Housing Options

Affordable on-campus housing options

The Office of Housing and Residential Life provides tours of the housing complexes upon request, which allow you to meet the residential life staff and tour the public areas and individual rooms when available.

  • The Magnolia House (freshmen only)
  • The Palmetto House (freshmen and upperclassmen)
  • The Villas (upperclassmen only)

Magnolia House and Palmetto House

Magnolia House

Palmetto House

Magnolia House and the Palmetto House are a housing facility exclusively for freshmen and upperclassmen students. This 105,000-square-foot, suite-style complex can house up to 352 students in its 87 suites, which include single or double rooms and handicap-accessible units.

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  • One Bedroom
    Two Bedroom

    Room Measurements

    The suites and apartments in Housing and Residential Life come with the following furniture and room measurements:

    Dressers 
    14 ¾” d
    25” w
    5” h
    Wardrobe 
    20” d
    31” w
    68 ½” h Top section of wardrobe – 9 ¾” h
    Bottom section – 57 ¾” h

    Beds – 37” w x 80”
    Shower area – 5’ wide

    Double Rooms – Treehouses
    Bedroom 16’6” x 11’
    Living Room  10’ x 11’ 4”

    Single Rooms – Treehouses
    Bedroom  12’ x 7’ 6”
    Living Room  12’ x 13’ 6”

    Windows
    Double Room 69” l x 39 ¼” w
    Single Room 70” l x 35 ¼” w
    4th Floor  39” l x 39 ¼” w

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  • Housing Class: USC Upstate freshmen, co-educational

    Style: Suite-style complex, limited single and double rooms available

    Handicap-Accessible Units: Available

    Meal Plan: Magnolia House residents are required to purchase the Platinum meal plan. Check with Dining Services for meal plan information and dining services restaurants.

    Suite Amenities: Each suite in the Magnolia House is equipped with the following:

    • Each resident is also provided with a bed, a desk, two chests of drawers and an armoire
    • Extra long twin mattresses
    • Bathroom, shower area (shower and toilet are in separate rooms) 
    • Double vanities 
    • Common living area with furniture
    • Microfridge (microwave and refrigerator combination)
    • Basic electricity
    • Water service
    • On-site garbage containers, including recycling bins
    • WiFi and laundry provided by HRL
    • Stain and scratch-resistant furniture
    • Key card access to rooms, halls, and building

    Special Features:

    • Home to the TRIO/First Generation College Student Living Learning Community.
    • Home to the Education majors Living Learning Community.
    • Study rooms for in-house tutoring and individual studying
    • Free laundry facilities, including LaundryAlert, which allows a resident to determine the status of his/her laundry from his/her computer and Laundry Text, which allows residents to receive a text message when his/her laundry is done
    • Well-illuminated parking lots
    • Parking lot security cameras
    • Emergency phones
    • Green space

    Safety Measures: Magnolia House offers the latest housing safety features available, including:

    • 24-hour desk staff
    • Controlled access
    • Full sprinkler system
    • Four levels of electronic locks to access bedrooms
    • 32 monitored digital cameras inside and outside
    • Emergency phones
    • Well-illuminated parking lots

The Villas

Villa Apartments

The Villas offers apartment-style housing reserved for USC Upstate upperclassmen.

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    Standard Apartment

    Room Measurements

    The suites and apartments in Housing and Residential Life come with the following furniture and room measurements:

    Dressers 
    14 ¾” d
    25” w
    5” h
    Wardrobe 
    20” d
    31” w
    68 ½” h Top section of wardrobe – 9 ¾” h
    Bottom section – 57 ¾” h

    Beds – 37” w x 80”
    Shower area – 5’ wide

    Windows
    Double Room 69” l x 39 ¼” w
    Single Room 70” l x 35 ¼” w
    4th Floor  39” l x 39 ¼” w

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  • Housing Class: The Villas are for USC Upstate upperclassmen only, co-educational.

    Style: The Villas are offer apartment-style housing with a kitchen. Limited single and double rooms are available.

    Handicap-Accessible Units: Available

    Meal Plan: Residents of the Villas are required to purchase a meal plan. Please visit Dining Services for more information.

    • Villa Gold
    • May upgrade to Villa Gold Plus or select Villa Silver

    Amenities: Each apartment in The Villas is equipped with the following:

    • Major kitchen appliances including a full-size refrigerator, microwave and oven
    • Two bedrooms with two full bathrooms
    • Extra long twin mattresses
    • Sofa and chair for the living room
    • Basic electricity
    • Water service
    • On-site garbage containers 
    • Laundry facilities in the landing and ability to check status of laundry online using LaundryAlert
    • Expanded cable
    • Access to the University’s Wi-Fi
    • Shared recreational facilities, including sand volleyball and basketball courts

    Safety Measures:

    • Each apartment is equipped with smoke detectors and fire extinguishers.
    • University Police provides security on a 24-hour basis.
    • A full-time housing professional lives on site.
    • Each unit also has live-in resident advisors, usually upperclassmen, to assist residents with all facets of college life.