Make yourself at home.
At Exeter, your dorm is your home base from day one. It’s where you make your first friends as a new student, and where, over the years, younger students look to you for help, guidance and friendship.
Students typically stay in the same dorm from year to year, making it easy to establish strong relationships with your peers and the network of adult advisers who know you best. Our residential approach is central to building an inclusive community. We have two all-gender houses to accommodate students of all identities. Day students are affiliated with a dorm and fully participate in its activities.
At Exeter, you’ll meet people you never would otherwise — students who come from around the globe to live and learn. Your dorm will become your home away from home, providing memories and friendships for life.
Dorm life by the numbers
Boarding students who reside on campus
Dorms and houses across our campus
Two of our houses are open to all genders
Faculty living alongside students in our dorms
You'll love where you live.
How well will you get to know your roommate? Let's have Indigo '24 and Stacy '24 answer that.
Dorm life at Exeter creates a home base for each student. They develop rich relationships with peers from multiple classes that span their entire time here. Regardless of their ages and diverse backgrounds, students are giving and receiving support, and learning and growing together.
Carol Cahalane, dean of residential life
Hear from Whitney '26 as she describes how Exonians mentor new students.