Small colleges/LACs that allow some off-campus housing?

Our D would like to go to a small college for the small class sizes and chance to do research as an undergraduate, but isn’t keen on having to live in campus housing all four years. I know it’s rare to find such schools, but there are some. I see Kalamazoo College (probably a good fit for her) allows juniors and seniors to live off campus. Know of any others?

A lot of LACs have apartments owned & run by the college, usually physically off / on the boundaries of the campus for (at least some) Juniors & Seniors. You get the independence & physical space, but don’t have to negotiate with landlords / work with 12 month leases / furnish the apts. Would she be ok with that?

Washington and Lee University

I think what she wants is her own apartment (no roommates) by her junior/senior year. I know it sounds picky, but she’s really someone who needs to create her own space (she’s something of an artist, and her room at home looks like an art installaction), and she needs to have some privacy (is very introverted, and while she can be social, she needs a her own space to relax by herself.) And pets! I don’t know if the college-owned appartments would accommodate all that.

At Whitman and Colorado College it’s easy for upper classmen to live off campus. Many choose to do so, especially by senior year.

This article shows required by year - so gives you a good place to start.

They make a good point - U of Chicago guarantees all four years but only has housing for 53% - because half live off campus.

If you go through the article and find LACs, and it’s just the Forbes 100, you’ll find (not to say it’s accurate but gives you a starting point):

Macalester - only guarantees two years.
W&L - 3 years
Reed - 1 year
Rhodes - 2 years
Occidential - 3 years.
Bowdoin - 2 years

I’m sure if you go school by school that interest you, you can easily find the policy on each…because they might guarantee but not require.

Colleges With The Lowest Dorm Capacities (forbes.com)

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love the lateral thinking, @tsbna44!

There’s a lot of housing stock around Wesleyan, but if it were up to me I would stick with the Wesleyan owned houses for things like quality control and consistency of repair. Also, if you’re looking for privacy, some of the Junior Village dorms are little more than townhouses:
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Yes, Wesleyan’s housing system becomes progressively more independent, which might be a good fit.