My daughter is at UT Knoxville, and they have had some issues with housing shortages the last couple of years as they over enrolled the freshman classes. From what I understand, they took a lower number of students this year. Freshman are guaranteed housing however, unlike some of the other large schools that I’ve heard are also having issues. But housing is not guaranteed after freshman year, it is a lottery system to stay on campus. They are building new apartments walking distance to campus that I assume will be done by the time your student graduates high school. Like most college housing, the closer you are to campus, the higher the prices will be. Many students live across the river or a little farther out from campus and pay a lot less money, many of those complexes have shuttles to campus as well. My daughter moved off campus for her sophomore year and will be renting a house for her last two years. She loves UTK and and is thriving there.
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