Housing & Dining
At Davidson, over 90% of students live on campus during their four years. Our residential community offers housing and dining options that fit a variety of needs and preferences within our student body.
From nutritional needs to individualized roommate-matching, Davidson strives to make our campus become home.
Your room is more than just a place to sleep and study; it's a place to live and learn.
Most first-year students at Davidson are placed in residence halls exclusive to first years and occupy a double room. To ensure that new students are able to build community, first years are paired together and placed in residence halls through a careful personality-matching process. After their first year, students choose their own roommates and select their housing through a lottery process.
Davidson's Dining Services focus on nutrition, variety, freshness and sustainability. With a wide range of dining options, like our home-style favorites, international dishes, plant-based options, or late-night snacks, our selection ensures guests find what they want to eat, whenever they want. Davidson College offers five on-campus dining locations that accept various payment methods such as meal plans, declining balance, credit cards, and dining dollars.
All Davidson College students participate in the College dining program. Meal plans offer convenient pre-paid dining at a variety of campus locations. With included Dining Dollars, meal plans also allow students to use their meal plan at campus vending machines and at Summit Outpost.
Choosing a college with a variety of good food options is important. Emma Goldfarb ’24 ranks her favorite spots for dining on Davidson’s campus.
