should be considered.**
The School of Art has three main buildings which house departmental facilities and workspace, the addresses of which are:
-Green Hall, 1156 Chapel St (Graphic Design Studios, Photo Labs/Studios)
-353 Crown Street (Painting Studios)
-36 Edgewood Ave (Sculpture Studios, some Photography Studios)
*We have mapped these locations for your reference, as well as the vicinities that most School of Art students choose to live, HERE.
Student feedback indicates that East Rock, Wooster Square, Westville or the Whitney Ave. section of town are popular areas for those who don’t mind a longer walk though the majority of students live in close proximity to the School for convenience when keeping late hours in the studio.
As another guide, Off-Campus addresses for previous School of Art students are listed below. The streets in BOLD are the closest to School of Art buildings.
Bishop Street 16, 120
Brown Street 23
Canner Street 52
Chapel Street 1022, 1175, 1180, 1182, 1187, 1191,1195,1204, 1214, 1220, 1275, 1290,
Church Street 227
Avenue 11
Dwight Street 42, 65, 74, 108, 114, 115, 136, 163,176, 179, 188, 192, 194, 223, 227, 239, 251, 275
Edgewood Avenue 10, 102
Elm Street 376, 434, 436
Greenwood Street 136
Howe Street 70, 80, 91, 94, 100, 127, 131
Huntington Street 228
Lawrence Street 188
Livingston Street 70
Lynwood Place 2, 75
Nash Street 99
Orange Street 625
Park Street 111, 165, 168, 210
Pearl Street 33
St.John Street 311, 316
Victoria Court 118
Wall Street 4
Willow Street 285, 287
York Street 129
Approx. 4 MFA students lived “on-campus” in University Housing facilities during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 academic years (such as HHH at 420 Temple, Harkness at 367 Cedar, Mansfield St. and York-Crown at 141 York). In academic year 2020-21, only 1 student opted for Yale graduate student housing.
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Links of Interest for Grad Student Life at Yale
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ON CAMPUS HOUSING
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Graduate Student Life Resources
Yale School of Art is committed to fostering a safe, just and equitable environment for learning, experimentation and discovery, and to encouraging healthy self-care habits.
Enrolled students with general questions, concerns or ideas to share with regards to student relations and academic affairs should start by contacting Taryn Wolf, Director of Academic Administration and Dean’s Designee, and/or the Director of Graduate Study (DGS) or Graduate Coordinator in their area.
Students are encouraged to explore the expansive resources offered by the University during their time at the School. Additionally, you may recommend a particular resource be added to this quick link list by emailing taryn.wolf@yale.edu
Libraries–
Sterling Memorial
Haas Arts Library
Beinecke Rare Books & Manuscripts
Fitness at Yale– Whitney Payne Gym & Aquatics
Disciplinary Procedures and Misconduct
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