GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Up to 50 Mesa State College freshmen and sophomores will start the semester living at residential hotel or a private apartment complex because on-campus housing is full.
“We’re sort of busting at the seams,” college spokeswoman Dana Nunn said.
The college, not the students, will pay any additional cost, she said.
“We won’t know the cost until we know how long it will take them to find another form of housing,” Nunn said.
She said space usually opens up in college housing in the first two months of the school year.
Mesa State requires freshmen and sophomores to live in college-sponsored housing. The school has 1,181 on-campus beds.
Enrollment is about 2 percent higher this year and should reach about 6,000, Nunn said.
She said building additional student housing is on the college’s agenda.
“As the college and enrollment continue to grow, it’s something we have to look at,” Nunn said.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel,
