Find a roommate at Arkansas

Updated October 2026

First-year students at Arkansas are required to live on campus. Here is how choosing a roommate works at Arkansas, and which halls first-years live in, with every fact linked to Arkansas’s own housing pages.

Arkansas first-year housing at a glance

Do first-years have to live on campus?	Yes, for non-married first-year students under 21, unless living with a parent or guardian within 70 minutes of campus Source
Academic calendar	Semesters Source
Housing application opens	October 19, 2026 Source

Checked against Arkansas’s housing pages on October 16, 2026. Dates change every year, so confirm in your housing portal.

How does roommate matching work at Arkansas?

Choosing your roommate: In Phase 3 of the housing portal, type in the requested roommate's Student ID number; one roommate per student

If you do not choose: Roommate matching profile set up in Phase 2; the portal recommends potential roommates or students search profiles (for example band, bedtime)

First-year residence halls at Arkansas

Hall	Style	Good to know
Hotz Honors Hall	Traditional (shared hall bathrooms)	Honors quarters for first-year Honors College students; community-style bathrooms
Reid Hall	Traditional (shared hall bathrooms)	Primarily first-year women's hall with community-style bathrooms
Humphreys Hall	Traditional (shared hall bathrooms)	Co-ed community-style hall with a Living/Learning Community (Air Force ROTC LLC)
Holcombe Hall	Traditional (shared hall bathrooms)	Co-ed community-style hall of about 140 students, open during breaks
Maple Hill East	Suite	Multi-use suite-style facility with an Academic Honors Area
Maple Hill South	Suite	Mainly two-bedroom, four-person suites with one bathroom per suite
Maple Hill West	Suite	Multi-use suite-style facility with a bathroom in each suite
Morgan Hall	Suite	Northwest Quad suite hall with private, locking bedrooms and an Academic Honors Area

Finding a roommate at Arkansas on Bunky

Bunky’s Arkansas community is only Arkansas students, so everyone you see is looking for a roommate at your school. A chat opens only when you both like each other or your chat request is accepted, so there is no guessing and no cold messages. Profiles go beyond a photo and a bio, with prompts, dealbreakers, move-in dates and budgets. Start before the deadline above so you have time to talk to a few people.

New to this? Read how to find a college roommate and the questions to ask a potential roommate.