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Billing & Rates

Updates to Housing Cashier’s Office Operations

The UW Housing Cashier’s Office will be closed for in-person payments until further notice. Staff can be reached by email at this time. Please contact us at cashiers.office@housing.wisc.edu or through our Contact Us form. We thank you for your patience during this time.

University Residence Halls at the University of Wisconsin-Madison offer some of the lowest on-campus housing rates of any Big Ten school while providing exceptional facilities, programs, and experiences.

At UW-Madison, tuition and housing charges are combined into one bill from the Bursar’s Office for a more convenient, seamless bill payment experience.
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Rates

2020-21 Academic Year – New Students

The annual rates for 2020-21 listed below are per resident and include housing during Thanksgiving and spring recess. Most new residents are assigned to a double room.

Rates vary based on hall amenities, learning community fees, and dining plan. Costs are billed by semester, combined with tuition, and include room, furnishings, Internet, digital or cable TV, maintenance/repairs, dining operations fees, cleaning of bathrooms and common spaces, and 24/7 full-time staff support.

Dining Plan

Students select from one of three dining plan tiers based on their eating habits and how much they plan to dine on campus. Money for food purchases, which is included in the room & board rates, is loaded onto the Resident Food Account on their Wiscard. Our marketplace-style dining is entirely à la carte. Residents receive discounted pricing on food in University Housing Dining locations, as well as other incentives at higher tiers.

Room & Board Rates

Additional Options

Winter Break: Available for an additional fee

Notes

  • Learning Community fees are added to bills for residents living in those communities. All residents of Barnard, Bradley, and Chadbourne are members of the learning community in those buildings
  • #While Sellery Residence Hall is under renovation, residents in Sellery will receive a discount on their Housing bill to acknowledge any potential inconveniences. The discounted rate will be displayed on your semester tuition bill. The chart displayed above reflects the original annual cost before price reduction. Students benefit from a savings of $300 annually, split between both semesters.

2020-21 Academic Year – Returning Students

The annual rates for 2020-21 listed below are per resident and include housing during Thanksgiving and spring recess.

Rates vary based on hall amenities and learning community fees. Costs are billed by semester, combined with tuition, and include room, furnishings, Internet, digital or cable TV, maintenance/repairs, dining operations fees, cleaning of bathrooms and common spaces, and 24/7 full-time staff support.

*Does not include dining purchases. Returning residents can optionally purchase food à la carte. Returning Residence Hall residents may purchase any of our three dining plan tiers. Neither is required for returning residents.

Additional Options

Winter Break: Available for an additional fee

Notes

  • Learning Community fees are added to bills for residents living in those communities. All residents of Barnard, Bradley, and Chadbourne are members of the learning community in those buildings.
  • #While Sellery Residence Hall is under renovation, residents in Sellery will receive a discount on their Housing bill to acknowledge any potential inconveniences. The discounted rate will be displayed on your semester tuition bill. The chart displayed above reflects the original annual cost before price reduction. Students benefit from a savings of $300 annually, split between both semesters.